Acts 5:4

The Passion Translation

Before you sold it, wasn’t it yours to sell or to keep? And after you sold it, wasn’t the money entirely at your disposal? How could you plot such a thing in your heart? You haven’t lied to people; you’ve lied to God!”

Cross References

Psalm 7:14

Look how the wicked conceive their evil schemes. They go into labor with their lies and give birth to trouble.

Isaiah 59:4

No one seeks true justice; no one pleads his case with honesty. They rely on their illusions and misleading lies; they conceive trouble and give birth to sin.

Ezekiel 38:10

“This is what Lord Yahweh says to Gog: ‘On that day, an idea will occur to you, and you will devise a sinister plan.

Luke 10:16

Jesus concluded his instructions to the seventy with these words: “Remember this: Whoever listens to your message is actually listening to me. And anyone who rejects you is rejecting me, and not only me but the one who sent me.”

Acts 5:3

God revealed their secret to Peter, so he said to him, “Ananias, why did you let Satan fill your heart and make you think you could lie to the Holy Spirit? You only pretended to give it all, yet you hid back part of the proceeds from the sale of your property to keep for yourselves.

Acts 5:9

Peter told her, “Why have you agreed together to test the Spirit of the Lord? I hear the footsteps of those who buried your husband at the door—they’re coming here to bury you too!”

1 Corinthians 8:8

Yes, we know that what you eat will not bring you closer to God. You are no better if you don’t eat certain foods and no better if you do.

1 Thessalonians 4:8

Therefore, whoever rejects this instruction isn’t rejecting human authority but God himself, who gives us his precious gift—his Spirit of holiness.

Philemon 1:14

However, I did not want to make this decision without your consent, so that your act of kindness would not be a matter of obligation but out of willingness.

James 1:15

Evil desires give birth to evil actions. And when sin is fully mature it can murder you!