Acts 5:38

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

So I advise you to stay away from these men. Leave them alone. If what they are planning is something of their own doing, it will fail.

Cross References

Nehemiah 4:15

Our enemies found out that we knew about their plot against us, but God kept them from doing what they had planned. So we went back to work on the wall.

Proverbs 21:30

No matter how much you know or what plans you make, you can't defeat the LORD.

Isaiah 14:25

I will wipe out every Assyrian in my country, and I will crush those on my mountains. I will free my people from slavery to the Assyrians.

Lamentations 3:37

No one can do anything without the Lord's approval.

Matthew 15:13

Jesus answered, “Every plant that my Father in heaven did not plant will be pulled up by the roots.

Mark 11:30

Who gave John the right to baptize? Was it God in heaven or merely some human being?”

John 11:48

If we don't stop him now, everyone will put their faith in him. Then the Romans will come and destroy our temple and our nation.”

Acts 5:35

Then he said to the council: People of Israel, be careful what you do with these men.

1 Corinthians 3:19

This is because God considers the wisdom of this world to be foolish. It is just as the Scriptures say, “God catches the wise when they try to outsmart him.”