Acts 5:4

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Summary

Whiles it remained, was it not thine own? and after it was sold, was it not in thine own power? why hast thou conceived this thing in thine heart? thou hast not lied unto men, but unto God.

Was it not thine

Philemon 1:14

Why

Thou hast

General references

Ecclesiastes 5:5

Luke 14:33

Bible References

Was it not thine

And they came, every one whose heart moved him, and every one whose spirit prompted him; they brought Jehovah's heave-offering for the work of the tent of meeting, and for all its service, and for the holy garments.

And moreover, in my affection for the house of my God I have given of my own property of gold and silver, for the house of my God, over and above all that I have prepared for the house of the sanctuary:

But meat does not commend us to God; neither if we should not eat do we come short; nor if we should eat have we an advantage.

have we not a right to take round a sister as wife, as also the other apostles, and the brethren of the Lord, and Cephas?

but I have wished to do nothing without thy mind, that thy good might not be as of necessity but of willingness:

Why

Thou hast neither part nor lot in this matter, for thy heart is not upright before God.

And Joshua said, How hast thou troubled us! Jehovah will trouble thee this day. And all Israel stoned him with stones; and they burned them with fire, and stoned them with stones.

They conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity, and their belly prepareth deceit.

Behold, he travaileth with iniquity, yea, he hath conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood:

none calleth for justice, none pleadeth in truthfulness. They trust in vanity, and speak falsehood; they conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity.

Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: It shall even come to pass in that day that things shall come into thy mind, and thou shalt think an evil thought;

Thou hast

But Peter said, Ananias, why has Satan filled thy heart that thou shouldest lie to the Holy Spirit, and put aside for thyself a part of the price of the estate?

And Moses said, When Jehovah gives you in the evening flesh to eat, and in the morning bread to the full; for Jehovah hears your murmurings which ye murmur against him ... and what are we? your murmurings are not against us, but against Jehovah.

For which cause thou and all thy band are banded together against Jehovah; and Aaron, who is he that ye murmur against him?

And Jehovah said to Samuel, Hearken unto the voice of the people in all that they say unto thee: for they have not rejected thee, but they have rejected me, that I should not reign over them.

And he entered in and stood before his master. And Elisha said to him, Whence comest thou, Gehazi? And he said, Thy servant went no whither.

For there is not yet a word on my tongue, but lo, O Jehovah, thou knowest it altogether.

He that hears you hears me; and he that rejects you rejects me; and he that rejects me rejects him that sent me.

He therefore that in this disregards his brother, disregards, not man, but God, who has given also his Holy Spirit to you.

General references

Better is it that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou shouldest vow and not pay.

Thus then every one of you who forsakes not all that is his own cannot be my disciple.