Acts 19:25
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Demetrius assembled the craftsmen, along with the workmen in related trades. “Men,” he said, “you know that this business is our source of prosperity.”
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“Demetrius assembled the craftsmen, along with the workmen in related trades. “Men,” he said, “you know that this business is our source of prosperity.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Whom he called together with the workmen of like occupation, and said, Sirs, ye know that by this craft we have our wealth.”
King James Version · Public Domain“whom he gathered together, with the workmen of like occupation, and said, Sirs, ye know that by this business we have our wealth.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“whom, having brought in a crowd together, and those who did work about such things, he said, `Men, ye know that by this work we have our wealth;”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Acts 19:25 — 6 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Hosea 4:8They feed on the sins of My people and set their hearts on iniquity.
- Hosea 12:7A merchant loves to defraud with dishonest scales in his hands.
- Acts 16:19When the girl’s owners saw that their hope of making money was gone, they seized Paul and Silas and dragged them before the authorities in the marketplace.
- 2 Peter 2:3In their greed, these false teachers will exploit you with deceptive words. The longstanding verdict against them remains in force, and their destruction does not sleep.
- Revelation 18:3All the nations have drunk the wine of the passion of her immorality. The kings of the earth were immoral with her, and the merchants of the earth have grown wealthy from the extravagance of her luxury.”
- Revelation 18:11And the merchants of the earth will weep and mourn over her, because there is no one left to buy their cargo—
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