Acts 25:23

New Century Version

The next day Agrippa and Bernice appeared with great show, acting like very important people. They went into the judgment room with the army leaders and the important men of Caesarea. Then Festus ordered the soldiers to bring Paul in.

Cross References

Esther 1:4

The banquet lasted one hundred eighty days. All during that time King Xerxes was showing off the great wealth of his kingdom and his own great riches and glory.

Ecclesiastes 1:2

The Teacher says, “Useless! Useless! Completely useless! Everything is useless.”

Isaiah 14:11

Your pride has been sent down to the place of the dead. The music from your harps goes with it. Flies are spread out like your bed beneath you, and worms cover your body like a blanket.

Isaiah 5:14

So the place of the dead wants more and more people, and it opens wide its mouth. Jerusalem’s important people and common people will go down into it, with their happy and noisy ones.

Ezekiel 30:18

In Tahpanhes the day will be dark when I break Egypt’s power. Then she will no longer be proud of her power. A cloud will cover Egypt, and her villages will be captured and taken away.

Ezekiel 32:12

I will cause your people to fall by the swords of mighty soldiers, the most terrible in the world. They will destroy the pride of Egypt and all its people.

Ezekiel 33:28

I will make the land an empty desert. The people’s pride in the land’s power will end. The mountains of Israel will become empty so that no one will pass through them.

Ezekiel 7:24

So I will bring the worst of the nations to take over the people’s houses. I will also end the pride of the strong, and their holy places will be dishonored.

Daniel 4:30

he said, “I have built this great Babylon as my royal home. I built it by my power to show my glory and my majesty.”

Mark 6:21

Then the perfect time came for Herodias to cause John’s death. On Herod’s birthday, he gave a dinner party for the most important government leaders, the commanders of his army, and the most important people in Galilee.

Acts 12:21

On a chosen day Herod put on his royal robes, sat on his throne, and made a speech to the people.

Acts 25:13

A few days later King Agrippa and Bernice came to Caesarea to visit Festus.

Acts 26:30

Then King Agrippa, Governor Festus, Bernice, and all the people sitting with them stood up

Acts 9:15

But the Lord said to Ananias, “Go! I have chosen Saul for an important work. He must tell about me to those who are not Jews, to kings, and to the people of Israel.

1 Corinthians 7:31

Those who use the things of the world should live as if they were not using them, because this world in its present form will soon be gone.

James 1:11

The sun rises with burning heat and dries up the plants. The flower falls off, and its beauty is gone. In the same way the rich will die while they are still taking care of business.

1 Peter 1:24

The Scripture says, “All people are like the grass, and all their glory is like the flowers of the field. The grass dies and the flowers fall,

1 John 2:16

These are the ways of the world: wanting to please our sinful selves, wanting the sinful things we see, and being too proud of what we have. None of these come from the Father, but all of them come from the world.