Acts 5:4

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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 come in -- every man whom his heart hath lifted up, and every one whom his spirit hath made willing -- they have brought in the heave-offering of Jehovah for the work of the tent of meeting, and for all its service, and for the holy garments.

And again, because of my delighting in the house of my God, the substance I have -- a peculiar treasure of gold and silver -- I have given for the house of my God, even over and above all I have prepared for the house of the sanctuary:

But victuals do not commend us to God, for neither if we may eat are we in advance; nor if we may not eat, are we behind;

have we not authority a sister -- a wife -- to lead about, as also the other apostles, and the brethren of the Lord, and Cephas?

and apart from thy mind I willed to do nothing, that as of necessity thy good deed may not be, but of willingness,

Why

thou hast neither part nor lot in this thing, for thy heart is not right before God;

And Joshua saith, 'What! thou hast troubled us! -- Jehovah doth trouble thee this day;' and all Israel cast stones at him, and they burn them with fire, and they stone them with stones,

To conceive misery, and to bear iniquity, Even their heart doth prepare deceit.

Lo, he travaileth with iniquity, And he hath conceived perverseness, And hath brought forth falsehood.

There is none calling in righteousness, And there is none pleading in faithfulness, Trusting on emptiness, and speaking falsehood, Conceiving perverseness, and bearing iniquity.

Thus said the Lord Jehovah: And it hath come to pass in that day, Come up do things on thy heart, And thou hast thought an evil thought,

Thou hast

And Peter said, 'Ananias, wherefore did the Adversary fill thy heart, for thee to lie to the Holy Spirit, and to keep back of the price of the place?

And Moses saith, 'In Jehovah's giving to you in the evening flesh to eat, and bread in the morning to satiety -- in Jehovah's hearing your murmurings, which ye are murmuring against Him, and what are we? your murmurings are not against us, but against Jehovah.'

Therefore, thou and all thy company who are met are against Jehovah; and Aaron, what is he, that ye murmur against him?'

And Jehovah saith unto Samuel, 'Hearken to the voice of the people, to all that they say unto thee, for thee they have not rejected, but Me they have rejected, from reigning over them.

And he hath come in, and doth stand by his lord, and Elisha saith unto him, 'Whence -- Gehazi?' and he saith, 'Thy servant went not hither or thither.'

For there is not a word in my tongue, Lo, O Jehovah, Thou hast known it all!

'He who is hearing you, doth hear me; and he who is putting you away, doth put me away; and he who is putting me away, doth put away Him who sent me.'

he, therefore, who is despising -- doth not despise man, but God, who also did give His Holy Spirit to us.

General references

Better that thou do not vow, than that thou dost vow and dost not complete.

'So, then, every one of you who doth not take leave of all that he himself hath, is not able to be my disciple.