Acts 9:5

Modern English Version

He said, “Who are You, Lord?” The Lord said, “I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting. It is hard for you to kick against the goads.”

Cross References

Job 9:4

He is wise in heart and mighty in strength. Who has hardened himself against Him and prospered?

Psalm 2:12

Kiss the son, lest He become angry, and you perish in the way, when His wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all who seek refuge in Him.

Isaiah 45:9

Woe to him who strives with his maker, the potsherd with the potsherds of the earth! Shall the clay say to the potter, “What are you making?” Or the thing you are making say, “He has no hands”?

Acts 10:14

Peter said, “Not at all, Lord. For I have never eaten anything that is common or unclean.”

Acts 26:14

When we had all fallen to the ground, I heard a voice saying to me in the Aramaic language, ‘Saul, Saul, why do you persecute Me? It is hard for you to kick against the goads.’

Acts 26:9

“I myself was convinced that I must do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth.

Acts 5:39

But if it is of God, you will not be able to overthrow them, lest perhaps you be found even fighting against God.”

Acts 9:4

He fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to him, “Saul, Saul, why do you persecute Me?”

Acts 9:6

Trembling and astonished, he said, “Lord, what will You have me do?” The Lord said to him, “Rise up and go into the city, and you will be told what you must do.”

1 Corinthians 10:22

Do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? Are we stronger than He?

Deuteronomy 32:15

But Jeshurun grew fat and kicked; you grew fat, you grew thick; you are covered with fat. Then he forsook God who made him, and devalued the rock of his salvation.

Philippians 3:12

Not that I have already attained or have already been perfected, but I follow after it so that I may lay hold of that for which I was seized by Christ Jesus.

1 Timothy 1:13

I was previously a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and an insolent man. But I was shown mercy, because I did it ignorantly in unbelief.