Acts 5:4

New Living Translation

The property was yours to sell or not sell, as you wished. And after selling it, the money was also yours to give away. How could you do a thing like this? You weren’t lying to us but to God!”

Cross References

1 Chronicles 29:17

I know, my God, that you examine our hearts and rejoice when you find integrity there. You know I have done all this with good motives, and I have watched your people offer their gifts willingly and joyously.

1 Chronicles 29:3

“And now, because of my devotion to the Temple of my God, I am giving all of my own private treasures of gold and silver to help in the construction. This is in addition to the building materials I have already collected for his holy Temple.

1 Chronicles 29:5

and for the other gold and silver work to be done by the craftsmen. Now then, who will follow my example and give offerings to the Lord today?”

1 Chronicles 29:9

The people rejoiced over the offerings, for they had given freely and wholeheartedly to the Lord, and King David was filled with joy.

Job 15:35

They conceive trouble and give birth to evil. Their womb produces deceit.”

Psalm 139:4

You know what I am going to say even before I say it, Lord.

Psalm 7:14

The wicked conceive evil; they are pregnant with trouble and give birth to lies.

Exodus 16:8

Then Moses added, “The Lord will give you meat to eat in the evening and bread to satisfy you in the morning, for he has heard all your complaints against him. What have we done? Yes, your complaints are against the Lord, not against us.”

Exodus 35:29

So the people of Israel—every man and woman who was eager to help in the work the Lord had given them through Moses—brought their gifts and gave them freely to the Lord.

Ecclesiastes 5:5

It is better to say nothing than to make a promise and not keep it.

Isaiah 59:4

No one cares about being fair and honest. The people’s lawsuits are based on lies. They conceive evil deeds and then give birth to sin.

Ezekiel 38:10

“This is what the Sovereign Lord says: At that time evil thoughts will come to your mind, and you will devise a wicked scheme.

Numbers 16:11

The Lord is the one you and your followers are really revolting against! For who is Aaron that you are complaining about him?”

Luke 10:16

Then he said to the disciples, “Anyone who accepts your message is also accepting me. And anyone who rejects you is rejecting me. And anyone who rejects me is rejecting God, who sent me.”

Acts 5:3

Then Peter said, “Ananias, why have you let Satan fill your heart? You lied to the Holy Spirit, and you kept some of the money for yourself.

Acts 5:9

And Peter said, “How could the two of you even think of conspiring to test the Spirit of the Lord like this? The young men who buried your husband are just outside the door, and they will carry you out, too.”

1 Corinthians 8:8

It’s true that we can’t win God’s approval by what we eat. We don’t lose anything if we don’t eat it, and we don’t gain anything if we do.

1 Thessalonians 4:8

Therefore, anyone who refuses to live by these rules is not disobeying human teaching but is rejecting God, who gives his Holy Spirit to you.

Philemon 1:14

But I didn’t want to do anything without your consent. I wanted you to help because you were willing, not because you were forced.

James 1:15

These desires give birth to sinful actions. And when sin is allowed to grow, it gives birth to death.

1 Samuel 8:7

“Do everything they say to you,” the Lord replied, “for they are rejecting me, not you. They don’t want me to be their king any longer.