Acts 1:18

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Summary

Now this man purchased a field with the reward of iniquity; and falling headlong, he burst asunder in the midst, and all his bowels gushed out.

This

Matthew 27:3

With

And falling

Psalm 55:15

Matthew 27:5

General references

Bible References

This

Then when Judas, who had betrayed Him, saw that He had been condemned, he felt remorse and returned the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders,

With

So the elders of Moab and the elders of Midian departed with the fees for divination in their hand; and they came to Balaam and repeated Balak’s words to him.

when I saw among the spoil a beautiful mantle from Shinar and two hundred shekels of silver and a bar of gold fifty shekels in weight, then I coveted them and took them; and behold, they are concealed in the earth inside my tent with the silver underneath it.”

But Gehazi, the servant of Elisha the man of God, thought, “Behold, my master has spared this Naaman the Aramean, by not receiving from his hands what he brought. As the Lord lives, I will run after him and take something from him.”

“Though evil is sweet in his mouth
And he hides it under his tongue,

To one he gave five

talents, to another, two, and to another, one, each according to his own ability; and he went on his journey.

forsaking the right way, they have gone astray, having followed the way of Balaam, the son of Beor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness;

And falling

Let death come deceitfully upon them;
Let them go down alive to Sheol,
For evil is in their dwelling, in their midst.

And he threw the pieces of silver into the temple sanctuary and departed; and he went away and hanged himself.

General references

Then the Lord smote the people, because of what they did with the calf which Aaron had made.

‘Cursed is he who accepts a bribe to strike down an innocent person.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.’

saying, ‘This man began to build and was not able to finish.’

The sins of some men are quite evident, going before them to judgment; for others, their sins follow after.