Acts 5:4

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

Before it was sold, did it not belong to you? And when it was sold, was the money not at your disposal? How have you thought up this deed in your heart? You have not lied to people but to God!”

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  • Acts 5:3 : 3 But Peter said,“Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and keep back for yourself part of the proceeds from the sale of the land?
  • Acts 5:9 : 9 Peter then told her,“Why have you agreed together to test the Spirit of the Lord? Look! The feet of those who have buried your husband are at the door, and they will carry you out!”
  • Acts 8:21-22 : 21 You have no share or part in this matter because your heart is not right before God! 22 Therefore repent of this wickedness of yours, and pray to the Lord that he may perhaps forgive you for the intent of your heart.
  • 1 Cor 8:8 : 8 Now food will not bring us close to God. We are no worse if we do not eat and no better if we do.
  • 1 Cor 9:5-9 : 5 Do we not have the right to the company of a believing wife, like the other apostles and the Lord’s brothers and Cephas? 6 Or do only Barnabas and I lack the right not to work? 7 Who ever serves in the army at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard and does not eat its fruit? Who tends a flock and does not consume its milk? 8 Am I saying these things only on the basis of common sense, or does the law not say this as well? 9 For it is written in the law of Moses,“Do not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain.” God is not concerned here about oxen, is he? 10 Or is he not surely speaking for our benefit? It was written for us, because the one plowing and threshing ought to work in hope of enjoying the harvest. 11 If we sowed spiritual blessings among you, is it too much to reap material things from you? 12 If others receive this right from you, are we not more deserving?But we have not made use of this right. Instead we endure everything so that we may not be a hindrance to the gospel of Christ. 13 Don’t you know that those who serve in the temple eat food from the temple, and those who serve at the altar receive a part of the offerings? 14 In the same way the Lord commanded those who proclaim the gospel to receive their living by the gospel. 15 But I have not used any of these rights. And I am not writing these things so that something will be done for me. In fact, it would be better for me to die than– no one will deprive me of my reason for boasting! 16 For if I preach the gospel, I have no reason for boasting, because I am compelled to do this. Woe to me if I do not preach the gospel! 17 For if I do this voluntarily, I have a reward. But if I do it unwillingly, I am entrusted with a responsibility.
  • 1 Thess 4:8 : 8 Consequently the one who rejects this is not rejecting human authority but God, who gives his Holy Spirit to you.
  • Phlm 1:14 : 14 However, without your consent I did not want to do anything, so that your good deed would not be out of compulsion, but from your own willingness.
  • Jas 1:15 : 15 Then when desire conceives, it gives birth to sin, and when sin is full grown, it gives birth to death.
  • Exod 16:8 : 8 Moses said,“You will know this when the LORD gives you meat to eat in the evening and bread in the morning to satisfy you, because the LORD has heard your murmurings that you are murmuring against him. As for us, what are we? Your murmurings are not against us, but against the LORD.”
  • Exod 35:21-22 : 21 Everyone whose heart stirred him to action and everyone whose spirit was willing came and brought the offering for the LORD for the work of the tent of meeting, for all its service, and for the holy garments. 22 They came, men and women alike, all who had willing hearts. They brought brooches, earrings, rings and ornaments, all kinds of gold jewelry, and everyone came who waved a wave offering of gold to the LORD.
  • Exod 35:29 : 29 The Israelites brought a freewill offering to the LORD, every man and woman whose heart was willing to bring materials for all the work that the LORD through Moses had commanded them to do.
  • Num 16:11 : 11 Therefore you and all your company have assembled together against the LORD! And Aaron– what is he that you murmur against him?”
  • Josh 7:25-26 : 25 Joshua said,“Why have you brought disaster on us? The LORD will bring disaster on you today!” All Israel stoned him to death.(They also stoned and burned the others.) 26 Then they erected over him a large pile of stones(it remains to this very day) and the LORD’s anger subsided. So that place is called the Valley of Disaster to this very day.
  • 1 Sam 8:7 : 7 The LORD said to Samuel,“Do everything the people request of you. For it is not you that they have rejected, but it is me that they have rejected as their king.
  • 2 Kgs 5:25-27 : 25 When he came and stood before his master, Elisha asked him,“Where have you been, Gehazi?” He answered,“Your servant hasn’t been anywhere.” 26 Elisha replied,“I was there in spirit when a man turned and got down from his chariot to meet you. This is not the proper time to accept silver or to accept clothes, olive groves, vineyards, sheep, cattle, and male and female servants. 27 Therefore Naaman’s skin disease will afflict you and your descendants forever!” When Gehazi went out from his presence, his skin was as white as snow.
  • 1 Chr 29:3 : 3 Now, to show my commitment to the temple of my God, I donate my personal treasure of gold and silver to the temple of my God, in addition to all that I have already supplied for this holy temple.
  • 1 Chr 29:5 : 5 for gold and silver items, and for all the work of the craftsmen. Who else wants to contribute to the LORD today?”
  • 1 Chr 29:9 : 9 The people were delighted with their donations, for they contributed to the LORD with a willing attitude; King David was also very happy.
  • 1 Chr 29:17 : 17 I know, my God, that you examine thoughts and are pleased with integrity. With pure motives I contribute all this; and now I look with joy as your people who have gathered here contribute to you.
  • Job 15:35 : 35 They conceive trouble and bring forth evil; their belly prepares deception.”
  • Ps 7:14 : 14 See the one who is pregnant with wickedness, who conceives destructive plans, and gives birth to harmful lies–
  • Ps 139:4 : 4 Certainly my tongue does not frame a word without you, O LORD, being thoroughly aware of it.
  • Isa 59:4 : 4 No one is concerned about justice; no one sets forth his case truthfully. They depend on false words and tell lies; they conceive of oppression and give birth to sin.
  • Ezek 38:10 : 10 “‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says: On that day thoughts will come into your mind, and you will devise an evil plan.
  • Luke 10:16 : 16 “The one who listens to you listens to me, and the one who rejects you rejects me, and the one who rejects me rejects the one who sent me.”

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  • Acts 5:1-3
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    1The Judgment on Ananias and Sapphira Now a man named Ananias, together with Sapphira his wife, sold a piece of property.

    2He kept back for himself part of the proceeds with his wife’s knowledge; he brought only part of it and placed it at the apostles’ feet.

    3But Peter said,“Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and keep back for yourself part of the proceeds from the sale of the land?

  • Acts 5:5-9
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    5When Ananias heard these words he collapsed and died, and great fear gripped all who heard about it.

    6So the young men came, wrapped him up, carried him out, and buried him.

    7After an interval of about three hours, his wife came in, but she did not know what had happened.

    8Peter said to her,“Tell me, were the two of you paid this amount for the land?” Sapphira said,“Yes, that much.”

    9Peter then told her,“Why have you agreed together to test the Spirit of the Lord? Look! The feet of those who have buried your husband are at the door, and they will carry you out!”

  • Acts 8:20-23
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    20But Peter said to him,“May your silver perish with you, because you thought you could acquire God’s gift with money!

    21You have no share or part in this matter because your heart is not right before God!

    22Therefore repent of this wickedness of yours, and pray to the Lord that he may perhaps forgive you for the intent of your heart.

    23For I see that you are bitterly envious and in bondage to sin.”

  • Acts 4:37
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    37sold a field that belonged to him and brought the money and placed it at the apostles’ feet.

  • Acts 4:34
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    34For there was no one needy among them, because those who were owners of land or houses were selling them and bringing the proceeds from the sales

  • Acts 1:18-19
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    18(Now this man Judas acquired a field with the reward of his unjust deed, and falling headfirst he burst open in the middle and all his intestines gushed out.

    19This became known to all who lived in Jerusalem, so that in their own language they called that field Hakeldama, that is,“Field of Blood.”)

  • Acts 4:7-9
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    7After making Peter and John stand in their midst, they began to inquire,“By what power or by what name did you do this?”

    8Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, replied,“Rulers of the people and elders,

    9if we are being examined today for a good deed done to a sick man– by what means this man was healed–

  • Acts 4:19
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    19But Peter and John replied,“Whether it is right before God to obey you rather than God, you decide,

  • Acts 3:12-13
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    12When Peter saw this, he declared to the people,“Men of Israel, why are you amazed at this? Why do you stare at us as if we had made this man walk by our own power or piety?

    13The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the God of our forefathers, has glorified his servant Jesus, whom you handed over and rejected in the presence of Pilate after he had decided to release him.

  • Lev 6:2-3
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    2“When a person sins and commits a trespass against the LORD by deceiving his fellow citizen in regard to something held in trust, or a pledge, or something stolen, or by extorting something from his fellow citizen,

    3or has found something lost and denies it and swears falsely concerning any one of the things that someone might do to sin–

  • Rom 3:7
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    7For if by my lie the truth of God enhances his glory, why am I still actually being judged as a sinner?

  • Acts 9:13
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    13But Ananias replied,“Lord, I have heard from many people about this man, how much harm he has done to your saints in Jerusalem,

  • 1 Cor 5:2
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    2And you are proud! Shouldn’t you have been deeply sorrowful instead and removed the one who did this from among you?

  • Acts 4:32
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    32Conditions Among the Early Believers The group of those who believed were of one heart and mind, and no one said that any of his possessions was his own, but everything was held in common.

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    9Do not lie to one another since you have put off the old man with its practices

  • 1 Sam 12:4
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    4They replied,“You have not wronged us or oppressed us. You have not taken anything from the hand of anyone.”

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    35Then he said to the council,“Men of Israel, pay close attention to what you are about to do to these men.

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    4But Peter began and explained it to them point by point, saying,

  • Acts 5:27-29
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    27When they had brought them, they stood them before the council, and the high priest questioned them,

    28saying,“We gave you strict orders not to teach in this name. Look, you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching, and you intend to bring this man’s blood on us!”

    29But Peter and the apostles replied,“We must obey God rather than people.

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    37The Response to Peter’s Address Now when they heard this, they were acutely distressed and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles,“What should we do, brothers?”

  • Rom 2:22
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    22You who tell others not to commit adultery, do you commit adultery? You who abhor idols, do you rob temples?

  • 1 Tim 4:2
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    2influenced by the hypocrisy of liars whose consciences are seared.

  • 1 Cor 6:8
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    8But you yourselves wrong and cheat, and you do this to your brothers and sisters!

  • 2 Pet 2:3
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    3And in their greed they will exploit you with deceptive words. Their condemnation pronounced long ago is not sitting idly by; their destruction is not asleep.

  • Luke 16:12
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    12And if you haven’t been trustworthy with someone else’s property, who will give you your own?

  • Rom 3:4
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    4Absolutely not! Let God be proven true, and every human being shown up as a liar, just as it is written:“so that you will be justified in your words and will prevail when you are judged.”

  • Acts 13:10-11
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    10and said,“You who are full of all deceit and all wrongdoing, you son of the devil, you enemy of all righteousness– will you not stop making crooked the straight paths of the Lord?

    11Now look, the hand of the Lord is against you, and you will be blind, unable to see the sun for a time!” Immediately mistiness and darkness came over him, and he went around seeking people to lead him by the hand.

  • Lev 25:14
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    14If you make a sale to your fellow citizen or buy from your fellow citizen, no one is to wrong his brother.

  • 2 Cor 4:2
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    2But we have rejected shameful hidden deeds, not behaving with deceptiveness or distorting the word of God, but by open proclamation of the truth we commend ourselves to everyone’s conscience before God.

  • Acts 5:33
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    33Now when they heard this, they became furious and wanted to execute them.

  • Rom 2:3
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    3And do you think, whoever you are, when you judge those who practice such things and yet do them yourself, that you will escape God’s judgment?

  • Jas 5:6
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    6You have condemned and murdered the righteous person, although he does not resist you.