Acts 8:23
I can see that you are full of bitter envy, and chained down by your sin.”
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
For I perceive that thou art in the gall of bitterness, and in the bond of iniquity.
In Context
22Repent of your evil ways! Pray to the Lord and ask forgiveness for thinking like this.
24“Please pray for me, that nothing you've said may happen to me!” Simon replied.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 29:18You need to make sure today that there's no man or woman, family or tribe of yours who wants to turn from the Lord our God and go and worship the gods of these nations. Make sure there is nothing like that among you that would produce such poison and bitterness.
Job 20:14in their stomachs it turns bitter, becoming like snake venom inside them.
Proverbs 5:22The wicked are trapped by their evil actions; the cords of their sins tie them up.
Isaiah 58:6No, this is the fast I want: set free those who have been unjustly imprisoned, untie the cords of the yoke used to burden people, set free those who are oppressed, and get rid of every form of abuse.
Jeremiah 9:15So this is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says: Watch out! I will give these people wormwood to eat and poisoned water to drink.
Lamentations 3:19Don't forget everything I've suffered in my wandering, as bitter as wormwood and poison.
Matthew Henry on Acts 8:15-26
The Account of Simon Magus. 14 Now when the apostles which were at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent unto them Peter and John: 15 Who, when they were come down, prayed for them, that they might receive the Holy Ghost: 16 (For as yet he was fallen upon none of them: only they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.) 17 Then laid they their hands on them, and they received the Holy Ghost. 18 And when Simon saw that through laying on of the apostles' hands the Holy Ghost was… Read the whole commentary →