Acts 17:5

New Century Version

But some others became jealous. So they got some evil men from the marketplace, formed a mob, and started a riot. They ran to Jason’s house, looking for Paul and Silas, wanting to bring them out to the people.

Cross References

Psalm 35:15

But when I was in trouble, they gathered and laughed; they gathered to attack before I knew it. They insulted me without stopping.

Psalm 69:12

They make fun of me in public places, and the drunkards make up songs about me.

Proverbs 14:30

Peace of mind means a healthy body, but jealousy will rot your bones.

Isaiah 26:11

Lord, you are ready to punish those people, but they do not see that. Show them your strong love for your people. Then those who are evil will be ashamed. Burn them in the fire you have prepared for your enemies.

Matthew 27:18

Pilate knew that they turned Jesus in to him because they were jealous.

Acts 13:45

Seeing the crowd, the Jewish people became very jealous and said insulting things and argued against what Paul said.

Acts 14:19

Then some evil people came from Antioch and Iconium and persuaded the people to turn against Paul. So they threw stones at him and dragged him out of town, thinking they had killed him.

Acts 14:2

But some people who did not believe excited the others and turned them against the believers.

Acts 17:13

But the people in Thessalonica learned that Paul was preaching the word of God in Berea, too. So they came there, upsetting the people and making trouble.

Acts 17:6

But when they did not find them, they dragged Jason and some other believers to the leaders of the city. The people were yelling, “These people have made trouble everywhere in the world, and now they have come here too!

Acts 17:7

Jason is keeping them in his house. All of them do things against the laws of Caesar, saying there is another king, called Jesus.”

Acts 17:9

They made Jason and the others put up a sum of money. Then they let the believers go free.

Acts 18:12

When Gallio was the governor of the country of Southern Greece, some people came together against Paul and took him to the court.

Acts 19:40

I say this because some people might see this trouble today and say that we are rioting. We could not explain this, because there is no real reason for this meeting.”

Acts 7:9

“Jacob’s sons became jealous of Joseph and sold him to be a slave in Egypt. But God was with him

Romans 16:21

Timothy, a worker together with me, sends greetings, as well as Lucius, Jason, and Sosipater, my relatives.

1 Corinthians 3:3

You are still not spiritual, because there is jealousy and quarreling among you, and this shows that you are not spiritual. You are acting like people of the world.

2 Corinthians 11:26

I have gone on many travels and have been in danger from rivers, thieves, my own people, the Jews, and those who are not Jews. I have been in danger in cities, in places where no one lives, and on the sea. And I have been in danger with false Christians.

Galatians 5:21

feeling envy, being drunk, having wild and wasteful parties, and doing other things like these. I warn you now as I warned you before: Those who do these things will not inherit God’s kingdom.

Galatians 5:26

We must not be proud or make trouble with each other or be jealous of each other.

1 Thessalonians 1:6

And you became like us and like the Lord. You suffered much, but still you accepted the teaching with the joy that comes from the Holy Spirit.

James 4:5

Do you think the Scripture means nothing that says, “The Spirit that God made to live in us wants us for himself alone”?

Judges 9:4

So the leaders of Shechem gave Abimelech about one and three-quarter pounds of silver from the temple of the god Baal-Berith. Abimelech used the silver to hire some worthless, reckless men, who followed him wherever he went.