Acts 5:3
But Peter said, Ananias, why did Satan fill thy heart for thee to lie to the Holy Spirit, and to keep back from the price of the land?
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Genesis 3:13And LORD God said to the woman, What is this thou have done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I ate.
Deuteronomy 23:21When thou shall vow a vow to LORD thy God, thou shall not be slack to pay it. For LORD thy God will surely require it of thee, and it would be sin in thee.
1 Chronicles 21:1And Satan stood up against Israel, and moved David to number Israel.
Psalms 94:7And they say, LORD will not see, nor will the God of Jacob consider.
Ecclesiastes 5:4When thou vow a vow to God, defer not to pay it, for he has no pleasure in fools. Pay that which thou vow.
Jeremiah 23:24Can any man hide himself in secret places so that I shall not see him? says LORD. Do I not fill heaven and earth? says LORD.
Matthew Henry on Acts 5:2-12
The Case of Ananias and Sapphira. 1 But a certain man named Ananias, with Sapphira his wife, sold a possession, 2 And kept back part of the price, his wife also being privy to it, and brought a certain part, and laid it at the apostles' feet. 3 But Peter said, Ananias, why hath Satan filled thine heart to lie to the Holy Ghost, and to keep back part of the price of the land? 4 Whiles it remained, was it not thine own? and after it was sold, was it not in thine own power? why hast thou conceived this thing in thine… Read the whole commentary →