Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And saying, Sirs, why do ye these things? We also are men of like passions with you, and preach unto you that ye should turn from these vanities unto the living God, which made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and all things that are therein:

And preach

General references

Bible References

Sirs

Acts 7:26
"Next day he came upon two of them fighting, and tried to make peace between them. "'Sirs,' he said, 'you are brothers. Why are you wronging each other?'
Acts 16:30
and brought them out, saying, "Sirs, what must I do to be saved?"
Acts 27:10
"Sirs," he said to them, "I perceive that the voyage will be attended with injury and serious loss, not only to the cargo and to the ship, but also to our own lives."

We also

Acts 3:12
When he saw this, Peter said to the people. "Men of Israel, why are you wondering at this? Why do you stare at us, as if by our own power or piety we had made this man to walk?
Acts 12:22
"The voice of a god, and not of a man," the people kept shouting.
John 7:18
"The man who speaks on his own authority is always seeking his own glory. But one who is eager for the glory of Him who sent him, he is true, and therefore is nothing false about him.

Of like

James 5:17
Elijah was a man of like passions with us, and he prayed again, and the sky gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit.
Revelation 19:10
And I fell down at his feet to worship him, and he said to me. "See that you do it not. I am a fellow slave of yours and of your brothers who hold the testimony of Jesus; for the testimony of Jesus is the vital breath of prophecy."

And preach

Acts 17:16
While Paul was waiting for them at Athens, his spirit was stirred within him, when he noticed that the city was full of idols.
Acts 26:17
"'I will deliver you from the Jewish people, and from the Gentiles to whom I am sending you to open their eyes

From

Romans 1:21
For although they knew God, yet they did not glorify him as God, nor give him thanks; but became vain in their reasoning, and their senseless minds were darkened.
1 Corinthians 8:4
Now as to eating food that has been offered to idols, we know well that an idol has no real existence in the universe, and that there is no God but One.
Ephesians 4:17
This then I tell you and implore you in the Master's name, to pass your lives no longer as the Gentiles do in the perverseness of their minds;

General references

Acts 7:50
Did not my hand make this universe?