Acts 4:19

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

But Peter and John replied to them, Whether it is right in the sight of God to listen to you and obey you rather than God, you must decide (judge).

Cross References

1 Kings 12:30

And this thing became a sin; for the people went to worship each of them even as far as Dan.

1 Kings 13:19

So the man from Judah went back with him and ate and drank water in his house.

1 Kings 14:16

He will give Israel up because of the sins of Jeroboam which he has sinned and made Israel to sin.

1 Kings 21:11

And the men of his city, the elders and the nobles who dwelt there, did as Jezebel had directed in the letters sent them.

1 Kings 22:14

But Micaiah said, As the Lord lives, I will speak what the Lord says to me.

2 Kings 16:15

And King Ahaz commanded Urijah the priest: Upon the principal (the new) altar, burn the morning burnt offering, the evening cereal offering, the king's burnt sacrifice and his cereal offering, with the burnt offering and cereal offering and drink offering of all the people of the land; and dash upon the [new] altar all the blood of the burnt offerings and the sacrifices. But the [old] bronze altar shall be kept for me to use to inquire by [of the Lord].

2 Kings 16:16

Urijah the priest did all this as King Ahaz commanded.

Psalm 58:1

DO YOU indeed in silence speak righteousness, O you mighty ones? [Or is the righteousness, rightness, and justice you should speak quite dumb?] Do you judge fairly and uprightly, O you sons of men?

Exodus 1:17

But the midwives feared God and did not do as the king of Egypt commanded, but let the male babies live.

Jeremiah 26:12

Then Jeremiah said to all the princes and to all the people: The Lord sent me to prophesy against this house and against this city all the words that you have heard.

Daniel 3:18

But if not, let it be known to you, O king, that we will not serve your gods or worship the golden image which you have set up! [Job 13:15; Acts 4:19, 20.]

Daniel 6:10

Now when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house, and his windows being open in his chamber toward Jerusalem, he got down upon his knees three times a day and prayed and gave thanks before his God, as he had done previously. [Ps. 5:7.]

Hosea 5:11

Ephraim is oppressed; he is broken and crushed by [divine] judgment, because he was content to walk after idols (images) and man's [evil] command (vanities and filth).

Amos 7:16

Now therefore listen to the word of the Lord: You say, Do not prophesy against Israel and drop no statements not complimentary to the house of Isaac.

Micah 6:16

For the statutes of [idolatrous] Omri you have kept, and all the works of the house of [wicked] Ahab, and you walk in their counsels. Therefore I will make you a desolation and an astonishment and your [city's] inhabitants a hissing, and you shall bear the reproach and scorn of My people.

Matthew 22:21

They said, Caesar's. Then He said to them, Pay therefore to Caesar the things that are due to Caesar, and pay to God the things that are due to God.

Luke 22:8

So Jesus sent Peter and John, saying, Go and prepare for us the Passover meal, that we may eat it.

John 7:24

Be honest in your judgment and do not decide at a glance (superficially and by appearances); but judge fairly and righteously.

Acts 4:13

Now when they saw the boldness and unfettered eloquence of Peter and John and perceived that they were unlearned and untrained in the schools [common men with no educational advantages], they marveled; and they recognized that they had been with Jesus.

Acts 5:28

Saying, We definitely commanded and strictly charged you not to teach in or about this Name; yet here you have flooded Jerusalem with your doctrine and you intend to bring this Man's blood upon us.

Acts 5:29

Then Peter and the apostles replied, We must obey God rather than men.

1 Corinthians 10:15

I am speaking as to intelligent (sensible) men. Think over and make up your minds [for yourselves] about what I say. [I appeal to your reason and your discernment in these matters.]

2 Corinthians 4:2

We have renounced disgraceful ways (secret thoughts, feelings, desires and underhandedness, the methods and arts that men hide through shame); we refuse to deal craftily (to practice trickery and cunning) or to adulterate or handle dishonestly the Word of God, but we state the truth openly (clearly and candidly). And so we commend ourselves in the sight and presence of God to every man's conscience.

Ephesians 6:1

CHILDREN, OBEY your parents in the Lord [as His representatives], for this is just and right.

1 Timothy 2:3

For such [praying] is good and right, and [it is] pleasing and acceptable to God our Savior,

Hebrews 11:23

[Prompted] by faith Moses, after his birth, was kept concealed for three months by his parents, because they saw how comely the child was; and they were not overawed and terrified by the king's decree. [Exod. 1:22; 2:2.]

James 2:4

Are you not discriminating among your own and becoming critics and judges with wrong motives?