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 23:24Can any hide himself in secret places that I shall not see him? saith the LORD. Do not I fill heaven and earth? saith the LORD.
• Isa 29:15Woe unto them that seek deep to hide their counsel from the LORD, and their works are in the dark, and they say, Who seeth us? and who knoweth us?
• 1 Pet 5:8Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:
• John 13:27And after the sop Satan entered into him. Then said Jesus unto him, That thou doest, do quickly.
• John 13:2And supper being ended, the devil having now put into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon’s son, to betray him;
• Acts 5:9Then Peter said unto her, How is it that ye have agreed together to tempt the Spirit of the Lord? behold, the feet of them which have buried thy husband are at the door, and shall carry thee out.
• Jas 4:7Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
• Eccl 5:4When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it; for he hath no pleasure in fools: pay that which thou hast vowed.
• Job 22:13And thou sayest, How doth God know? can he judge through the dark cloud?
• Eph 6:11–16Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.
• Ps 94:7–9Yet they say, The LORD shall not see, neither shall the God of Jacob regard it.
• Acts 5:4Whiles it remained, was it not thine own? and after it was sold, was it not in thine own power? why hast thou conceived this thing in thine heart? thou hast not lied unto men, but unto God.
• Deut 23:21When thou shalt vow a vow unto the LORD thy God, thou shalt not slack to pay it: for the LORD thy God will surely require it of thee; and it would be sin in thee.
• Luke 22:3Then entered Satan into Judas surnamed Iscariot, being of the number of the twelve.
• Num 30:2If a man vow a vow unto the LORD, or swear an oath to bind his soul with a bond; he shall not break his word, he shall do according to all that proceedeth out of his mouth.
• Acts 5:2And kept back part of the price, his wife also being privy to it, and brought a certain part, and laid it at the apostles’ feet.
• Matt 4:3–11And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread.
• Rev 12:9–11And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.
• Rom 2:21–22Thou therefore which teachest another, teachest thou not thyself? thou that preachest a man should not steal, dost thou steal?
• Gen 3:13–17And the LORD God said unto the woman, What is this that thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.
• 1 Chr 21:1–3And Satan stood up against Israel, and provoked David to number Israel.
• Matt 13:19When any one heareth the word of the kingdom, and understandeth it not, then cometh the wicked one, and catcheth away that which was sown in his heart. This is he which received seed by the way side.
• Prov 20:25It is a snare to the man who devoureth that which is holy, and after vows to make enquiry.
• 1 Kgs 22:21–22And there came forth a spirit, and stood before the LORD, and said, I will persuade him.
• Hos 11:12Ephraim compasseth me about with lies, and the house of Israel with deceit: but Judah yet ruleth with God, and is faithful with the saints.

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