Acts 14:15 Cross References

Acts 14:15

15: "Friends, why are you doing this? We are merely human beings like yourselves! We have come to bring you the Good News that you should turn from these worthless things to the living God, who made heaven and earth, the sea, and everything in them.

James 5:17

  1. Elijah was as human as we are, and yet when he prayed earnestly that no rain would fall, none fell for the next three and a half years!

Acts 10:26

  1. But Peter pulled him up and said, "Stand up! I'm a human being like you!"

1 Samuel 12:21

  1. Don't go back to worshiping worthless idols that cannot help or rescue you--they really are useless!

Revelation 14:7

  1. "Fear God," he shouted. "Give glory to him. For the time has come when he will sit as judge. Worship him who made heaven and earth, the sea, and all the springs of water."

1 Corinthians 8:4

  1. So now, what about it? Should we eat meat that has been sacrificed to idols? Well, we all know that an idol is not really a god and that there is only one God and no other.

Jeremiah 14:22

  1. Can any of the foreign gods send us rain? Does it fall from the sky by itself? No, it comes from you, the LORD our God! Only you can do such things. So we will wait for you to help us.

1 Thessalonians 1:9

  1. for they themselves keep talking about the wonderful welcome you gave us and how you turned away from idols to serve the true and living God.

Deuteronomy 32:21

  1. They have roused my jealousy by worshiping non-gods; they have provoked my fury with useless idols. Now I will rouse their jealousy by blessing other nations; I will provoke their fury by blessing the foolish Gentiles.

Genesis 1:1

  1. In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.

Ephesians 4:17

  1. With the Lord's authority let me say this: Live no longer as the ungodly do, for they are hopelessly confused.

Acts 4:24

  1. Then all the believers were united as they lifted their voices in prayer: "O Sovereign Lord, Creator of heaven and earth, the sea, and everything in them--

Matthew 16:16

  1. Simon Peter answered, "You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God."

Psalms 146:5

  1. But happy are those who have the God of Israel as their helper, whose hope is in the LORD their God.
  2. He is the one who made heaven and earth, the sea, and everything in them. He is the one who keeps every promise forever,

Jonah 2:8

  1. Those who worship false gods turn their backs on all God's mercies.

Psalms 31:6

  1. I hate those who worship worthless idols. I trust in the LORD.

Acts 16:30

  1. He brought them out and asked, "Sirs, what must I do to be saved?"

Jeremiah 10:8

  1. The wisest of people who worship idols are stupid and foolish. The things they worship are made of wood!

Exodus 20:11

  1. For in six days the LORD made the heavens, the earth, the sea, and everything in them; then he rested on the seventh day. That is why the LORD blessed the Sabbath day and set it apart as holy.

Daniel 2:28

  1. But there is a God in heaven who reveals secrets, and he has shown King Nebuchadnezzar what will happen in the future. Now I will tell you your dream and the visions you saw as you lay on your bed.
  2. "While Your Majesty was sleeping, you dreamed about coming events. The revealer of mysteries has shown you what is going to happen.
  3. And it is not because I am wiser than any living person that I know the secret of your dream, but because God wanted you to understand what you were thinking about.

Jeremiah 10:10

  1. But the LORD is the only true God, the living God. He is the everlasting King! The whole earth trembles at his anger. The nations hide before his wrath.
  2. Say this to those who worship other gods: "Your so-called gods, who did not make the heavens and earth, will vanish from the earth."

Acts 14:21

  1. After preaching the Good News in Derbe and making many disciples, Paul and Barnabas returned again to Lystra, Iconium, and Antioch of Pisidia,

Hebrews 3:12

  1. Be careful then, dear brothers and sisters. Make sure that your own hearts are not evil and unbelieving, turning you away from the living God.

Revelation 22:9

  1. But again he said, "No, don't worship me. I am a servant of God, just like you and your brothers the prophets, as well as all who obey what is written in this scroll. Worship God!"

Acts 27:21

  1. No one had eaten for a long time. Finally, Paul called the crew together and said, "Men, you should have listened to me in the first place and not left Fair Havens. You would have avoided all this injury and loss.

Isaiah 44:19

  1. The person who made the idol never stops to reflect, "Why, it's just a block of wood! I burned half of it for heat and used it to bake my bread and roast my meat. How can the rest of it be a god? Should I bow down to worship a chunk of wood?"
  2. The poor, deluded fool feeds on ashes. He is trusting something that can give him no help at all. Yet he cannot bring himself to ask, "Is this thing, this idol that I'm holding in my hand, a lie?"

Acts 13:32

  1. "And now Barnabas and I are here to bring you this Good News. God's promise to our ancestors has come true in our own time,

Acts 27:10

  1. "Sirs," he said, "I believe there is trouble ahead if we go on--shipwreck, loss of cargo, injuries, and danger to our lives."

Daniel 6:26

  1. "I decree that everyone throughout my kingdom should tremble with fear before the God of Daniel. For he is the living God, and he will endure forever. His kingdom will never be destroyed, and his rule will never end.

Revelation 19:19

  1. Then I saw the beast gathering the kings of the earth and their armies in order to fight against the one sitting on the horse and his army.

2 Kings 19:4

  1. But perhaps the LORD your God has heard the Assyrian representative defying the living God and will punish him for his words. Oh, pray for those of us who are left!"

Genesis 41:16

  1. "It is beyond my power to do this," Joseph replied. "But God will tell you what it means and will set you at ease."

Jeremiah 32:17

  1. "O Sovereign LORD! You have made the heavens and earth by your great power. Nothing is too hard for you!

Jeremiah 10:3

  1. Their ways are futile and foolish. They cut down a tree and carve an idol.
  2. They decorate it with gold and silver and then fasten it securely with hammer and nails so it won't fall over.
  3. There stands their god like a helpless scarecrow in a garden! It cannot speak, and it needs to be carried because it cannot walk. Do not be afraid of such gods, for they can neither harm you nor do you any good."

Acts 7:26

  1. "The next day he visited them again and saw two men of Israel fighting. He tried to be a peacemaker. 'Men,' he said, 'you are brothers. Why are you hurting each other?'

Amos 2:4

  1. This is what the LORD says: "The people of Judah have sinned again and again, and I will not forget it. I will not let them go unpunished any longer! They have rejected the laws of the LORD, refusing to obey him. They have been led astray by the same lies that deceived their ancestors.

Zechariah 12:1

  1. This message concerning the fate of Israel came from the LORD: "This message is from the LORD, who stretched out the heavens, laid the foundations of the earth, and formed the spirit within humans.

Isaiah 44:9

  1. How foolish are those who manufacture idols to be their gods. These highly valued objects are really worthless. They themselves are witnesses that this is so, for their idols neither see nor know. No wonder those who worship them are put to shame.
  2. Who but a fool would make his own god--an idol that cannot help him one bit!

Isaiah 45:20

  1. "Gather together and come, you fugitives from surrounding nations. What fools they are who carry around their wooden idols and pray to gods that cannot save!

Jeremiah 8:19

  1. Listen to the weeping of my people; it can be heard all across the land. "Has the LORD abandoned Jerusalem?" the people ask. "Is her King no longer there?Oh, why have they angered me with their carved idols and worthless gods?" asks the LORD.

Revelation 19:10

  1. Then I fell down at his feet to worship him, but he said, "No, don't worship me. For I am a servant of God, just like you and other brothers and sisters who testify of their faith in Jesus. Worship God. For the essence of prophecy is to give a clear witness for Jesus. "

1 Samuel 17:36

  1. I have done this to both lions and bears, and I'll do it to this pagan Philistine, too, for he has defied the armies of the living God!

Acts 12:22

  1. The people gave him a great ovation, shouting, "It is the voice of a god, not of a man!"
  2. Instantly, an angel of the Lord struck Herod with a sickness, because he accepted the people's worship instead of giving the glory to God. So he was consumed with worms and died.

Acts 17:24

  1. "He is the God who made the world and everything in it. Since he is Lord of heaven and earth, he doesn't live in man-made temples,
  2. and human hands can't serve his needs--for he has no needs. He himself gives life and breath to everything, and he satisfies every need there is.
  3. From one man he created all the nations throughout the whole earth. He decided beforehand which should rise and fall, and he determined their boundaries.
  4. "His purpose in all of this was that the nations should seek after God and perhaps feel their way toward him and find him--though he is not far from any one of us.
  5. For in him we live and move and exist. As one of your own poets says, 'We are his offspring.'

John 7:18

  1. Those who present their own ideas are looking for praise for themselves, but those who seek to honor the one who sent them are good and genuine.

Acts 3:12

  1. Peter saw his opportunity and addressed the crowd. "People of Israel," he said, "what is so astounding about this? And why look at us as though we had made this man walk by our own power and godliness?
  2. For it is the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, the God of Jacob, the God of all our ancestors who has brought glory to his servant Jesus by doing this. This is the same Jesus whom you handed over and rejected before Pilate, despite Pilate's decision to release him.

Psalms 33:6

  1. The LORD merely spoke, and the heavens were created. He breathed the word, and all the stars were born.

Acts 27:25

  1. So take courage! For I believe God. It will be just as he said.

Acts 14:7

  1. and they preached the Good News there.

1 Kings 16:13

  1. This happened because of the sins of Baasha and his son Elah and because of all the sins they led Israel to commit, arousing the anger of the LORD, the God of Israel, with their idols.

1 Kings 16:26

  1. He followed the example of Jeroboam, continuing the sins of idolatry that Jeroboam had led Israel to commit. Thus, he aroused the anger of the LORD, the God of Israel.

Acts 17:16

  1. While Paul was waiting for them in Athens, he was deeply troubled by all the idols he saw everywhere in the city.
  2. He went to the synagogue to debate with the Jews and the God-fearing Gentiles, and he spoke daily in the public square to all who happened to be there.
  3. He also had a debate with some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers. When he told them about Jesus and his resurrection, they said, "This babbler has picked up some strange ideas." Others said, "He's pushing some foreign religion."

Acts 26:17

  1. And I will protect you from both your own people and the Gentiles. Yes, I am going to send you to the Gentiles,
  2. to open their eyes so they may turn from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God. Then they will receive forgiveness for their sins and be given a place among God's people, who are set apart by faith in me.'
  3. "And so, O King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to that vision from heaven.
  4. I preached first to those in Damascus, then in Jerusalem and throughout all Judea, and also to the Gentiles, that all must turn from their sins and turn to God--and prove they have changed by the good things they do.

2 Kings 19:16

  1. Listen to me, O LORD, and hear! Open your eyes, O LORD, and see! Listen to Sennacherib's words of defiance against the living God.

1 Samuel 17:26

  1. David talked to some others standing there to verify the report. "What will a man get for killing this Philistine and putting an end to his abuse of Israel?" he asked them. "Who is this pagan Philistine anyway, that he is allowed to defy the armies of the living God?"

1 Timothy 3:15

  1. so that if I can't come for a while, you will know how people must conduct themselves in the household of God. This is the church of the living God, which is the pillar and support of the truth.

John 5:26

  1. The Father has life in himself, and he has granted his Son to have life in himself.

Isaiah 46:7

  1. They carry it around on their shoulders, and when they set it down, it stays there. It cannot even move! And when someone prays to it, there is no answer. It has no power to get anyone out of trouble.

Psalms 124:8

  1. Our help is from the LORD, who made the heavens and the earth.

Joshua 3:10

  1. Today you will know that the living God is among you. He will surely drive out the Canaanites, Hittites, Hivites, Perizzites, Girgashites, Amorites, and Jebusites.

Jeremiah 10:14

  1. Compared to him, all people are foolish and have no knowledge at all! They make idols, but the idols will disgrace their makers, for they are frauds. They have no life or power in them.
  2. Idols are worthless; they are lies! The time is coming when they will all be destroyed.

Isaiah 45:18

  1. For the LORD is God, and he created the heavens and earth and put everything in place. He made the world to be lived in, not to be a place of empty chaos. "I am the LORD," he says, "and there is no other.

Deuteronomy 5:26

  1. Can any living thing hear the voice of the living God from the heart of the fire and yet survive?

Proverbs 8:23

  1. I was appointed in ages past, at the very first, before the earth began.
  2. I was born before the oceans were created, before the springs bubbled forth their waters.
  3. Before the mountains and the hills were formed, I was born--
  4. before he had made the earth and fields and the first handfuls of soil.
  5. "I was there when he established the heavens, when he drew the horizon on the oceans.

Romans 1:20

  1. From the time the world was created, people have seen the earth and sky and all that God made. They can clearly see his invisible qualities--his eternal power and divine nature. So they have no excuse whatsoever for not knowing God.
  2. Yes, they knew God, but they wouldn't worship him as God or even give him thanks. And they began to think up foolish ideas of what God was like. The result was that their minds became dark and confused.
  3. Claiming to be wise, they became utter fools instead.
  4. And instead of worshiping the glorious, ever-living God, they worshiped idols made to look like mere people, or birds and animals and snakes.
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