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
25
And it came to pass on the third day, when they were in pain, that two of the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, Dinah's brothers, each took his sword and came upon the city in its security and killed every male.
26
And they killed Hamor and Shechem his son with the edge of the sword, and fetched Dinah from Shechem's house, and went out.
27
The sons of Jacob came upon the slain, and plundered the city, because they had defiled their sister.
28
They took their sheep, their oxen, and their donkeys, what was in the city and what was in the field.
29
All their wealth, all their little ones and their wives they took captive; and they plundered even all that was in the houses.
30
And Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, You have troubled me by making me odious among the inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanites and the Perizzites; and since I am few in number, they will gather themselves together against me and kill me. I shall be destroyed, my house and I.
31
And they said, Should he treat our sister like a harlot?
Genesis 35:22
And it happened, when Israel dwelt in that land, that Reuben went and lay with Bilhah his father's concubine; and Israel heard about it. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve:
Genesis 37:18-32
18
Now when they saw him from a distance, even before he came near them, they conspired against him to kill him.
19
And they said to one another, Behold, this master of dreams is coming!
20
Come now therefore, let us kill him and cast him into a pit; and we will say, Some evil beast has devoured him. And we shall see what will become of his dreams!
21
But Reuben heard it, and he delivered him out of their hands, and said, Let us not smite his soul.
22
And Reuben said to them, Do not shed blood, but cast him into this pit which is in the wilderness, and do not lay a hand on him; that he might rescue him out of their hands, and bring him back to his father.
23
So it came to pass, when Joseph had come to his brothers, that they stripped Joseph of his tunic, the tunic reaching to the soles of his feet.
24
And they took him and cast him into a pit. And the pit was empty; there was no water in it.
25
And they sat down to eat food. And they lifted up their eyes and looked, and behold, a caravan of Ishmaelites, coming from Gilead, with their camels bearing spices, balm, and myrrh, going and bringing them down to Egypt.
26
And Judah said to his brothers, What profit is there if we kill our brother and conceal his blood?
27
Come, let us sell him to the Ishmaelites, and let not our hand be upon him, for he is our brother and our flesh. And his brothers agreed.
28
Then some Midianite traders passed by; and the brothers pulled Joseph up and lifted him out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmaelites for twenty pieces of silver. And they brought Joseph into Egypt.
29
And Reuben returned to the pit, and behold, Joseph was not in the pit; and he tore his clothes.
30
And he returned to his brothers and said, The lad is no more; and I, where shall I go?
31
And they took Joseph's tunic, killed a kid of the goats, and dipped the tunic in the blood.
32
And they sent the tunic reaching to the soles of the feet, and they brought it to their father and said, We have found this. Do you recognize whether it is your son's tunic or not?
Genesis 38:16-18
16
And he turned aside to her by the way, and said, Please let me come in to you; for he did not know that she was his daughter-in-law. So she said, What will you give me, that you may come in to me?
17
And he said, I will send a young goat from the flock. And she said, Will you give me a pledge till you send it?
18
And he said, What pledge shall I give you? So she said, Your signet ring and cord, and your staff that is in your hand. And he gave them to her, and went in to her, and she conceived by him.
Joshua 22:22-29
22
Jehovah, the Mighty God of gods, Jehovah, the Mighty God of gods, He knows, and let Israel itself know; if it is in rebellion, or if in treachery against Jehovah, do not save us this day.
23
If we have built ourselves an altar to turn from following Jehovah, or if to offer on it burnt offerings or grain offerings, or if to offer peace offerings on it, let Jehovah Himself exact it.
24
But we have done it in this manner out of concern, thinking, In time to come your sons may speak to our sons, saying, What have you to do with Jehovah the God of Israel?
25
For Jehovah has made the Jordan a border between you and us, you sons of Reuben and sons of Gad. You have no portion in Jehovah. Thus your sons would make our sons cease to fear Jehovah.
26
Therefore we said, Let us now prepare to build ourselves an altar, not for burnt offering nor for sacrifice,
27
but that it may be a witness between you and us and our generations after us, that we may perform the service of Jehovah before Him with our burnt offerings, with our sacrifices, and with our peace offerings; that your sons may not say to our sons in time to come, You have no portion in Jehovah.
28
Therefore we thought that it shall be, when they say this to us or to our generations in time to come, that we shall say, Look at the pattern of the altar of Jehovah which our fathers have made, though not for burnt offerings nor for sacrifices; but it is a witness between you and us.
29
Far be it from us that we should rebel against Jehovah, to turn from following Jehovah this day, to build an altar for burnt offerings, for grain offerings, or for sacrifices, besides the altar of Jehovah our God which is before His tabernacle.
2 Samuel 20:20
And Joab answered and said, Far be it, far be it from me, that I should swallow up or destroy!
2 Kings 8:13
And Hazael said, But what is your servant; a dog, that he should do this great thing? And Elisha answered, Jehovah has shown me that you will become king over Syria.
Proverbs 22:1
A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches; and loving favor rather than silver or gold.
Ecclesiastes 7:1
A good name is better than precious ointment, and the day of death than the day of one's birth.
Hebrews 13:18
Pray for us; for we are confident that we have a good conscience, in all things desiring to live honorably.