Acts 8:23

The Passion Translation

For I discern that jealous envy has poisoned you and binds you as a captive to sin.”

Cross References

Isaiah 58:6

“This is the kind of fast that I desire: Remove the heavy chains of oppression! Stop exploiting your workers! Set free the crushed and mistreated! Break off every yoke of bondage!

Proverbs 5:22

Beware that your sins don’t overtake you and that the scars of your own conscience don’t become the ropes that tie you up.

Hebrews 12:15

Watch over each other to make sure that no one misses the revelation of God’s grace. And make sure no one lives with a root of bitterness sprouting within them which will only cause trouble and poison the hearts of many.

John 8:34

“I speak eternal truth,” Jesus said. “When you sin you are not free. You’ve become a slave in bondage to your sin.

2 Peter 2:19

They promise others freedom, yet they themselves are slaves to corruption, for people are slaves to whatever overcomes them.

2 Peter 2:4

Now, don’t forget, God had no pity for the angels when they sinned but threw them into the lowest, darkest dungeon of gloom and locked them in chains, where they are firmly held until the judgment of torment.

Titus 3:3

For it wasn’t that long ago that we behaved foolishly in our stubborn disobedience. We were easily led astray as slaves to worldly passions and pleasures. We wasted our lives in doing evil, and with hateful jealousy we hated others.

Lamentations 3:19

I remember wandering around in misery, drinking the poison of bitterness.

Lamentations 3:5

He has besieged and encircled me with a wall of hardship and bitterness.

Jeremiah 9:15

Therefore I, Yahweh, the God of Israel and Commander of Angel Armies, say to you: “Look! I will feed them bitter wormwood, and give them poisonous water to drink.

Jeremiah 4:18

“You have brought this on yourself by your deeds and your lifestyle. Your evil and your bitterness have reached your heart. This is your doom!”

Isaiah 28:22

So do not mock, or your bonds will grow tighter. For I have heard the decree from my Lord Yahweh, Commander of Angel Armies. He spoke a decree of destruction against the whole land.

Psalm 116:16

Lord, because I am your loving servant, you have broken open my life and freed me from my chains.

Ephesians 4:31

Lay aside bitter words, temper tantrums, revenge, profanity, and insults.