Acts 5:29
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“But Peter and the other apostles replied, “We must obey God rather than men.”
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“But Peter and the other apostles replied, “We must obey God rather than men.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men.”
King James Version · Public Domain“But Peter and the apostles answered and said, We must obey God rather than men.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“And Peter and the apostles answering, said, `To obey God it behoveth, rather than men;”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Acts 5:29 — 7 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 3:17And to Adam He said: “Because you have listened to the voice of your wife and have eaten from the tree of which I commanded you not to eat, cursed is the ground because of you; through toil you will eat of it all the days of your life.
- 1 Samuel 15:24Then Saul said to Samuel, “I have sinned; I have transgressed the LORD’s commandment and your instructions, because I feared the people and obeyed their voice.
- 2 Samuel 24:4Nevertheless, the king’s word prevailed against Joab and against the commanders of the army. So Joab and the commanders of the army departed from the presence of the king to count the troops of Israel.
- 2 Kings 16:16So Uriah the priest did just as King Ahaz had commanded.
- Mark 7:7They worship Me in vain; they teach as doctrine the precepts of men.’
- Acts 4:19But Peter and John replied, “Judge for yourselves whether it is right in God’s sight to listen to you rather than God.
- Revelation 14:8Then a second angel followed, saying, “Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great, who has made all the nations drink the wine of the passion of her immorality.”
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