Acts 5:38
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“So in the present case I advise you: Leave these men alone. Let them go! For if their purpose or endeavor is of human origin, it will fail.”
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“So in the present case I advise you: Leave these men alone. Let them go! For if their purpose or endeavor is of human origin, it will fail.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And now I say unto you, Refrain from these men, and let them alone: for if this counsel or this work be of men, it will come to nought:”
King James Version · Public Domain“And now I say unto you, Refrain from these men, and let them alone: for if this counsel or this work be of men, it will be overthrown:”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“and now I say to you, Refrain from these men, and let them alone, because if this counsel or this work may be of men, it will be overthrown,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Acts 5:38 — 13 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Nehemiah 4:15When our enemies heard that we were aware of their scheme and that God had frustrated it, each of us returned to his own work on the wall.
- Job 5:12He thwarts the schemes of the crafty, so that their hands find no success.
- Psalms 33:10The LORD frustrates the plans of the nations; He thwarts the devices of the peoples.
- Proverbs 21:30There is no wisdom, no understanding, no counsel that can prevail against the LORD.
- Isaiah 7:5For Aram, along with Ephraim and the son of Remaliah, has plotted your ruin, saying:
- Isaiah 8:9Huddle together, O peoples, and be shattered; pay attention, all you distant lands; prepare for battle, and be shattered; prepare for battle, and be shattered!
- Isaiah 14:25I will break Assyria in My land; I will trample him on My mountain. His yoke will be taken off My people, and his burden removed from their shoulders.”
- Lamentations 3:37Who has spoken and it came to pass, unless the Lord has ordained it?
- Matthew 15:13But Jesus replied, “Every plant that My heavenly Father has not planted will be pulled up by its roots.
- John 11:48If we let Him go on like this, everyone will believe in Him, and then the Romans will come and take away both our place and our nation.”
- Acts 5:35“Men of Israel,” he said, “consider carefully what you are about to do to these men.
- 1 Corinthians 1:26Brothers, consider the time of your calling: Not many of you were wise by human standards; not many were powerful; not many were of noble birth.
- 1 Corinthians 3:19For the wisdom of this world is foolishness in God’s sight. As it is written: “He catches the wise in their craftiness.”
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