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Act 1:20 — For it is written in the book of Psalms, Let his habitation be desolate, and let no man dwell therein: and his bishoprick let another take.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

in		Act 13:33; Luk 20:42; Luk 24:44
Let his		Psa 69:25; Psa 109:9-15; Zec 5:3,4
his		Act 1:25; Psa 109:8
bishoprick		or, office, or charge.

Correlating Passages

	Act 13:33	God hath fulfilled the same unto us their children, in that he hath raised up Jesus again; as it is also written in the second psalm, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee.
	Luk 20:42	And David himself saith in the book of Psalms, The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand,
	Luk 24:44	And he said unto them, These [are] the words which I spake unto you, while I was yet with you, that all things must be fulfilled, which were written in the law of Moses, and [in] the prophets, and [in] the psalms, concerning me.

Let his

	Psa 69:25	Let their habitation be desolate; [and] let none dwell in their tents.
	Psa 109:9	Let his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow.
	Psa 109:10	Let his children be continually vagabonds, and beg: let them seek [their bread] also out of their desolate places.
	Psa 109:11	Let the extortioner catch all that he hath; and let the strangers spoil his labour.
	Psa 109:12	Let there be none to extend mercy unto him: neither let there be any to favour his fatherless children.
	Psa 109:13	Let his posterity be cut off; [and] in the generation following let their name be blotted out.
	Psa 109:14	Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered with the LORD; and let not the sin of his mother be blotted out.
	Psa 109:15	Let them be before the LORD continually, that he may cut off the memory of them from the earth.
	Zec 5:3	Then said he unto me, This [is] the curse that goeth forth over the face of the whole earth: for every one that stealeth shall be cut off [as] on this side according to it; and every one that sweareth shall be cut off [as] on that side according to it.
	Zec 5:4	I will bring it forth, saith the LORD of hosts, and it shall enter into the house of the thief, and into the house of him that sweareth falsely by my name: and it shall remain in the midst of his house, and shall consume it with the timber thereof and the stones thereof.

his

	Act 1:25	That he may take part of this ministry and apostleship, from which Judas by transgression fell, that he might go to his own place.
	Psa 109:8	Let his days be few; [and] let another take his office.

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Scott, Thomas. "Acts 1:20," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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