Acts 8:23 Cross References

Acts 8:23

23: for I can see that you are full of bitterness and held captive by sin."

Proverbs 5:22

  1. An evil man is held captive by his own sins; they are ropes that catch and hold him.

Hebrews 12:15

  1. Look after each other so that none of you will miss out on the special favor of God. Watch out that no bitter root of unbelief rises up among you, for whenever it springs up, many are corrupted by its poison.

Isaiah 58:6

  1. "No, the kind of fasting I want calls you to free those who are wrongly imprisoned and to stop oppressing those who work for you. Treat them fairly and give them what they earn.

John 8:34

  1. Jesus replied, "I assure you that everyone who sins is a slave of sin.

Lamentations 3:19

  1. The thought of my suffering and homelessness is bitter beyond words.

Titus 3:3

  1. Once we, too, were foolish and disobedient. We were misled by others and became slaves to many wicked desires and evil pleasures. Our lives were full of evil and envy. We hated others, and they hated us.

Lamentations 3:5

  1. He has attacked me and surrounded me with anguish and distress.

Jeremiah 4:18

  1. "Your own actions have brought this upon you. This punishment is a bitter dose of your own medicine. It has pierced you to the heart!"

Psalms 116:16

  1. O LORD, I am your servant; yes, I am your servant, the son of your handmaid, and you have freed me from my bonds!

2 Peter 2:19

  1. They promise freedom, but they themselves are slaves to sin and corruption. For you are a slave to whatever controls you.

2 Peter 2:4

  1. For God did not spare even the angels when they sinned; he threw them into hell, in gloomy caves and darkness until the judgment day.

Job 20:14

  1. But suddenly, the food he has eaten turns sour within him, a poisonous venom in his stomach.

Deuteronomy 29:18

  1. The LORD made this covenant with you so that no man, woman, family, or tribe among you would turn away from the LORD our God to worship these gods of other nations, and so that no root among you would bear bitter and poisonous fruit.
  2. Let none of those who hear the warnings of this curse consider themselves immune, thinking, `I am safe, even though I am walking in my own stubborn way.' This would lead to utter ruin!
  3. The LORD will not pardon such people. His anger and jealousy will burn against them. All the curses written in this book will come down on them, and the LORD will erase their names from under heaven.

Deuteronomy 32:32

  1. Their vine grows from the vine of Sodom, from the vineyards of Gomorrah. Their grapes are poison, and their clusters are bitter.
  2. Their wine is the venom of snakes, the deadly poison of vipers.

Jeremiah 9:15

  1. So now, listen to what the LORD Almighty, the God of Israel, says: Look! I will feed them with bitterness and give them poison to drink.

Romans 6:17

  1. Thank God! Once you were slaves of sin, but now you have obeyed with all your heart the new teaching God has given you.
  2. Now you are free from sin, your old master, and you have become slaves to your new master, righteousness.
  3. I speak this way, using the illustration of slaves and masters, because it is easy to understand. Before, you let yourselves be slaves of impurity and lawlessness. Now you must choose to be slaves of righteousness so that you will become holy.
  4. In those days, when you were slaves of sin, you weren't concerned with doing what was right.
  5. And what was the result? It was not good, since now you are ashamed of the things you used to do, things that end in eternal doom.

Isaiah 28:22

  1. So scoff no more, or your punishment will be even greater. For the Lord, the LORD Almighty, has plainly told me that he is determined to crush you.
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