Acts 5:3

Peter confronts Ananias for letting Satan fill his heart to lie to the Holy Spirit by withholding part of the price. The sin is exposed as a lie against God's Spirit.

Cross-references · 25

• Jer 23:24“Can a man hide in secret places where I cannot see him?” declares the LORD. “Do I not fill the heavens and the earth?” declares the LORD.
• Isa 29:15Woe to those who dig deep to hide their plans from the LORD. In darkness they do their works and say, “Who sees us, and who will know?”
• 1 Pet 5:8Be sober-minded and alert. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.
• John 13:27And when Judas had taken the morsel, Satan entered into him. Then Jesus said to Judas, “What you are about to do, do quickly.”
• John 13:2The evening meal was underway, and the devil had already put into the heart of Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot, to betray Jesus.
• Acts 5:9“How could you agree to test the Spirit of the Lord?” Peter replied. “Look, the feet of the men who buried your husband are at the door, and they will carry you out also.”
• Jas 4:7Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
• Eccl 5:4When you make a vow to God, do not delay in fulfilling it, because He takes no pleasure in fools. Fulfill your vow.
• Job 22:13Yet you say: ‘What does God know? Does He judge through thick darkness?
• Eph 6:11–16Put on the full armor of God, so that you can make your stand against the devil’s schemes.
• Ps 94:7–9They say, “The LORD does not see; the God of Jacob pays no heed.”
• Acts 5:4Did it not belong to you before it was sold? And after it was sold, was it not at your disposal? How could you conceive such a deed in your heart? You have not lied to men, but to God!”
• Deut 23:21If you make a vow to the LORD your God, do not be slow to keep it, because He will surely require it of you, and you will be guilty of sin.
• Luke 22:3Then Satan entered Judas Iscariot, who was one of the Twelve.
• Num 30:2If a man makes a vow to the LORD or swears an oath to obligate himself by a pledge, he must not break his word; he must do everything he has promised.
• Acts 5:2With his wife’s full knowledge, he kept back some of the proceeds for himself, but brought a portion and laid it at the apostles’ feet.
• Matt 4:3–11The tempter came to Him and said, “If You are the Son of God, tell these stones to become bread.”
• Rev 12:9–11And the great dragon was hurled down—that ancient serpent called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world. He was hurled to the earth, and his angels with him.
• Rom 2:21–22you, then, who teach others, do you not teach yourself? You who preach against stealing, do you steal?
• Gen 3:13–17Then the LORD God said to the woman, “What is this you have done?” “The serpent deceived me,” she replied, “and I ate.”
• 1 Chr 21:1–3Then Satan rose up against Israel and incited David to take a census of Israel.
• Matt 13:19When anyone hears the message of the kingdom but does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what was sown in his heart. This is the seed sown along the path.
• Prov 20:25It is a trap for a man to dedicate something rashly, only later to reconsider his vows.
• 1 Kgs 22:21–22Then a spirit came forward, stood before the LORD, and said, ‘I will entice him.’ ‘By what means?’ asked the LORD.
• Hos 11:12Ephraim surrounds Me with lies, the house of Israel with deceit; but Judah still walks with God and is faithful to the Holy One.

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