Acts 17:25 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

²⁵ neither is he served by men's hands, as though he needed anything, seeing he himself giveth to all life, and breath, and all things;

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁵ neither is worshipped with men's hands, as though he needed any thing, seeing he giveth to all life, and breath, and all things;

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁵ Neither is He served by human hands, as though He lacked anything, for it is He Himself Who gives life and breath and all things to all [people]. [Isa. 42:5.]

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁵ neither is he served by men’s hands, as though he needed anything, seeing he himself giveth to all life, and breath, and all things;

Common English Bible

²⁵ Nor is God served by human hands, as though he needed something, since he is the one who gives life, breath, and everything else.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁵ Neither is he served by the hands of men, as if in need of anything, since it is he who gives to all things life and breath and all else.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²⁵ Neither is he served with men's hands, as though he needed any thing; seeing it is he who giveth to all life, and breath, and all things:

Acts 17:25 Cross References

Genesis 2:7

And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.

Job 12:10

In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, And the breath of all mankind.

Job 22:2

Can a man be profitable unto God? Surely he that is wise is profitable unto himself.

Job 27:3

(For my life is yet whole in me, And the spirit of God is in my nostrils;)

Job 33:4

The spirit of God hath made me, And the breath of the Almighty giveth me life.

Job 34:14

If he set his heart upon man, If he gather unto himself his spirit and his breath;

Psalm 16:2

I have said unto the LORD, Thou art my Lord: I have no good beyond thee.

Isaiah 42:5

Thus saith God the LORD, he that created the heavens, and stretched them forth; he that spread abroad the earth and that which cometh out of it; he that giveth breath unto the people upon it, and spirit to them that walk therein:

Isaiah 57:16

For I will not contend for ever, neither will I be always wroth: for the spirit should fail before me, and the souls which I have made.

Jeremiah 38:16

So Zedekiah the king sware secretly unto Jeremiah, saying, As the LORD liveth, that made us this soul, I will not put thee to death, neither will I give thee into the hand of these men that seek thy life.

Zechariah 12:1

The burden of the word of the LORD concerning Israel. Thus saith the LORD, which stretcheth forth the heavens, and layeth the foundation of the earth, and formeth the spirit of man within him:

Numbers 16:22

And they fell upon their faces, and said, O God, the God of the spirits of all flesh, shall one man sin, and wilt thou be wroth with all the congregation?

Numbers 27:16

Let the LORD, the God of the spirits of all flesh, appoint a man over the congregation,

Matthew 5:45

that ye may be sons of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sendeth rain on the just and the unjust.

Matthew 9:13

But go ye and learn what this meaneth, I desire mercy, and not sacrifice: for I came not to call the righteous, but sinners.

Acts 14:17

And yet he left not himself without witness, in that he did good, and gave you from heaven rains and fruitful seasons, filling your hearts with food and gladness.

Acts 17:28

for in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain even of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring.

Romans 11:35

or who hath first given to him, and it shall be recompensed unto him again?

Deuteronomy 30:20

to love the LORD thy God, to obey his voice, and to cleave unto him: for he is thy life, and the length of thy days: that thou mayest dwell in the land which the LORD sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them.

1 Timothy 6:17

Charge them that are rich in this present world, that they be not highminded, nor have their hope set on the uncertainty of riches, but on God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy;