Acts 8:23

Contemporary English Version 1995

I can see that you are jealous and bound by your evil ways.”

Cross References

Isaiah 58:6

I'll tell you what it really means to worship the Lord. Remove the chains of prisoners who are bound unjustly. Free those who are abused!

Proverbs 5:22

Sinners are trapped and caught by their own evil deeds.

Hebrews 12:15

Make sure no one misses out on God's wonderful kindness. Don't let anyone become bitter and cause trouble for the rest of you.

John 8:34

Jesus replied: I tell you for certain that anyone who sins is a slave of sin!

2 Peter 2:19

They promise freedom to everyone. But they are merely slaves of filthy living, because people are slaves of whatever controls them.

2 Peter 2:4

God did not have pity on the angels that sinned. He had them tied up and thrown into the dark pits of hell until the time of judgment.

Titus 3:3

We used to be stupid, disobedient, and foolish, as well as slaves of all sorts of desires and pleasures. We were evil and jealous. Everyone hated us, and we hated everyone.

Lamentations 3:19

Just thinking of my troubles and my lonely wandering makes me miserable.

Lamentations 3:5

He attacked and surrounded me with hardships and trouble;

Jeremiah 9:15

So I, the Lord All-Powerful, the God of Israel, promise them poison to eat and drink.

Jeremiah 4:18

“People of Judah, your hearts will be in pain, but it's your own fault that you will be punished.”

Isaiah 28:22

So you had better stop sneering or you will be in worse shape than ever before. I heard the Lord All-Powerful threaten the whole country with destruction.

Psalm 116:16

I worship you, Lord, just as my mother did, and you have rescued me from the chains of death.

Job 20:14

But their food will turn sour and poison their stomachs.

Ephesians 4:31

Stop being bitter and angry and mad at others. Don't yell at one another or curse each other or ever be rude.