Act 8:19-23, Rom 3:13-14, Jam 3:5-8, Jude 15 | ESV | STEP | saying , Give me this power also , so that anyone on whom I lay my hands may receive the Holy Spirit .

hCited from Ps. 5:9

i Jer. 5:16

jCited from Ps. 140:3

kCited from Ps. 10:7 (Gk.)

l[Ps. 12:3, 4; 73:8, 9]

m Ps. 120:2-4; Prov. 16:27

n Matt. 15:18

q Ps. 140:3; Eccles. 10:11; Rom. 3:13

r[2 Pet. 2:5]

s 2 Pet. 2:6

t 1 Sam. 2:3; Ps. 94:4; John 6:60

Acts 8:19-23

19 saying, “Give me this power also, so that anyone on whom I lay my hands may receive the Holy Spirit.” 20 But Peter said to him, ^a“May your silver perish with you, because you thought you could obtain the gift of God ^bwith money! 21 You have neither part nor lot in this matter, for ^cyour heart is not right before God. 22 Repent, therefore, of this wickedness of yours, and pray to the Lord that, ^dif possible, the intent of your heart may be forgiven you. 23 For I see that you are in ^ethe gall ^{▼▼That is, a bitter fluid secreted by the liver; bile} of bitterness and in ^gthe bond of iniquity.”

Romans 3:13-14

13 ^h“Their throat is ⁱan open grave;
they use their tongues to deceive.”
^j“The venom of asps is under their lips.”
14 ^k“Their mouth is full of curses and bitterness.”

James 3:5-8

5 So also the tongue is a small member, yet ^lit boasts of great things.

How great a forest is set ablaze by such a small fire! 6 And ^mthe tongue is a fire, a world of unrighteousness. The tongue is set among our members, ⁿstaining the whole body, setting on fire the entire course of life, ^{▼▼Or wheel of birth} and set on fire by hell. ^{▼▼Greek Gehenna} 7 For every kind of beast and bird, of reptile and sea creature, can be tamed and has been tamed by mankind, 8 but no human being can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, ^qfull of deadly poison.

Jude 15

15 ^rto execute judgment on all and to convict all the ungodly of all their deeds of ungodliness that they have ^scommitted in such an ungodly way, and of all ^tthe harsh things that ungodly sinners have spoken against him.”