Bible Cross References
And they said unto him, Wherefore saith my lord these words? God forbid that thy servants should do according to this thing:
Genesis 34:25-31
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Three days later, when the men were still sore from their circumcision, two of Jacob's sons, Simeon and Levi, the brothers of Dinah, took their swords, went into the city without arousing suspicion, and killed all the men,
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including Hamor and his son Shechem. Then they took Dinah from Shechem's house and left.
27
After the slaughter Jacob's other sons looted the town to take revenge for their sister's disgrace.
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They took the flocks, the cattle, the donkeys, and everything else in the city and in the fields.
29
They took everything of value, captured all the women and children, and carried off everything in the houses.
30
Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, "You have gotten me into trouble; now the Canaanites, the Perizzites, and everybody else in the land will hate me. I do not have many men; if they all band together against me and attack me, our whole family will be destroyed."
31
But they answered, "We cannot let our sister be treated like a common whore."
Genesis 35:22
While Jacob was living in that land, Reuben had sexual intercourse with Bilhah, one of his father's concubines; Jacob heard about it and was furious. Jacob had twelve sons.
Genesis 37:18-32
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They saw him in the distance, and before he reached them, they plotted against him and decided to kill him.
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They said to one another, "Here comes that dreamer.
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Come on now, let's kill him and throw his body into one of the dry wells. We can say that a wild animal killed him. Then we will see what becomes of his dreams."
21
Reuben heard them and tried to save Joseph. "Let's not kill him," he said.
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"Just throw him into this well in the wilderness, but don't hurt him." He said this, planning to save him from them and send him back to his father.
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When Joseph came up to his brothers, they ripped off his long robe with full sleeves.
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Then they took him and threw him into the well, which was dry.
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While they were eating, they suddenly saw a group of Ishmaelites traveling from Gilead to Egypt. Their camels were loaded with spices and resins.
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Judah said to his brothers, "What will we gain by killing our brother and covering up the murder?
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Let's sell him to these Ishmaelites. Then we won't have to hurt him; after all, he is our brother, our own flesh and blood." His brothers agreed,
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and when some Midianite traders came by, the brothers pulled Joseph out of the well and sold him for twenty pieces of silver to the Ishmaelites, who took him to Egypt.
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When Reuben came back to the well and found that Joseph was not there, he tore his clothes in sorrow.
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He returned to his brothers and said, "The boy is not there! What am I going to do?"
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Then they killed a goat and dipped Joseph's robe in its blood.
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They took the robe to their father and said, "We found this. Does it belong to your son?"
Genesis 38:16-18
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He went over to her at the side of the road and said, "All right, how much do you charge?" (He did not know that she was his daughter-in-law.) She said, "What will you give me?"
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He answered, "I will send you a young goat from my flock." She said, "All right, if you will give me something to keep as a pledge until you send the goat."
18
"What shall I give you as a pledge?" he asked. She answered, "Your seal with its cord and the walking stick you are carrying." He gave them to her. Then they had intercourse, and she became pregnant.
Joshua 22:22-29
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"The Mighty One is God! He is the LORD! The Mighty One is God! He is the LORD! He knows why we did this, and we want you to know too! If we rebelled and did not keep faith with the LORD, do not let us live any longer!
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If we disobeyed the LORD and built our own altar to burn sacrifices on or to use for grain offerings or fellowship offerings, let the LORD himself punish us.
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No! We did it because we were afraid that in the future your descendants would say to ours, 'What do you have to do with the LORD, the God of Israel?
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He made the Jordan a boundary between us and you people of Reuben and Gad. You have nothing to do with the LORD.' Then your descendants might make our descendants stop worshiping the LORD.
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So we built an altar, not to burn sacrifices or make offerings,
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but instead, as a sign for our people and yours, and for the generations after us, that we do indeed worship the LORD before his sacred Tent with our offerings to be burned and with sacrifices and fellowship offerings. This was to keep your descendants from saying that ours have nothing to do with the LORD.
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It was our idea that, if this should ever happen, our descendants could say, 'Look! Our ancestors made an altar just like the LORD's altar. It was not for burning offerings or for sacrifice, but as a sign for our people and yours.'
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We would certainly not rebel against the LORD or stop following him now by building an altar to burn offerings on or for grain offerings or sacrifices. We would not build any other altar than the altar of the LORD our God that stands in front of the Tent of his presence."
2 Samuel 20:20
"Never!" Joab answered. "I will never ruin or destroy your city!
2 Kings 8:13
"How could I ever be that powerful?" Hazael asked. "I'm a nobody!" "The LORD has shown me that you will be king of Syria," Elisha replied.
Proverbs 22:1
If you have to choose between a good reputation and great wealth, choose a good reputation.
Ecclesiastes 7:1
A good reputation is better than expensive perfume; and the day you die is better than the day you are born.
Hebrews 13:18
Keep on praying for us. We are sure we have a clear conscience, because we want to do the right thing at all times.