Acts 8:23

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

I see that you are full of bitter jealousy and cannot stop yourself from doing wrong.”

Cross References

Isaiah 58:6

“I will tell you the kind of day I want—a day to set people free. I want a day that you take the burdens off others. I want a day when you set troubled people free and you take the burdens from their shoulders.

Proverbs 5:22

The sins of the wicked will trap them. Those sins will be like ropes holding them back.

Hebrews 12:15

Be careful that no one fails to get God’s grace. Be careful that no one loses their faith and becomes like a bitter weed growing among you. Someone like that can ruin your whole group.

John 8:34

Jesus said, “The truth is, everyone who sins is a slave—a slave to sin.

2 Peter 2:19

These false teachers promise those people freedom, but they themselves are not free. They are slaves to a mind that has been ruined by sin. Yes, people are slaves to anything that controls them.

2 Peter 2:4

When angels sinned, God did not let them go free without punishment. He sent them to hell. He put those angels in caves of darkness, where they are being held until the time when God will judge them.

Titus 3:3

In the past we were foolish too. We did not obey, we were wrong, and we were slaves to the many things our bodies wanted and enjoyed. We lived doing evil and being jealous. People hated us and we hated each other.

Lamentations 3:19

Remember, I am very sad, and I have no home. Remember the bitter poison that you gave me.

Lamentations 3:5

He built up bitterness and trouble against me. He surrounded me with bitterness and trouble.

Jeremiah 9:15

So the Lord All-Powerful, the God of Israel, says, “I will soon make the people of Judah eat bitter food and drink poisoned water.

Jeremiah 4:18

“The way you lived and the things you did brought this trouble to you. It is your evil that made your life so hard. Your evil life brought the pain that hurts deep in your heart.”

Isaiah 28:22

Now don’t complain about these things. If you fight against them, you will only tighten the ropes around you. The words I heard will not change. They came from the Lord GOD All-Powerful, the ruler of all the earth, and these things will be done.

Psalm 116:16

Lord, I am your servant! Yes, I am your slave, as my mother was. You set me free from the chains of death.

Job 20:14

But that evil will turn sour in his stomach. It will be like a snake’s bitter poison inside him.

Ephesians 4:31

Never be bitter, angry, or mad. Never shout angrily or say things to hurt others. Never do anything evil.