Acts 5:39

Gamaliel's Advice

³⁸ And now I say to you, Withdraw from these men and let them alone. For if this counsel or this work is of men, it will come to nothing. ³⁹ But if it is of God, you cannot overthrow it, lest perhaps you be found even to fight against God. ⁴⁰ And they obeyed him. And calling the apostles, beating them, they commanded not to speak in the name of Jesus, and let them go.

From God

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Proverbs 21:30

There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against Jehovah.

Acts 7:51

O stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears! You always resist the Holy Spirit. As your fathers did, so you do.

Acts 11:17

If God gave to them the same gift as to us, they having believed on the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I to be able to prevent God?

Genesis 24:50

And Laban and Bethuel answered and said, The thing has come forth from Jehovah. We cannot speak to you bad or good.

Exodus 10:3-7

And Moses and Aaron came in to Pharaoh and said to him, So says Jehovah, the God of the Hebrews, How long will you refuse to humble yourself before Me? Let My people go, so that they may serve Me.

2 Samuel 5:2

Also in time past, when Saul was king over us, you were he who led Israel out and brought them in. And Jehovah said to you, You shall feed My people Israel, and you shall be a leader over Israel.

1 Kings 12:24

So says Jehovah, You shall not go up, nor fight against your brothers the sons of Israel. Each man return to his house. For this thing is from Me. And they listened to the Word of Jehovah and turned to go back, according to the Word of Jehovah.

2 Kings 19:22

Whom have you mocked and blasphemed? And against whom have you exalted your voice and lifted up your eyes on high? Even against the Holy One of Israel!

Job 15:25-27

because he stretches out his hand against God, and sets himself against the Almighty.

Job 34:29

And He gives quietness, who then can condemn? And when He hides His face, who can behold Him? And it may be against a nation and a man together;

Job 40:9-14

And have you an arm like God? Or can you thunder with a voice like His?

Isaiah 43:13

Yea, before the day was, I am He; and no one delivers out of My hand; I will work, and who will reverse it?

Isaiah 45:9

Woe to him who fights with the One who formed him, a potsherd among the potsherds of the earth! Shall the clay say to its former, What are you making? Or your work, He has no hands?

Isaiah 46:10

declaring the end from the beginning, and from the past things which were not done, saying, My purpose shall stand, and I will do all My pleasure;

Daniel 4:35

And all the people of the earth are counted as nothing; and He does according to His will in the army of heaven, and among the people of the earth. And none can strike His hand, or say to Him, What are You doing?

Matthew 16:18

And I also say to you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build My church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.

Luke 21:15

For I will give you a mouth and wisdom which all your adversaries shall not be able to gainsay nor resist.

Acts 6:10

And they were not able to resist the wisdom and the Spirit by which he spoke.

Acts 9:5

And he said, Who are you, lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus whom you persecute. It is hard for you to kick against the goads.

Acts 23:9

And there arose a great cry. And the scribes who were on the Pharisees' side arose and strove, saying, We find no evil in this man. But if a spirit or an angel has spoken to him, let us not fight against God.

1 Corinthians 1:25

Because the foolish thing of God is wiser than men, and the weak thing of God is stronger than men.

1 Corinthians 10:22

Or do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? Are we stronger than He?

Revelation 17:12-14

And the ten horns which you saw are ten kings, who have received no kingdom yet, but will receive authority as kings one hour with the beast.