Acts 6:10

New American Bible - revised edition

but they could not withstand the wisdom and the spirit with which he spoke.

Cross References

Job 32:18

For I am full of words; the spirit within me compels me.

Job 32:8

But there is a spirit in human beings, the breath of the Almighty, that gives them understanding.

Exodus 4:12

Now go, I will assist you in speaking and teach you what you are to say.

Isaiah 54:17

Every weapon fashioned against you shall fail; every tongue that brings you to trial you shall prove false. This is the lot of the servants of the Lord, their vindication from me—oracle of the Lord.

Jeremiah 15:20

And I will make you toward this people a fortified wall of bronze. Though they fight against you, they shall not prevail, For I am with you, to save and rescue you—oracle of the Lord.

Ezekiel 3:27

Only when I speak to you and open your mouth, shall you say to them: Thus says the Lord God: Let those who hear, hear! Let those who resist, resist! They are truly a rebellious house.

Micah 3:8

But as for me, I am filled with power, with the spirit of the Lord, with justice and with might; To declare to Jacob his crimes and to Israel his sins.

Luke 1:17

He will go before him in the spirit and power of Elijah to turn the hearts of fathers toward children and the disobedient to the understanding of the righteous, to prepare a people fit for the Lord.”

Luke 21:15

for I myself shall give you a wisdom in speaking that all your adversaries will be powerless to resist or refute.

John 7:46

The guards answered, “Never before has anyone spoken like this one.”

Acts 5:39

But if it comes from God, you will not be able to destroy them; you may even find yourselves fighting against God.” They were persuaded by him.

Acts 6:11

Then they instigated some men to say, “We have heard him speaking blasphemous words against Moses and God.”

Acts 6:9

Certain members of the so-called Synagogue of Freedmen, Cyrenians, and Alexandrians, and people from Cilicia and Asia, came forward and debated with Stephen,

Acts 7:51

“You stiff-necked people, uncircumcised in heart and ears, you always oppose the holy Spirit; you are just like your ancestors.

1 Corinthians 2:4

and my message and my proclamation were not with persuasive [words of] wisdom, but with a demonstration of spirit and power,