Acts 5:29

New English Translation

But Peter and the apostles replied, “We must obey God rather than people.

Cross References

Genesis 3:17

But to Adam he said, “Because you obeyed your wife and ate from the tree about which I commanded you, ‘You must not eat from it,’ cursed is the ground thanks to you; in painful toil you will eat of it all the days of your life.

2 Samuel 24:4

But the king’s edict stood, despite the objections of Joab and the leaders of the army. So Joab and the leaders of the army left the king’s presence in order to muster the Israelite army.

2 Kings 16:16

So Uriah the priest did exactly as King Ahaz ordered.

Exodus 1:17

But the midwives feared God and did not do what the king of Egypt had told them; they let the boys live.

Jeremiah 26:12

Then Jeremiah made his defense before all the officials and all the people. “The Lord sent me to prophesy everything you have heard me say against this temple and against this city.

Daniel 6:13

Then they said to the king, “Daniel, who is one of the captives from Judah, pays no attention to you, O king, or to the edict that you issued. Three times daily he offers his prayer.”

Acts 4:19

But Peter and John replied, “Whether it is right before God to obey you rather than God, you decide,

1 Samuel 15:24

Then Saul said to Samuel, “I have sinned, for I have disobeyed what the Lord commanded and what you said as well. For I was afraid of the army, and I followed their wishes.