Acts 6:10

New Century Version

But the Spirit was helping him to speak with wisdom, and his words were so strong that they could not argue with him.

Cross References

Job 32:18

I am full of words, and the spirit in me causes me to speak.

Job 32:8

But it is the spirit in a person, the breath of the Almighty, that gives understanding.

Exodus 4:12

Now go! I will help you speak, and I will teach you what to say.”

Isaiah 54:17

So no weapon that is used against you will defeat you. You will show that those who speak against you are wrong. These are the good things my servants receive. Their victory comes from me,” says the Lord.

Jeremiah 15:20

I will make you as strong as a wall to this people, as strong as a wall of bronze. They will fight against you, but they will not defeat you, because I am with you. I will rescue you and save you,” says the Lord.

Ezekiel 3:27

But when I speak to you, I will open your mouth, and you will say to them, ‘The Lord God says this.’ Those who will listen, let them listen. Those who refuse, let them refuse, because they are a people who turn against me.

Micah 3:8

But I am filled with power, with the Spirit of the Lord, and with justice and strength, to tell the people of Jacob how they have turned against God, and the people of Israel how they have sinned.

Luke 1:17

He will go before the Lord in spirit and power like Elijah. He will make peace between parents and their children and will bring those who are not obeying God back to the right way of thinking, to make a people ready for the coming of the Lord.”

Luke 21:15

I will give you the wisdom to say things that none of your enemies will be able to stand against or prove wrong.

John 7:46

The guards answered, “The words he says are greater than the words of any other person who has ever spoken!”

Acts 5:39

But if it is from God, you will not be able to stop them. You might even be fighting against God himself!” The leaders agreed with what Gamaliel said.

Acts 6:11

So they secretly urged some men to say, “We heard Stephen speak against Moses and against God.”

Acts 6:9

But some people were against him. They belonged to the synagogue of Free Men (as it was called), which included people from Cyrene, Alexandria, Cilicia, and Asia. They all came and argued with Stephen.

Acts 7:51

Stephen continued speaking: “You stubborn people! You have not given your hearts to God, nor will you listen to him! You are always against what the Holy Spirit is trying to tell you, just as your ancestors were.

1 Corinthians 2:4

My teaching and preaching were not with words of human wisdom that persuade people but with proof of the power that the Spirit gives.