Acts 5:39

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Summary

Acts 5:39

But if it be of God, ye cannot overthrow it; lest haply ye be found even to fight against God.

If

To fight

General references

Proverbs 21:30

Jeremiah 26:16

Acts 12:24

Bible References

If

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

Then Laban and Bethuel answered and said, The thing proceeds from LORD; we cannot speak to thee bad or good.

In times past, when Saul was king over us, it was thou who led out and brought in Israel. And LORD said to thee, Thou shall be shepherd of my people Israel, and thou shall be prince over Israel.

Thus says LORD, Ye shall not go up, nor fight against your brothers the sons of Israel. Return every man to his house, for this thing is of me. So they hearkened to the word of LORD, and returned and went their way according to the

When he gives quietness, who then can condemn? And when he hides his face, who then can behold him? [It is] the same whether to a nation, or to a man,

Yea, since the day was I am he, and there is none that can deliver out of my hand. I will work, and who can hinder it?

declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times things that are not [yet] done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure,

And all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing, and he does according to his will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth. And none can stay his hand, or say to him, What are thou doing?

And I also say to thee, that thou are Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not prevail against it.

For I will give you a mouth and wisdom that all those who oppose you will not be able to contradict or to resist.

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

And the ten horns that thou saw are ten kings who have not yet received a kingdom, but they receive authority as kings one hour with the beast.

To fight

Ye stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Spirit. As your fathers, ye also.

And he said, Who are thou, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus whom thou persecute.

And there developed a great clamor. And some of the scholars of the Pharisees part having risen, they argued vehemently, saying, We find nothing wrong in this man. But if a spirit spoke to him, or a heavenly agent, we should not fi

And Moses and Aaron went in to Pharaoh, and said to him, Thus says LORD, the God of the Hebrews, How long will thou refuse to humble thyself before me? Let my people go, that they may serve me.

Whom have thou defied and blasphemed? And against whom have thou exalted thy voice and lifted up thine eyes on high? [Even] against the Holy One of Israel.

Because he has stretched out his hand against God, and behaves himself proudly against the Almighty.

Woe to him who strives with his maker, a potsherd among the potsherds of the earth! Shall the clay say to him that fashions it, What are thou making? or thy work, He has no hands?

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

General references

There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against LORD.

Then the rulers and all the people said to the priests and to the prophets. This man is not worthy of death, for he has spoken to us in the name of LORD our God.

But the word of God grew and multiplied.