Acts 6:10

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

But they could not withstand the wisdom and the Spirit with which he spoke.

Cross References

Job 32:18

For I am full of words; the spirit within me constrains me.

Job 32:8

But truly it is the spirit in a mortal, the breath of the Almighty that makes for understanding.

Exodus 4:12

Now go, and I will be with your mouth and teach you what you are to speak.”

Isaiah 54:17

No weapon that is fashioned against you shall prosper, and you shall confute every tongue that rises against you in judgment. This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord and their vindication from me, says the Lord.

Jeremiah 15:20

And I will make you to this people a fortified wall of bronze; they will fight against you, but they shall not prevail over you, for I am with you to save you and deliver you, says the Lord.

Ezekiel 3:27

But when I speak with you, I will open your mouth, and you shall say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord God’; let those who will hear, hear, and let those who refuse to hear, refuse, for they are a rebellious house.

Micah 3:8

But as for me, I am filled with power, with the spirit of the Lord, and with justice and might, to declare to Jacob his transgression and to Israel his sin.

Luke 1:17

With the spirit and power of Elijah he will go before him, to turn the hearts of parents to their children and the disobedient to the wisdom of the righteous, to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.”

Luke 21:15

for I will give you words and a wisdom that none of your opponents will be able to withstand or contradict.

John 7:46

The police answered, “Never has anyone spoken like this!”

Acts 5:39

but if it is of God, you will not be able to overthrow them—in that case you may even be found fighting against God!” They were convinced by him,

Acts 6:11

Then they secretly instigated some men to say, “We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses and God.”

Acts 6:9

Then some of those who belonged to the synagogue of the Freedmen (as it was called), Cyrenians, Alexandrians, and others of those from Cilicia and Asia, stood up and argued with Stephen.

Acts 7:51

“You stiff-necked people, uncircumcised in heart and ears, you are forever opposing the Holy Spirit, just as your ancestors used to do.

1 Corinthians 2:4

My speech and my proclamation were made not with persuasive words of wisdom but with a demonstration of the Spirit and of power,