Acts 17:16
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“While Paul was waiting for them in Athens, he was deeply disturbed in his spirit to see that the city was full of idols.”
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“While Paul was waiting for them in Athens, he was deeply disturbed in his spirit to see that the city was full of idols.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Now while Paul waited for them at Athens, his spirit was stirred in him, when he saw the city wholly given to idolatry.”
King James Version · Public Domain“Now while Paul waited for them at Athens, his spirit was provoked within him as he beheld the city full of idols.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“and Paul waiting for them in Athens, his spirit was stirred in him, beholding the city wholly given to idolatry,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Acts 17:16 — 15 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Exodus 32:19As Moses approached the camp and saw the calf and the dancing, he burned with anger and threw the tablets out of his hands, shattering them at the base of the mountain.
- Numbers 25:6Just then an Israelite man brought to his family a Midianite woman in the sight of Moses and the whole congregation of Israel while they were weeping at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.
- 1 Kings 19:10“I have been very zealous for the LORD, the God of Hosts,” he replied, “but the Israelites have forsaken Your covenant, torn down Your altars, and killed Your prophets with the sword. I am the only one left, and they are seeking my life as well.”
- 1 Kings 19:14“I have been very zealous for the LORD, the God of Hosts,” he replied, “but the Israelites have forsaken Your covenant, torn down Your altars, and killed Your prophets with the sword. I am the only one left, and they are seeking my life as well.”
- Job 32:2This kindled the anger of Elihu son of Barachel the Buzite, of the family of Ram. He burned with anger against Job for justifying himself rather than God,
- Job 32:18For I am full of words, and my spirit within me compels me.
- Psalms 69:9because zeal for Your house has consumed me, and the insults of those who insult You have fallen on me.
- Psalms 119:136My eyes shed streams of tears because Your law is not obeyed.
- Psalms 119:158I look on the faithless with loathing because they do not keep Your word.
- Jeremiah 20:9If I say, “I will not mention Him or speak any more in His name,” His message becomes a fire burning in my heart, shut up in my bones, and I become weary of holding it in, and I cannot prevail.
- Micah 3:8As for me, however, I am filled with power by the Spirit of the LORD, with justice and courage, to declare to Jacob his transgression and to Israel his sin.
- Mark 3:5Jesus looked around at them with anger and sorrow at their hardness of heart. Then He said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” So he stretched it out, and it was restored.
- John 2:13When the Jewish Passover was near, Jesus went up to Jerusalem.
- Acts 17:23For as I walked around and examined your objects of worship, I even found an altar with this inscription: TO AN UNKNOWN GOD. Therefore what you worship as something unknown, I now proclaim to you.
- 2 Peter 2:7and if He rescued Lot, a righteous man distressed by the depraved conduct of the lawless
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