Acts 5:3

New American Bible - revised edition

But Peter said, “Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart so that you lied to the holy Spirit and retained part of the price of the land?

Cross References

Jeremiah 23:24

Can anyone hide in secret without my seeing them?—oracle of the Lord. Do I not fill heaven and earth?—oracle of the Lord.

Isaiah 29:15

Ah! You who would hide a plan too deep for the Lord! Who work in the dark, saying, “Who sees us, who knows us?”

1 Peter 5:8

Be sober and vigilant. Your opponent the devil is prowling around like a roaring lion looking for [someone] to devour.

Acts 5:9

Then Peter said to her, “Why did you agree to test the Spirit of the Lord? Listen, the footsteps of those who have buried your husband are at the door, and they will carry you out.”

John 13:27

After he took the morsel, Satan entered him. So Jesus said to him, “What you are going to do, do quickly.”

John 13:2

The devil had already induced Judas, son of Simon the Iscariot, to hand him over. So, during supper,

James 4:7

So submit yourselves to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

Ecclesiastes 5:4

It is better not to make a vow than make it and not fulfill it.

Job 22:13

Yet you say, “What does God know? Can he judge through the thick darkness?

Acts 5:4

While it remained unsold, did it not remain yours? And when it was sold, was it not still under your control? Why did you contrive this deed? You have lied not to human beings, but to God.”

Acts 5:2

He retained for himself, with his wife’s knowledge, some of the purchase price, took the remainder, and put it at the feet of the apostles.

Luke 22:3

Then Satan entered into Judas, the one surnamed Iscariot, who was counted among the Twelve,

Deuteronomy 23:21

From a foreigner you may demand interest, but you may not demand interest from your kindred, so that the Lord, your God, may bless you in all your undertakings on the land you are to enter and possess.

Numbers 30:2

Moses said to the heads of the Israelite tribes, “This is what the Lord has commanded:

Matthew 13:19

The seed sown on the path is the one who hears the word of the kingdom without understanding it, and the evil one comes and steals away what was sown in his heart.

Proverbs 20:25

It is a trap to pledge rashly a sacred gift, and after a vow, then to reflect.