Acts 5:9

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Acts 5:7–11 · Berean Standard Bible

7 About three hours later his wife also came in, unaware of what had happened.

8 “Tell me,” said Peter, “is this the price you and your husband got for the land?” “Yes,” she answered, “that is the price.”

9 “How could you agree to test the Spirit of the Lord?” Peter replied. “Look, the feet of the men who buried your husband are at the door, and they will carry you out also.”

10 At that instant she fell down at his feet and died. Then the young men came in and, finding her dead, carried her out and buried her beside her husband.

11 And great fear came over the whole church and all who heard about these events.

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And the man answered, “The woman whom You gave me, she gave me fruit from the tree, and I ate it.”

Genesis 3:13

Then the LORD God said to the woman, “What is this you have done?” “The serpent deceived me,” she replied, “and I ate.”

Luke 16:2

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Romans 3:19

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Deuteronomy 13:7

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Deuteronomy 13:8

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Proverbs 11:21

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Acts 5:4

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Psalms 78:40

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Psalms 78:41

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Psalms 95:9

where your fathers tested and tried Me, though they had seen My work.

Psalms 95:10

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