Genesis 44:5

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'Is this not the cup my master drinks from and also uses for divination? You have done wrong in what you have done.'

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  • Gen 30:27 : 27 But Laban said to him, 'If I have found favor in your eyes, please stay. I have learned by experience that the LORD has blessed me because of you.'
  • Gen 44:15 : 15 Joseph asked them, "What is this deed you have done? Do you not know that a man like me can certainly practice divination?"
  • Lev 19:26 : 26 Do not eat any meat with the blood still in it. Do not practice divination or seek omens.
  • 2 Kgs 21:6 : 6 He sacrificed his own son by fire, practiced divination and omen reading, and consulted mediums and spiritists. He did much evil in the sight of the LORD, provoking Him to anger.
  • Deut 18:10-14 : 10 Let no one be found among you who sacrifices their son or daughter in the fire, practices divination, tells fortunes, interprets omens, or engages in witchcraft. 11 Or one who casts spells, consults a medium or spiritist, or who seeks the dead. 12 For anyone who does these things is detestable to the LORD. Because of these detestable practices, the LORD your God is driving out these nations before you. 13 You must be blameless before the LORD your God. 14 The nations you will dispossess listen to those who practice sorcery or divination. But as for you, the LORD your God has not allowed you to do so.
  • 1 Kgs 20:33 : 33 The men interpreted this as a good sign and quickly seized on it, saying, 'Yes, Ben-Hadad is your brother!' The king said, 'Go and bring him.' So Ben-Hadad came out to him, and Ahab had him brought into his chariot.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Gen 44:15-18
    4 verses
    81%

    15Joseph asked them, "What is this deed you have done? Do you not know that a man like me can certainly practice divination?"

    16Judah replied, "What can we say to my lord? How can we speak or justify ourselves? God has uncovered the guilt of your servants. Here we are, my lord's slaves, both we and the one in whose possession the cup was found."

    17But Joseph said, "Far be it from me to do this! The man in whose possession the cup was found will be my slave. As for the rest of you, go back to your father in peace."

    18Then Judah stepped forward and said, "Please, my lord, let your servant speak a word in my lord's hearing, and do not be angry with your servant, for you are like Pharaoh."

  • Gen 44:4
    81%

    4They had just left the city and had not gone far when Joseph said to his steward, "Get up, pursue the men. When you catch up to them, say to them, 'Why have you repaid good with evil?'

  • Gen 44:6-8
    3 verses
    77%

    6When the steward caught up to them, he said these words to them.

    7But they replied to him, "Why does my lord say such things? Far be it from your servants to do such a thing!

    8"Look, we even brought back to you from the land of Canaan the silver we found in the mouths of our sacks. Why would we steal silver or gold from your master's house?

  • Gen 44:1-2
    2 verses
    73%

    1Joseph instructed the steward of his house, saying, "Fill the men's sacks with as much food as they can carry, and put each man's silver in the opening of his sack."

    2"Then put my silver cup in the opening of the youngest one's sack, along with the silver for his grain." And he did as Joseph had instructed.

  • Gen 40:11
    72%

    11Pharaoh’s cup was in my hand, and I took the grapes, squeezed them into Pharaoh’s cup, and placed the cup into Pharaoh’s hand.'

  • Amos 6:6
    71%

    6You drink wine by the bowlful and anoint yourselves with the finest oils, but you do not grieve over the ruin of Joseph.

  • Prov 4:17
    70%

    17They eat the bread of wickedness and drink the wine of violence.

  • Hab 2:15
    70%

    15Woe to him who gives drink to his neighbor, pouring out your wrath and making him drunk, in order to gaze at their nakedness!

  • Gen 42:14
    69%

    14But Joseph said to them, 'It is just as I said: You are spies!

  • Jer 49:12
    69%

    12For this is what the LORD says: If those who do not deserve to drink the cup must drink it, should you go unpunished? You will not go unpunished, but you must certainly drink it.

  • Gen 40:21
    69%

    21He restored the chief cupbearer to his position, so that he again placed the cup in Pharaoh's hand.

  • Prov 31:5
    69%

    5Lest they drink and forget what has been decreed, and deprive all the oppressed of their rights.

  • Jer 2:18
    69%

    18Now why go to Egypt to drink water from the Nile? And why go to Assyria to drink water from the river?

  • Ps 75:8
    69%

    8For God is the judge; he brings one down and lifts another up.

  • Job 15:16
    68%

    16How much less is a man, who is detestable and corrupt, one who drinks iniquity like water!

  • Gen 50:20
    68%

    20You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good to accomplish what is now being done—the saving of many lives.

  • Zech 7:6
    68%

    6And when you eat and when you drink, aren’t you eating and drinking for yourselves?

  • Gen 44:12
    68%

    12The steward searched, starting with the oldest and ending with the youngest, and the cup was found in Benjamin's sack.

  • Gen 44:10
    68%

    10The steward replied, "Let it be as you say: whoever is found with it will become my slave, and the rest of you will be innocent."

  • Gen 50:17
    68%

    17'This is what you are to say to Joseph: “Please forgive the transgressions of your brothers and their sin, for they treated you so badly.” Now, please forgive the transgressions of the servants of the God of your father.' Joseph wept when they spoke to him.

  • Gen 50:15
    68%

    15When Joseph's brothers saw that their father was dead, they said, 'What if Joseph holds a grudge against us and repays us for all the evil we did to him?'

  • Jer 25:28
    68%

    28If they refuse to take the cup from your hand to drink, tell them, 'This is what the LORD of Hosts says: You must drink it!'

  • Isa 5:22
    68%

    22Woe to those who are heroes at drinking wine and valiant at mixing strong drink,

  • Gen 40:1
    68%

    1After these events, the cupbearer and the baker of the king of Egypt offended their master, the king of Egypt.

  • Gen 43:34
    68%

    34Joseph sent portions from his table to them, but Benjamin's portion was five times as much as anyone else's. So they feasted and drank freely with him.

  • Gen 40:13
    68%

    13In three days, Pharaoh will lift up your head and restore you to your position, and you will put Pharaoh’s cup in his hand, just as you did when you were his cupbearer.