Acts 5:17

Good News Translation

Then the High Priest and all his companions, members of the local party of the Sadducees, became extremely jealous of the apostles; so they decided to take action.

Cross References

Job 5:2

To worry yourself to death with resentment would be a foolish, senseless thing to do.

Proverbs 14:30

Peace of mind makes the body healthy, but jealousy is like a cancer.

Proverbs 27:4

Anger is cruel and destructive, but it is nothing compared to jealousy.

Ecclesiastes 4:4

I have also learned why people work so hard to succeed: it is because they envy the things their neighbors have. But it is useless. It is like chasing the wind.

Matthew 27:18

He knew very well that the Jewish authorities had handed Jesus over to him because they were jealous.

Matthew 3:7

When John saw many Pharisees and Sadducees coming to him to be baptized, he said to them, “You snakes—who told you that you could escape from the punishment God is about to send?

John 12:10

So the chief priests made plans to kill Lazarus too,

John 12:19

The Pharisees then said to one another, “You see, we are not succeeding at all! Look, the whole world is following him!”

Acts 13:45

When the Jews saw the crowds, they were filled with jealousy; they disputed what Paul was saying and insulted him.

Acts 15:5

But some of the believers who belonged to the party of the Pharisees stood up and said, “The Gentiles must be circumcised and told to obey the Law of Moses.”

Acts 17:5

But some Jews were jealous and gathered worthless loafers from the streets and formed a mob. They set the whole city in an uproar and attacked the home of a man named Jason, in an attempt to find Paul and Silas and bring them out to the people.

Acts 4:26

The kings of the earth prepared themselves, and the rulers met together against the Lord and his Messiah.’

Acts 4:6

They met with the High Priest Annas and with Caiaphas, John, Alexander, and the others who belonged to the High Priest's family.

Acts 5:16

And crowds of people came in from the towns around Jerusalem, bringing those who were sick or who had evil spirits in them; and they were all healed.

Acts 7:9

“Jacob's sons became jealous of their brother Joseph and sold him to be a slave in Egypt. But God was with him

Galatians 5:21

they are envious, get drunk, have orgies, and do other things like these. I warn you now as I have before: those who do these things will not possess the Kingdom of God.

James 4:5

Don't think that there is no truth in the scripture that says, “The spirit that God placed in us is filled with fierce desires.”

1 Peter 2:1

Rid yourselves, then, of all evil; no more lying or hypocrisy or jealousy or insulting language.