Acts 4:19

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“But Peter and John replied, “Judge for yourselves whether it is right in God’s sight to listen to you rather than God.”

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BSBPD

“But Peter and John replied, “Judge for yourselves whether it is right in God’s sight to listen to you rather than God.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“But Peter and John answered and said unto them, Whether it be right in the sight of God to hearken unto you more than unto God, judge ye.”

King James Version · Public Domain
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“But Peter and John answered and said unto them, Whether it is right in the sight of God to hearken unto you rather than unto God, judge ye:”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
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“and Peter and John answering unto them said, `Whether it is righteous before God to hearken to you rather than to God, judge ye;”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Acts 4:19 — 24 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Exodus 1:17The midwives, however, feared God and did not do as the king of Egypt had instructed; they let the boys live.
  2. 1 Kings 12:30And this thing became a sin; the people walked as far as Dan to worship before one of the calves.
  3. 1 Kings 13:19but the man of God went back with him, ate bread in his house, and drank water.
  4. 1 Kings 14:16So He will give Israel over on account of the sins Jeroboam has committed and has caused Israel to commit.”
  5. 1 Kings 21:11So the elders and nobles who lived in Naboth’s city did as Jezebel had instructed in the letters she had written to them.
  6. 1 Kings 22:14But Micaiah said, “As surely as the LORD lives, I will speak whatever the LORD tells me.”
  7. 2 Kings 16:15Then King Ahaz commanded Uriah the priest, “Offer on the great altar the morning burnt offering, the evening grain offering, and the king’s burnt offering and grain offering, as well as the burnt offerings, grain offerings, and drink offerings of all the people of the land. Sprinkle on the altar all the blood of the burnt offerings and sacrifices. But I will use the bronze altar to seek guidance.”
  8. 2 Kings 16:16So Uriah the priest did just as King Ahaz had commanded.
  9. 2 Chronicles 26:16But when Uzziah grew powerful, his arrogance led to his own destruction. He was unfaithful to the LORD his God, for he entered the temple of the LORD to burn incense on the altar of incense.
  10. Psalms 58:1Do you indeed speak justly, O rulers? Do you judge uprightly, O sons of men?
  11. Daniel 3:18But even if He does not, let it be known to you, O king, that we will not serve your gods or worship the golden statue you have set up.”
  12. Daniel 6:10Now when Daniel learned that the document had been signed, he went into his house, where the windows of his upper room opened toward Jerusalem, and three times a day he got down on his knees, prayed, and gave thanks to his God, just as he had done before.
  13. Hosea 5:11Ephraim is oppressed, crushed in judgment, for he is determined to follow worthless idols.
  14. Amos 7:16Now, therefore, hear the word of the LORD. You say: ‘Do not prophesy against Israel; do not preach against the house of Isaac.’
  15. Micah 6:16You have kept the statutes of Omri and all the practices of Ahab’s house; you have followed their counsel. Therefore I will make you a desolation, and your inhabitants an object of contempt; you will bear the scorn of the nations.”
  16. Matthew 22:21“Caesar’s,” they answered. So Jesus told them, “Give to Caesar what is Caesar’s, and to God what is God’s.”
  17. John 7:24Stop judging by outward appearances, and start judging justly.”
  18. Acts 5:29But Peter and the other apostles replied, “We must obey God rather than men.
  19. 1 Corinthians 10:15I speak to reasonable people; judge for yourselves what I say.
  20. 2 Corinthians 4:2Instead, we have renounced secret and shameful ways. We do not practice deceit, nor do we distort the word of God. On the contrary, by open proclamation of the truth, we commend ourselves to every man’s conscience in the sight of God.
  21. Ephesians 6:1Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.
  22. 1 Timothy 2:3This is good and pleasing in the sight of God our Savior,
  23. Hebrews 11:23By faith Moses’ parents hid him for three months after his birth, because they saw that he was a beautiful child, and they were unafraid of the king’s edict.
  24. James 2:4have you not discriminated among yourselves and become judges with evil thoughts?

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