Genesis 39:12

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She caught him by his garment and said, "Sleep with me!" But Joseph left his garment in her hand, ran away, and went outside.

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  • Eccl 7:26 : 26 I found that more bitter than death is the woman whose heart is snares and nets, and whose hands are chains. The one who pleases God will escape her, but the sinner will be caught by her.
  • Prov 5:8 : 8 Keep your way far from her, and do not go near the door of her house.
  • Prov 6:5 : 5 Free yourself like a gazelle from the trap, like a bird from the hand of the fowler.
  • Prov 7:13-27 : 13 She took hold of him and kissed him; with a brazen face she said to him: 14 'I had to offer sacrifices of peace offerings; today I fulfilled my vows.' 15 'So I came out to meet you, to diligently seek your face, and I have found you.' 16 'I have spread my couch with coverings, colored linens from Egypt.' 17 'I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.' 18 'Come, let us drink our fill of love until morning; let us delight ourselves with loving caresses.' 19 'For my husband is not at home; he has gone on a long journey.' 20 'He took a bag of silver with him and will not return home until the full moon.' 21 With her abundant persuasion, she entices him; with her smooth talk, she compels him. 22 He follows her all at once, like an ox going to slaughter, or like a fool to the correction of shackles. 23 Until an arrow pierces his liver, like a bird rushing into a trap, not realizing it will cost him his life. 24 Now then, my sons, listen to me and pay attention to the words of my mouth. 25 Do not let your heart turn aside to her ways; do not stray into her paths. 26 For she has brought down many victims, and numerous are all those she has slain. 27 Her house is the way to Sheol, descending to the chambers of death.
  • 2 Tim 2:22 : 22 Flee from youthful passions and pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace, along with those who call on the Lord from a pure heart.
  • 1 Pet 2:11 : 11 Dear friends, I urge you as foreigners and exiles to abstain from fleshly desires, which wage war against the soul.
  • Gen 39:8 : 8 But Joseph refused and said to his master's wife, "Look, my master does not concern himself with anything in the house; he has entrusted everything he owns to my care.
  • Gen 39:10 : 10 Though she spoke to Joseph day after day, he refused to lie with her or even be with her.
  • Ezek 16:30-31 : 30 ‘How weak is your heart,’ declares the Lord GOD, ‘that you do all these things, the actions of a brazen prostitute! 31 When you built your mounds at the head of every road and made your high places in every street, you were not like a prostitute, because you scorned payment.
  • Prov 1:15 : 15 My son, do not walk in the way with them; keep your foot away from their paths,
  • 1 Cor 15:33 : 33 Do not be deceived: 'Bad company corrupts good morals.'
  • Mark 14:51-52 : 51 A certain young man, wearing nothing but a linen garment, was following Jesus. When they seized him, 52 he fled naked, leaving his garment behind.
  • 1 Sam 15:27 : 27 As Samuel turned to go, Saul grabbed the hem of his robe, and it tore.

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  • Gen 39:13-20
    8 verses
    93%

    13When she saw that he had left his garment in her hand and fled outside,

    14she called her household servants and said to them, "Look, this Hebrew man has been brought to us to mock us! He came to me to lie with me, but I screamed loudly.

    15When he heard me raise my voice and scream, he left his garment beside me and ran outside."

    16She kept his garment beside her until his master came home.

    17Then she told him this story: "That Hebrew servant you brought to us came to mock me.

    18But when I raised my voice and screamed, he left his garment beside me and fled outside."

    19When his master heard the story that his wife told him, saying, "This is how your servant treated me," his anger burned.

    20So Joseph's master took him and put him in the prison where the king's prisoners were held, and he remained there.

  • Gen 39:6-11
    6 verses
    82%

    6So Potiphar left everything he had in Joseph's care; with Joseph in charge, he paid no attention to anything except the food he ate. Now Joseph was handsome in form and appearance.

    7After some time, his master's wife looked at Joseph with desire and said, "Sleep with me."

    8But Joseph refused and said to his master's wife, "Look, my master does not concern himself with anything in the house; he has entrusted everything he owns to my care.

    9"No one in this house is greater than I am. He has not withheld anything from me except you, because you are his wife. How then could I do such a wicked thing and sin against God?"

    10Though she spoke to Joseph day after day, he refused to lie with her or even be with her.

    11One day, Joseph went into the house to do his work, and none of the household servants was inside.

  • Mark 14:52
    74%

    52he fled naked, leaving his garment behind.

  • Gen 38:19
    73%

    19Then she got up and left, took off her veil, and put back on her widow's garments.

  • Gen 37:23
    71%

    23So when Joseph came to his brothers, they stripped him of his robe—the ornate robe he was wearing.

  • Gen 38:15
    70%

    15When Judah saw her, he thought she was a prostitute, because she had covered her face.

  • 2 Sam 13:14
    70%

    14But he refused to listen to her, and being stronger than she, he forced her and lay with her.

  • Num 5:13
    69%

    13and another man has sexual relations with her secretly, and it is hidden from her husband, and she is not caught but has become defiled, even though there is no witness against her,

  • 2 Sam 13:17
    69%

    17He called his servant who attended him and said, 'Throw this woman out of my presence and bolt the door after her.'

  • Gen 37:17
    69%

    17The man said, "They have moved on from here, for I heard them say, 'Let us go to Dothan.'" So Joseph went after his brothers and found them in Dothan.

  • Gen 39:1
    69%

    1Joseph was brought down to Egypt, and Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh and the captain of the guard, an Egyptian, bought him from the Ishmaelites who had brought him there.

  • Deut 22:28
    69%

    28If a man finds a young woman who is a virgin and not betrothed, and he seizes her and lies with her, and they are discovered,