Acts 5:39

Good News Translation

but if it comes from God, you cannot possibly defeat them. You could find yourselves fighting against God!” The Council followed Gamaliel's advice.

Cross References

Genesis 24:50

Laban and Bethuel answered, “Since this matter comes from the Lord, it is not for us to make a decision.

2 Samuel 5:2

In the past, even when Saul was still our king, you led the people of Israel in battle, and the Lord promised you that you would lead his people and be their ruler.”

1 Kings 12:24

“Do not attack your own relatives, the people of Israel. Go home, all of you. What has happened is my will.” They all obeyed the Lord's command and went back home.

2 Kings 19:22

Whom do you think you have been insulting and ridiculing? You have been disrespectful to me, the holy God of Israel.

Job 34:29

If God decided to do nothing at all, no one could criticize him. If he hid his face, we would be helpless.

Proverbs 21:30

Human wisdom, brilliance, insight—they are of no help if the Lord is against you.

Isaiah 43:13

I am God and always will be. No one can escape from my power; no one can change what I do.”

Isaiah 45:9

Does a clay pot dare argue with its maker, a pot that is like all the others? Does the clay ask the potter what he is doing? Does the pot complain that its maker has no skill?

Isaiah 46:10

From the beginning I predicted the outcome; long ago I foretold what would happen. I said that my plans would never fail, that I would do everything I intended to do.

Daniel 4:35

He looks on the people of the earth as nothing; angels in heaven and people on earth are under his control. No one can oppose his will or question what he does.

Matthew 16:18

And so I tell you, Peter: you are a rock, and on this rock foundation I will build my church, and not even death will ever be able to overcome it.

Luke 21:15

because I will give you such words and wisdom that none of your enemies will be able to refute or contradict what you say.

Acts 11:17

It is clear that God gave those Gentiles the same gift that he gave us when we believed in the Lord Jesus Christ; who was I, then, to try to stop God!”

Acts 23:9

The shouting became louder, and some of the teachers of the Law who belonged to the party of the Pharisees stood up and protested strongly: “We cannot find a thing wrong with this man! Perhaps a spirit or an angel really did speak to him!”

Acts 6:10

But the Spirit gave Stephen such wisdom that when he spoke, they could not refute him.

Acts 7:51

“How stubborn you are!” Stephen went on to say. “How heathen your hearts, how deaf you are to God's message! You are just like your ancestors: you too have always resisted the Holy Spirit!

Acts 9:5

“Who are you, Lord?” he asked. “I am Jesus, whom you persecute,” the voice said.

1 Corinthians 1:25

For what seems to be God's foolishness is wiser than human wisdom, and what seems to be God's weakness is stronger than human strength.

1 Corinthians 10:22

Or do we want to make the Lord jealous? Do we think that we are stronger than he?