Acts 5:9

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Then Peter said unto her, How is it that ye have agreed together to tempt the Spirit of the Lord? behold, the feet of them which have buried thy husband are at the door, and shall carry thee out.

How

Genesis 3:9

Luke 16:2

Romans 3:19

Have

Micah 7:3

To tempt

1 Corinthians 10:9

The feet

Acts 5:6

2 Kings 6:32

Romans 10:15

General references

Psalm 139:7

Bible References

How

And the voice of the Lord God came to the man, saying, Where are you?

And he sent for him and said, What is this which is said about you? give me an account of all you have done, for you will no longer be the manager of my property.

Now, we have knowledge that what the law says is for those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be stopped, and all men may be judged by God:

Have

And he said, The Jews are in agreement together to make a request to you for Paul to be taken, on the day after this, into the Sanhedrin, to be questioned in greater detail.

If your brother, the son of your mother, or your son or your daughter or the wife of your heart, or the friend who is as dear to you as your life, working on you secretly says to you, Let us go and give worship to other gods, strange to you and to your fathers;

Certainly the evil-doer will not go free from punishment, but the seed of the upright man will be safe.

Everyone who has pride in his heart is disgusting to the Lord: he will certainly not go free from punishment.

Their hands are made ready to do evil; the ruler makes requests for money, and the judge is looking for a reward; and the great man gives decisions at his pleasure, and the right is twisted.

To tempt

But Peter said, Ananias, why has the Evil One put it into your heart to be false to the Holy Spirit, and to keep back part of the price of the land?

So the people were angry with Moses, and said, Give us water for drinking. And Moses said, Why are you angry with me? and why do you put God to the test?

Because all these men, having seen my glory and the signs which I have done in Egypt and in the waste land, still have put me to the test ten times, and have not given ear to my voice;

Testing God in their hearts, requesting meat for their desire.

Let not your hearts be hard, as at Meribah, as in the day of Massah in the waste land;

Jesus said to him, Again it is in the Writings, You may not put the Lord your God to the test.

And let us not put the Lord to the test, as some of them did, and came to their death by snakes.

The feet

And the young men went and made ready his body, and took it out, and put it in the earth.

But Elisha was in his house, and the responsible men were seated there with him; and before the king got there, Elisha said to those who were with him, Do you see how this cruel and violent man has sent to take away my life?

And how will there be preachers if they are not sent? As it is said, How beautiful are the feet of those who give the glad news of good things.

General references

Where may I go from your spirit? how may I go in flight from you?