Acts 5:3
But Peter said, “Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and to keep back part of the price of the land?
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Genesis 3:13Yahweh God said to the woman, “What is this you have done?” The woman said, “The serpent lied to me, and I ate.”
Deuteronomy 23:21When you make a vow to Yahweh your God, you must not be slow in fulfilling it, for Yahweh your God will surely require it of you; it would be sin for you not to fulfill it.
1 Chronicles 21:1An adversary arose against Israel and incited David to count Israel.
Psalms 94:7They say, “Yahweh will not see, 1 the God of Jacob does not take notice of it.” 1
Ecclesiastes 5:4When you make a vow to God, do not delay to do it, for God has no pleasure in fools. Do what you vow you will do.
Jeremiah 23:24Can anyone hide in a secret place so I cannot see him?—this is Yahweh's declaration— 1 and do I not fill the heavens and the earth?—this is Yahweh's declaration.
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 →