Joshua 2:4

American Standard Version (1901)

And the woman took the two men, and hid them; and she said, Yea, the men came unto me, but I knew not whence they were:

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  • 2 Sam 17:19-20 : 19 And the woman took and spread the covering over the well's mouth, and strewed bruised grain thereon; and nothing was known. 20 And Absalom's servants came to the woman to the house; and they said, Where are Ahimaaz and Jonathan? And the woman said unto them, They are gone over the brook of water. And when they had sought and could not find them, they returned to Jerusalem.
  • 2 Kgs 6:19 : 19 And Elisha said unto them, This is not the way, neither is this the city: follow me, and I will bring you to the man whom ye seek. And he led them to Samaria.
  • Exod 1:19 : 19 And the midwives said unto Pharaoh, Because the Hebrew women are not as the Egyptian women; for they are lively, and are delivered ere the midwife come unto them.
  • 2 Sam 16:18-19 : 18 And Hushai said unto Absalom, Nay; but whom Jehovah, and this people, and all the men of Israel have chosen, his will I be, and with him will I abide. 19 And again, whom should I serve? [should I] not [serve] in the presence of his son? as I have served in thy father's presence, so will I be in thy presence.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Josh 2:1-3
    3 verses
    84%

    1And Joshua the son of Nun sent out of Shittim two men as spies secretly, saying, Go, view the land, and Jericho. And they went and came into the house of a harlot whose name was Rahab, and lay there.

    2And it was told the king of Jericho, saying, Behold, there came men in hither to-night of the children of Israel to search out the land.

    3And the king of Jericho sent unto Rahab, saying, Bring forth the men that are come to thee, that are entered into thy house; for they are come to search out all the land.

  • Josh 2:5-9
    5 verses
    83%

    5and it came to pass about the time of the shutting of the gate, when it was dark, that the men went out; whither the men went I know not: pursue after them quickly; for ye will overtake them.

    6But she had brought them up to the roof, and hid them with the stalks of flax, which she had laid in order upon the roof.

    7And the men pursued after them the way to the Jordan unto the fords: and as soon as they that pursued after them were gone out, they shut the gate.

    8And before they were laid down, she came up unto them upon the roof;

    9and she said unto the men, I know that Jehovah hath given you the land, and that the fear of you is fallen upon us, and that all the inhabitants of the land melt away before you.

  • Josh 2:14-18
    5 verses
    78%

    14And the men said unto her, Our life for yours, if ye utter not this our business; and it shall be, when Jehovah giveth us the land, that we will deal kindly and truly with thee.

    15Then she let them down by a cord through the window: for her house was upon the side of the wall, and she dwelt upon the wall.

    16And she said unto them, Get you to the mountain, lest the pursuers light upon you; and hide yourselves there three days, until the pursuers be returned: and afterward may ye go your way.

    17And the men said unto her, We will be guiltless of this thine oath which thou hast made us to swear.

    18Behold, when we come into the land, thou shalt bind this line of scarlet thread in the window which thou didst let us down by: and thou shalt gather unto thee into the house thy father, and thy mother, and thy brethren, and all thy father's household.

  • Josh 6:22-23
    2 verses
    77%

    22And Joshua said unto the two men that had spied out the land, Go into the harlot's house, and bring out thence the woman, and all that she hath, as ye sware unto her.

    23And the young men the spies went in, and brought out Rahab, and her father, and her mother, and her brethren, and all that she had; all her kindred also they brought out; and they set them without the camp of Israel.

  • Josh 2:20-23
    4 verses
    75%

    20But if thou utter this our business, then we shall be guiltless of thine oath which thou hast made us to swear.

    21And she said, According unto your words, so be it. And she sent them away, and they departed: and she bound the scarlet line in the window.

    22And they went, and came unto the mountain, and abode there three days, until the pursuers were returned: and the pursuers sought them throughout all the way, but found them not.

    23Then the two men returned, and descended from the mountain, and passed over, and came to Joshua the son of Nun; and they told him all that had befallen them.

  • Josh 6:25
    72%

    25But Rahab the harlot, and her father's household, and all that she had, did Joshua save alive; and she dwelt in the midst of Israel unto this day, because she hid the messengers, whom Joshua sent to spy out Jericho.

  • Gen 38:21-22
    2 verses
    70%

    21Then he asked the men of her place, saying, Where is the prostitute, that was at Enaim by the wayside? And they said, There hath been no prostitute here.

    22And he returned to Judah, and said, I have not found her; and also the men of the place said, There hath been no prostitute here.

  • Gen 19:5
    70%

    5and they called unto Lot, and said unto him, Where are the men that came in to thee this night? bring them out unto us, that we may know them.

  • 2 Sam 17:19-20
    2 verses
    70%

    19And the woman took and spread the covering over the well's mouth, and strewed bruised grain thereon; and nothing was known.

    20And Absalom's servants came to the woman to the house; and they said, Where are Ahimaaz and Jonathan? And the woman said unto them, They are gone over the brook of water. And when they had sought and could not find them, they returned to Jerusalem.

  • Judg 19:22-23
    2 verses
    70%

    22As they were making their hearts merry, behold, the men of the city, certain base fellows, beset the house round about, beating at the door; and they spake to the master of the house, the old man, saying, Bring forth the man that came into thy house, that we may know him.

    23And the man, the master of the house, went out unto them, and said unto them, Nay, my brethren, I pray you, do not so wickedly; seeing that this man is come into my house, do not this folly.

  • Gen 39:14
    69%

    14that she called unto the men of her house, and spake unto them, saying, See, he hath brought in a Hebrew unto us to mock us: he came in unto me to lie with me, and I cried with a loud voice:

  • Josh 6:17
    69%

    17And the city shall be devoted, even it and all that is therein, to Jehovah: only Rahab the harlot shall live, she and all that are with her in the house, because she hid the messengers that we sent.

  • Jas 2:25
    69%

    25And in like manner was not also Rahab the harlot justified by works, in that she received the messengers, and sent them out another way?

  • Judg 4:20
    69%

    20And he said unto her, Stand in the door of the tent, and it shall be, when any man doth come and inquire of thee, and say, Is there any man here? that thou shalt say, No.

  • Heb 11:31
    69%

    31By faith Rahab the harlot perished not with them that were disobedient, having received the spies with peace.

  • 1 Kgs 3:17-18
    2 verses
    69%

    17And the one woman said, Oh, my lord, I and this woman dwell in one house; and I was delivered of a child with her in the house.

    18And it came to pass the third day after I was delivered, that this woman was delivered also; and we were together; there was no stranger with us in the house, save we two in the house.

  • Gen 19:10
    68%

    10But the men put forth their hand, and brought Lot into the house to them, and shut to the door.

  • Judg 1:24
    68%

    24And the watchers saw a man come forth out of the city, and they said unto him, Show us, we pray thee, the entrance into the city, and we will deal kindly with thee.

  • Judg 19:26
    68%

    26Then came the woman in the dawning of the day, and fell down at the door of the man's house where her lord was, till it was light.

  • Ruth 3:14
    68%

    14And she lay at his feet until the morning. And she rose up before one could discern another. For he said, Let it not be known that the woman came to the threshing-floor.

  • Num 5:13
    68%

    13and a man lie with her carnally, and it be hid from the eyes of her husband, and be kept close, and she be defiled, and there be no witness against her, and she be not taken in the act;

  • Gen 19:8
    67%

    8Behold now, I have two daughters that have not known man; let me, I pray you, bring them out unto you, and do ye to them as is good in your eyes: only unto these men do nothing, forasmuch as they are come under the shadow of my roof.

  • Ruth 3:16
    67%

    16And when she came to her mother-in-law, she said, Who art thou, my daughter? And she told her all that the man had done to her.

  • Gen 38:16
    67%

    16And he turned unto her by the way, and said, Come, I pray thee, let me come in unto thee: for he knew not that she was his daughter-in-law. And she said, What wilt thou give me, that thou mayest come in unto me?

  • Neh 2:16
    67%

    16And the rulers knew not whither I went, or what I did; neither had I as yet told it to the Jews, nor to the priests, nor to the nobles, nor to the rulers, nor to the rest that did the work.

  • Gen 24:28
    67%

    28And the damsel ran, and told her mother's house according to these words.

  • Job 31:32
    67%

    32(The sojourner hath not lodged in the street; But I have opened my doors to the traveller);

  • Josh 9:6
    66%

    6And they went to Joshua unto the camp at Gilgal, and said unto him, and to the men of Israel, We are come from a far country: now therefore make ye a covenant with us.

  • Gen 19:2
    66%

    2and he said, Behold now, my lords, turn aside, I pray you, into your servant's house, and tarry all night, and wash your feet, and ye shall rise up early, and go on your way. And they said, Nay; but we will abide in the street all night.

  • 2 Sam 14:18
    66%

    18Then the king answered and said unto the woman, Hide not from me, I pray thee, aught that I shall ask thee. And the woman said, Let my lord the king now speak.

  • Josh 6:1
    66%

    1Now Jericho was straitly shut up because of the children of Israel: none went out, and none came in.