Acts 10:2

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“He and all his household were devout and God-fearing. He gave generously to the people and prayed to God regularly.”

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BSBPD

“He and all his household were devout and God-fearing. He gave generously to the people and prayed to God regularly.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“A devout man, and one that feared God with all his house, which gave much alms to the people, and prayed to God alway.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“a devout man, and one that feared God with all his house, who gave much alms to the people, and prayed to God always.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“pious, and fearing God with all his house, doing also many kind acts to the people, and beseeching God always,”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Acts 10:2 — 24 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Genesis 18:19For I have chosen him, so that he will command his children and his household after him to keep the way of the LORD by doing what is right and just, in order that the LORD may bring upon Abraham what He has promised.”
  2. Joshua 24:15But if it is unpleasing in your sight to serve the LORD, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your fathers served beyond the Euphrates, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living. As for me and my house, we will serve the LORD!”
  3. 1 Kings 8:43then may You hear from heaven, Your dwelling place, and do according to all for which the foreigner calls to You. Then all the peoples of the earth will know Your name and fear You, as do Your people Israel, and they will know that this house I have built is called by Your Name.
  4. 2 Chronicles 6:33then may You hear from heaven, Your dwelling place, and do according to all for which the foreigner calls to You. Then all the peoples of the earth will know Your name and fear You, as do Your people Israel, and they will know that this house I have built is called by Your Name.
  5. Job 1:1There was a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job. And this man was blameless and upright, fearing God and shunning evil.
  6. Job 1:5And when the days of feasting were over, Job would send for his children to purify them, rising early in the morning to offer burnt offerings for all of them. For Job thought, “Perhaps my children have sinned and cursed God in their hearts.” This was Job’s regular practice.
  7. Psalms 25:5Guide me in Your truth and teach me, for You are the God of my salvation; all day long I wait for You.
  8. Psalms 25:8Good and upright is the LORD; therefore He shows sinners the way.
  9. Psalms 41:1Blessed is the one who cares for the poor; the LORD will deliver him in the day of trouble.
  10. Psalms 55:17Morning, noon, and night, I cry out in distress, and He hears my voice.
  11. Psalms 86:3Be merciful to me, O Lord, for I call to You all day long.
  12. Psalms 88:1O LORD, the God of my salvation, day and night I cry out before You.
  13. Psalms 101:6My eyes favor the faithful of the land, that they may dwell with me; he who walks in the way of integrity shall minister to me.
  14. Psalms 102:15So the nations will fear the name of the LORD, and all the kings of the earth will fear Your glory.
  15. Psalms 119:2Blessed are those who keep His testimonies and seek Him with all their heart.
  16. Proverbs 2:3if you truly call out to insight and lift your voice to understanding,
  17. Ecclesiastes 7:18It is good to grasp the one and not let the other slip from your hand. For he who fears God will follow both warnings.
  18. Isaiah 58:7Isn’t it to share your bread with the hungry, to bring the poor and homeless into your home, to clothe the naked when you see him, and not to turn away from your own flesh and blood?
  19. Isaiah 59:19So shall they fear the name of the LORD where the sun sets, and His glory where it rises. For He will come like a raging flood, driven by the breath of the LORD.
  20. Daniel 6:10Now when Daniel learned that the document had been signed, he went into his house, where the windows of his upper room opened toward Jerusalem, and three times a day he got down on his knees, prayed, and gave thanks to his God, just as he had done before.
  21. Daniel 6:16So the king gave the order, and they brought Daniel and threw him into the den of lions. The king said to Daniel, “May your God, whom you serve continually, deliver you!”
  22. Daniel 6:20When he reached the den, he cried out in a voice of anguish, “O Daniel, servant of the living God, has your God, whom you serve continually, been able to deliver you from the lions?”
  23. Daniel 6:26I hereby decree that in every part of my kingdom, men are to tremble in fear before the God of Daniel: For He is the living God, and He endures forever; His kingdom will never be destroyed, and His dominion will never end.
  24. Matthew 7:7Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you.

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