BLB Act 14

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Act 14:15 — And saying, Sirs, why do ye these things? We also are men of like passions with you, and preach unto you that ye should turn from these vanities unto the living God, which made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and all things that are therein:

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

Sirs		Act 7:26; Act 16:30; Act 27:10,21,25
why		Act 10:26; Rev 19:19; Rev 22:9
We also		Act 3:12,13; Act 12:22,23; Gen 41:16; Dan 2:28-30; Jhn 7:18
of like		Jam 5:17; Rev 19:10
and preach		Act 17:16-18,29,30; Act 26:17-20
from		Deu 32:21; 1Sa 12:21; 1Ki 16:13,26; Psa 31:6; Isa 44:9,10,19,20; Isa 45:20; Isa 46:7; Jer 8:19; Jer 10:3-5,8,14,15; Jer 14:22; Amo 2:4; Jon 2:8; Rom 1:21-23; 1Cr 8:4; Eph 4:17
the living		Deu 5:26; Jos 3:10; 1Sa 17:26,36; 2Ki 19:4,16; Jer 10:10; Dan 6:26; Jhn 5:26; 1Th 1:9; 1Ti 3:15; Hbr 3:12
which		Act 4:24; Act 17:24-28; Gen 1:1; Psa 33:6; Psa 124:8; Psa 146:5,6; Pro 8:23-31; Isa 45:18; Jer 10:11; Jer 32:17; Zec 12:1; Rom 1:20; Rev 14:7

Correlating Passages

Sirs

	Act 7:26	And the next day he shewed himself unto them as they strove, and would have set them at one again, saying, Sirs, ye are brethren; why do ye wrong one to another?
	Act 16:30	And brought them out, and said, Sirs, what must I do to be saved?
	Act 27:10	And said unto them, Sirs, I perceive that this voyage will be with hurt and much damage, not only of the lading and ship, but also of our lives.
	Act 27:21	But after long abstinence Paul stood forth in the midst of them, and said, Sirs, ye should have hearkened unto me, and not have loosed from Crete, and to have gained this harm and loss.
	Act 27:25	Wherefore, sirs, be of good cheer: for I believe God, that it shall be even as it was told me.

why

	Act 10:26	But Peter took him up, saying, Stand up; I myself also am a man.
	Rev 19:19	And I saw the beast, and the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war against him that sat on the horse, and against his army.
	Rev 22:9	Then saith he unto me, See [thou do it] not: for I am thy fellowservant, and of thy brethren the prophets, and of them which keep the sayings of this book: worship God.

We also

	Act 3:12	And when Peter saw [it], he answered unto the people, Ye men of Israel, why marvel ye at this? or why look ye so earnestly on us, as though by our own power or holiness we had made this man to walk?
	Act 3:13	The God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob, the God of our fathers, hath glorified his Son Jesus; whom ye delivered up, and denied him in the presence of Pilate, when he was determined to let [him] go.
	Act 12:22	And the people gave a shout, [saying, It is] the voice of a god, and not of a man.
	Act 12:23	And immediately the angel of the Lord smote him, because he gave not God the glory: and he was eaten of worms, and gave up the ghost.
	Gen 41:16	And Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, [It is] not in me: God shall give Pharaoh an answer of peace.
	Dan 2:28	But there is a God in heaven that revealeth secrets, and maketh known to the king Nebuchadnezzar what shall be in the latter days. Thy dream, and the visions of thy head upon thy bed, are these;
	Dan 2:29	As for thee, O king, thy thoughts came [into thy mind] upon thy bed, what should come to pass hereafter: and he that revealeth secrets maketh known to thee what shall come to pass.
	Dan 2:30	But as for me, this secret is not revealed to me for [any] wisdom that I have more than any living, but for [their] sakes that shall make known the interpretation to the king, and that thou mightest know the thoughts of thy heart.
	Jhn 7:18	He that speaketh of himself seeketh his own glory: but he that seeketh his glory that sent him, the same is true, and no unrighteousness is in him.

of like

	Jam 5:17	Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain: and it rained not on the earth by the space of three years and six months.
	Rev 19:10	And I fell at his feet to worship him. And he said unto me, See [thou do it] not: I am thy fellowservant, and of thy brethren that have the testimony of Jesus: worship God: for the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.

and preach

	Act 17:16	Now while Paul waited for them at Athens, his spirit was stirred in him, when he saw the city wholly given to idolatry.
	Act 17:17	Therefore disputed he in the synagogue with the Jews, and with the devout persons, and in the market daily with them that met with him.
	Act 17:18	Then certain philosophers of the Epicureans, and of the Stoicks, encountered him. And some said, What will this babbler say? other some, He seemeth to be a setter forth of strange gods: because he preached unto them Jesus, and the resurrection.
	Act 17:29	Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and man's device.
	Act 17:30	And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent:
	Act 26:17	Delivering thee from the people, and [from] the Gentiles, unto whom now I send thee,
	Act 26:18	To open their eyes, [and] to turn [them] from darkness to light, and [from] the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is in me.
	Act 26:19	Whereupon, O king Agrippa, I was not disobedient unto the heavenly vision:
	Act 26:20	But shewed first unto them of Damascus, and at Jerusalem, and throughout all the coasts of Judaea, and [then] to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, and do works meet for repentance.

from

	Deu 32:21	They have moved me to jealousy with [that which is] not God; they have provoked me to anger with their vanities: and I will move them to jealousy with [those which are] not a people; I will provoke them to anger with a foolish nation.
	1Sa 12:21	And turn ye not aside: for [then should ye go] after vain [things], which cannot profit nor deliver; for they [are] vain.
	1Ki 16:13	For all the sins of Baasha, and the sins of Elah his son, by which they sinned, and by which they made Israel to sin, in provoking the LORD God of Israel to anger with their vanities.
	1Ki 16:26	For he walked in all the way of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and in his sin wherewith he made Israel to sin, to provoke the LORD God of Israel to anger with their vanities.
	Psa 31:6	I have hated them that regard lying vanities: but I trust in the LORD.
	Isa 44:9	They that make a graven image [are] all of them vanity; and their delectable things shall not profit; and they [are] their own witnesses; they see not, nor know; that they may be ashamed.
	Isa 44:10	Who hath formed a god, or molten a graven image [that] is profitable for nothing?
	Isa 44:19	And none considereth in his heart, neither [is there] knowledge nor understanding to say, I have burned part of it in the fire; yea, also I have baked bread upon the coals thereof; I have roasted flesh, and eaten [it]: and shall I make the residue thereof an abomination? shall I fall down to the stock of a tree?
	Isa 44:20	He feedeth on ashes: a deceived heart hath turned him aside, that he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, [Is there] not a lie in my right hand?
	Isa 45:20	Assemble yourselves and come; draw near together, ye [that are] escaped of the nations: they have no knowledge that set up the wood of their graven image, and pray unto a god [that] cannot save.
	Isa 46:7	They bear him upon the shoulder, they carry him, and set him in his place, and he standeth; from his place shall he not remove: yea, [one] shall cry unto him, yet can he not answer, nor save him out of his trouble.
	Jer 8:19	Behold the voice of the cry of the daughter of my people because of them that dwell in a far country: [Is] not the LORD in Zion? [is] not her king in her? Why have they provoked me to anger with their graven images, [and] with strange vanities?
	Jer 10:3	For the customs of the people [are] vain: for [one] cutteth a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman, with the axe.
	Jer 10:4	They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move not.
	Jer 10:5	They [are] upright as the palm tree, but speak not: they must needs be borne, because they cannot go. Be not afraid of them; for they cannot do evil, neither also [is it] in them to do good.
	Jer 10:8	But they are altogether brutish and foolish: the stock [is] a doctrine of vanities.
	Jer 10:14	Every man is brutish in [his] knowledge: every founder is confounded by the graven image: for his molten image [is] falsehood, and [there is] no breath in them.
	Jer 10:15	They [are] vanity, [and] the work of errors: in the time of their visitation they shall perish.
	Jer 14:22	Are there [any] among the vanities of the Gentiles that can cause rain? or can the heavens give showers? [art] not thou he, O LORD our God? therefore we will wait upon thee: for thou hast made all these [things].
	Amo 2:4	Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Judah, and for four, I will not turn away [the punishment] thereof; because they have despised the law of the LORD, and have not kept his commandments, and their lies caused them to err, after the which their fathers have walked:
	Jon 2:8	They that observe lying vanities forsake their own mercy.
	Rom 1:21	Because that, when they knew God, they glorified [him] not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.
	Rom 1:22	Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,
	Rom 1:23	And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things.
	1Cr 8:4	As concerning therefore the eating of those things that are offered in sacrifice unto idols, we know that an idol [is] nothing in the world, and that [there is] none other God but one.
	Eph 4:17	This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their mind,

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