Acts 23:3
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Then Paul said to him, “God will strike you, you whitewashed wall! You sit here to judge me according to the law, yet you yourself violate the law by commanding that I be struck.””
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“Then Paul said to him, “God will strike you, you whitewashed wall! You sit here to judge me according to the law, yet you yourself violate the law by commanding that I be struck.””
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Then said Paul unto him, God shall smite thee, thou whited wall: for sittest thou to judge me after the law, and commandest me to be smitten contrary to the law?”
King James Version · Public Domain“Then said Paul unto him, God shall smite thee, thou whited wall: and sittest thou to judge me according to the law, and commandest me to be smitten contrary to the law?”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“then Paul said unto him, `God is about to smite thee, thou whitewashed wall, and thou--thou dost sit judging me according to the law, and, violating law, dost order me to be smitten!'”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Acts 23:3 — 12 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Leviticus 19:15You must not pervert justice; you must not show partiality to the poor or favoritism to the rich; you are to judge your neighbor fairly.
- Leviticus 19:35You must not use dishonest measures of length, weight, or volume.
- Deuteronomy 25:1If there is a dispute between men, they are to go to court to be judged, so that the innocent may be acquitted and the guilty condemned.
- Psalms 58:1Do you indeed speak justly, O rulers? Do you judge uprightly, O sons of men?
- Psalms 82:1God presides in the divine assembly; He renders judgment among the gods:
- Psalms 94:20Can a corrupt throne be Your ally— one devising mischief by decree?
- Ecclesiastes 3:16Furthermore, I saw under the sun that in the place of judgment there is wickedness, and in the place of righteousness there is wickedness.
- Amos 5:7There are those who turn justice into wormwood and cast righteousness to the ground.
- 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.
- Matthew 23:27Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs, which look beautiful on the outside, but on the inside are full of dead men’s bones and every kind of impurity.
- John 7:51“Does our law convict a man without first hearing from him to determine what he has done?”
- John 18:24Then Annas sent Him, still bound, to Caiaphas the high priest.
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