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
And the next day he came to them, as they were two of them fighting, and would have persuaded them to agree, saying, Sirs, ye are brethren, why do ye injure one another?
Acts 16:30
and bringing them out, he said, Sirs, what must I do to be saved?
Acts 27:10
saying, Sirs, I perceive that this voyage is like to be prejudicial and with much damage, not only of the lading and of the ship, but also of our lives.

We also

Acts 3:12
And Peter seeing this said to the people, Men of Israel, why marvel ye at this, or why look ye so earnestly on us, as if by our own power or piety we had made this man able to walk?
Acts 12:22
And the people gave a shout, saying, It is the voice of a god, and not of a man:
John 7:18
He, that speaketh from himself, seeketh his own glory: but he that seeketh the glory of Him that sent him is true, and there is no imposture in him.

Of like

James 5:17
Elias was a man of like passions with us, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain, and it rained not upon the land for three years and six months:
Revelation 19:10
And I fell at his feet to worship him: and he said unto me, See thou do it not: I am thy fellow-servant, and a fellow-servant of thy brethren, that hold the testimony of Jesus. Worship God. For the Spirit of prophecy is the testimony of Jesus.

And preach

Acts 17:16
Now while Paul was waiting for them at Athens, his Spirit was greatly moved, when he saw the city wholly given up to idolatry.
Acts 26:17
delivering thee from the people and from the Gentiles, to whom I now send thee,

From

Romans 1:21
so that they are inexcusable; because having thus known God they glorified Him not as God, neither were they thankful; but were infatuated by their own reasonings, and their heart being void of understanding was darkened.
1 Corinthians 8:4
As to the eating therefore of things sacrificed to idols, we know that an idol is nothing in the world, and that there is no other God but one.
Ephesians 4:17
This I say therefore, and charge you in the name of the Lord, that ye no longer walk as the rest of the Gentiles walk,

General references

Acts 7:50
hath not my hand made all these things?" ---