Acts 8:20

But Peter said to him, “May your silver perish with you, ¹  because you thought you could acquire ²  God’s gift with money!

De 7:26; De 15:9; Jos 7:24,25; 2Ki 5:15,16; 2Ki 5:26,27; Pr 15:26; Da 5:17; Hab 2:9,10; Zec 5:4; Mt 10:8; Mt 15:19; Mt 27:3-5; Ac 1:18; Ac 2:38; Ac 8:22; Ac 10:45; Ac 11:17; 1Ti 6:9; Jas 5:3; 2Pe 2:14-17; Re 18:15

¹ tn Grk “May your silver together with you be sent into destruction.” This is a strong curse. The gifts of God are sovereignly bestowed and cannot be purchased.

² tn Or “obtain.”