Acts 1:18

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Summary

Now this man purchased a field with the reward of iniquity; and falling headlong, he burst asunder in the midst, and all his bowels gushed out.

This

Matthew 27:3

With

And falling

Psalm 55:15

Matthew 27:5

General references

Bible References

This

Then Judas, His betrayer, seeing that He had been condemned, was full of remorse and returned the 30 pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders.

With

The elders of Moab and Midian departed with fees for divination in hand. They came to Balaam and reported Balak’s words to him.

When I saw among the spoils a beautiful cloak from Babylon, 200 silver shekels, and a bar of gold weighing 50 shekels, I coveted them and took them. You can see for yourself. They are concealed in the ground inside my tent, with the money under the cloak.”

Gehazi, the attendant of Elisha the man of God, thought: My master has let this Aramean Naaman off lightly by not accepting from him what he brought. As the Lord lives, I will run after him and get something from him.

Though evil tastes sweet in his mouth
and he conceals it under his tongue,

To one he gave five talents; to another, two; and to another, one—to each according to his own ability. Then he went on a journey. Immediately

They have gone astray by abandoning the straight path and have followed the path of Balaam, the son of Bosor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness

And falling

Let death take them by surprise;
let them go down to Sheol alive,
because evil is in their homes and within them.

So he threw the silver into the sanctuary and departed. Then he went and hanged himself.

General references

And the Lord inflicted a plague on the people for what they did with the calf Aaron had made.

‘The one who accepts a bribe to kill an innocent person is cursed.’
And all the people will say, ‘Amen!’

saying, ‘This man started to build and wasn’t able to finish.’

Some people’s sins are obvious, going before them to judgment, but the sins of others surface later.