Acts 5:17

New International Reader's Version

The high priest and all his companions were Sadducees. They were very jealous of the apostles.

Cross References

Job 5:2

Anger kills foolish people. Jealousy destroys those who are childish.

Proverbs 14:30

A peaceful heart gives life to the body. But jealousy rots the bones.

Proverbs 27:4

Anger is mean, and great anger overpowers you. But who can face jealousy?

Ecclesiastes 4:4

I also saw that a person works hard and accomplishes a lot. But they do it only because they want what another person has. That doesn’t have any meaning either. It’s like chasing the wind.

Matthew 27:18

Pilate knew that the leaders wanted to get their own way. He knew this was why they had handed Jesus over to him.

Matthew 3:7

John saw many Pharisees and Sadducees coming to where he was baptizing. He said to them, “You are like a nest of poisonous snakes! Who warned you to escape the coming of God’s anger?

John 12:10

So the chief priests made plans to kill Lazarus too.

John 12:19

So the Pharisees said to one another, “This isn’t getting us anywhere. Look how the whole world is following him!”

Acts 13:45

When the Jews saw the crowds, they became very jealous. They began to disagree with what Paul was saying. They said evil things against him.

Acts 15:5

Some of the believers were Pharisees. They stood up and said, “The Gentiles must be circumcised. They must obey the law of Moses.”

Acts 17:5

But other Jews were jealous. So they rounded up some evil people from the market place. Forming a crowd, they started all kinds of trouble in the city. The Jews rushed to Jason’s house. They were looking for Paul and Silas. They wanted to bring them out to the crowd.

Acts 4:26

The kings of the earth rise up. The rulers of the earth gather together against the Lord and against his anointed king.’ (Psalm 2:1,2)

Acts 4:6

Annas, the high priest, was there. So were Caiaphas, John, Alexander and other people in the high priest’s family.

Acts 5:16

Crowds even gathered from the towns around Jerusalem. They brought their sick people. They also brought those who were suffering because of evil spirits. All of them were healed.

Acts 7:9

“Jacob’s sons were jealous of their brother Joseph. So they sold him as a slave. He was taken to Egypt. But God was with him.

Galatians 5:21

It wants what others have. It gets drunk and takes part in wild parties. It does many things of that kind. I warn you now as I did before. People who live like this will not receive God’s kingdom.

James 4:5

Don’t you know what Scripture says? God wants the spirit in us to belong only to him. God caused this spirit to live in us. Don’t you think Scripture has a reason for saying this?

1 Peter 2:1

So get rid of every kind of evil, and stop telling lies. Don’t pretend to be something you are not. Stop wanting what others have, and don’t speak against one another.