Verse 26

Judah said to his brothers, "What profit is there if we kill our brother and conceal his blood?

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  • Gen 37:20 : 20 Come now, let’s kill him and throw him into one of the pits. We can say that a wild animal devoured him. Then we’ll see what becomes of his dreams."
  • Gen 4:10 : 10 The LORD said, 'What have you done? Listen! Your brother’s blood is crying out to me from the ground.'
  • Gen 25:32 : 32 Esau said, 'Look, I am about to die, so what good is a birthright to me?'
  • Deut 17:8 : 8 If a case arises that is too difficult for you to judge—whether bloodshed, lawsuits, or assaults—matters of dispute in your towns, you are to go up to the place the LORD your God will choose.
  • 2 Sam 1:16 : 16 David said to him, 'Your blood is on your own head, because your own mouth testified against you when you said, ‘I killed the LORD's anointed.’'
  • Job 16:18 : 18 O earth, do not cover my blood; may my cry never find a resting place.
  • Ps 30:9 : 9 To You, O LORD, I call; to the Lord I plead for mercy:
  • Jer 41:8 : 8 However, ten of them said to Ishmael, 'Do not kill us! We have hidden supplies of wheat, barley, oil, and honey in the field.' So he refrained and did not kill them along with their companions.
  • Ezek 24:7 : 7 For the blood she has shed is inside her; she placed it on the bare rock. She did not pour it on the ground to cover it with dust.
  • Matt 16:26 : 26 For what will it profit a person to gain the whole world, yet forfeit his soul? Or what can anyone give in exchange for their soul?
  • Rom 6:21 : 21 But what fruit did you produce then from the things you are now ashamed of? The outcome of those things is death.