Genesis 20:6

Coverdale Bible (1535)

And God sayde vnto him in a dreame: I knowe that thou dyddest it wt a pure hert, and therfore I kepte the, that thou shuldest not synne agaynst me, nether haue I suffred the to touch her.

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  • 1 Sam 25:26 : 26 But now my lorde, as truly as the LORDE lyueth, and as truly as thy soule lyueth, the LORDE hath kepte the backe, yt thou shuldest not come agaynst bloude, and he hath delyuered thine hande. Thine enemyes be now as Nabal, and so be they that wolde my lorde euell.
  • 1 Sam 25:34 : 34 Verely (as truly as the LORDE the God of Israel lyueth, which hath hyndred me that I shulde do the no euell.) Yf thou haddest not met me in all the haist, Nabal shulde not haue had lefte him vntyll ye lighte mornynge, so moch as one that maketh water agaynst the wall.
  • Ps 51:4 : 4 Agaynst the only, agaynst the haue I synned, and done euell in thy sight: that thou mightest be iustified in thy saynges, and shuldest ouercome when thou art iudged.
  • Gen 31:7 : 7 And he hath disceaued me, and chaunged my wages now ten tymes. But God hath not suffred him, to do me harme.
  • Gen 39:9 : 9 And there is no man so greate in the house as I, and he hath kepte nothinge fro me, excepte the: for thou art his wife. How shulde I then do so greate euell, and synne agaynst God?
  • Exod 34:24 : 24 Whan I shal cast out the Heithen before the, & enlarge yi borders, there shal no man desyre thy lode: for so moch as thou goest vp thre tymes in the yeare, to appeare before ye LORDE thy God.
  • Lev 6:2 : 2 Whan a soule synneth, & trespaceth agaynst the LORDE, so that he denyeth vnto his neghboure that which he gaue him to kepe, or that was put vnder his hande, or that he hath violently taken awaye, or gotten vnrighteously,
  • Gen 35:5 : 5 & departed. And there came a feare of God vpon the cities that laye roude aboute, so that they folowed not after ye sonnes of Iacob.
  • Gen 3:3 : 3 But as for the frute of the tre that is in the myddes of the garden, God hath sayde: Eate not ye of it, and touch it not, lest ye dye.
  • Gen 20:18 : 18 For a fore the LORDE had closed all the matrices of Abimelechs house, because of Sara Abrahams wife.
  • Gen 26:11 : 11 The Abimelech commaunded all the people, and sayde: Who so toucheth this man or his wyfe, shal dye the death.
  • Ps 81:12 : 12 But my people wolde not heare my voyce, & Israel wolde not obeye me.
  • Ps 84:11 : 11 I had rather be a dore keper in the house of my God, then to dwell in the tentes of the vngodly.
  • Prov 21:1 : 1 The kynges hert is in the hande of the LORDE, like as are the ryuers of water: he maye turne it whyther so euer he wyll.
  • Hos 2:6-7 : 6 But I will hedge hir waye with thornes, and stoppe it, that she shal not fynde hir fotestoppes: 7 and though she runne after hir louers, yet shall she not get them: she shal seke them, but not fynde them. Then shal she saye: well, I will go turne agayne to my first hu?bonde, for at yt tyme was I better at ease, then now:
  • 1 Cor 7:1 : 1 As concernynge the thinges wherof ye wrote vnto me, I answere: It is good for a man not to touche a woman.
  • 2 Cor 6:17 : 17 Wherfore come out from amoge them, and separate youre selues (sayeth the LORDE) and touche no vncleane thinge, so wyl I receaue you,
  • 2 Thess 2:7 : 7 (For the mystery of the iniquyte worketh allready, tyll he which now onely letteth, be take out of the waye.)
  • 2 Thess 2:11 : 11 Therfore shal God sende them stroge delusion, that they shulde beleue lyes,

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Gen 20:2-5
    4 verses
    83%

    2 and sayde of Sara his wife: She is my sister. Then Abimelech the kinge of Gerar sent for her, and caused her be fett awaye.

    3 But God came to Abimelech by night in a dreame, & sayde vnto him: Beholde, thou art but a deed man, for the womans sake which thou hast taken, for she is a mans wife.

    4 Neuertheles Abimelech had not yet touched her, and sayde: LORDE, wilt thou sley a righteous people?

    5 Sayde not he vnto me: she is my sister? Yee and sayde not she her self also: he is my brother? With a pure hert & with innocent handes haue I done this.

  • Gen 20:7-13
    7 verses
    78%

    7 Now therfore delyuer the man his wife ageyne, for he is a prophet: and let him pray for ye, and thou shalt lyue. But and yf thou delyuer her not ageyne, be sure, that thou shalt dye the death, and all that is thine.

    8 Then Abimelech rose vp by tymes in the mornynge, and called all his seruauntes, and tolde all these thinges in their eares, and the men were sore afrayed,

    9 and Abimelech called Abraham, and sayde vnto him: Wherfore hast thou done this vnto vs? And what haue I offended ye, that thou shuldest brynge on me and on my kyngdome so greate a synne? Thou hast not dealt with vs, as a man shulde deale.

    10 And Abimelech saide morouer vnto Abraham: What sawest thou, yt thou hast done this thinge?

    11 Abraham sayde: I thought: Peraduenture there is no feare of God in this place, & they shall sleye me for my wifes sake,

    12 And of a trueth she is my sister, for she is my fathers doughter, but not my mothers doughter, and is become my wife.

    13 So whan God charged me to wadre out of my fathers house, I sayde vnto her: Shew this kyndnes vpon me, that, where so euer we come, thou saye of me, that I am thy brother.

  • Gen 26:9-11
    3 verses
    73%

    9 Then Abimelech called Isaac, and sayde: Beholde, she is thy wyfe, why saydest thou then: She is my sister? Isaac answered him: I thought, I might peraduenture hahe died because of her.

    10 Abimelech saide: Why hast thou then done this vnto vs? It coude lightly haue come to passe, that some of the people might haue lyen with thy wyfe, and so haddest thou brought synne vpo vs.

    11 The Abimelech commaunded all the people, and sayde: Who so toucheth this man or his wyfe, shal dye the death.

  • Gen 39:8-9
    2 verses
    73%

    8 But he denyed, and saide vnto her: Beholde, my master knoweth not what is in ye house, and all that he hath, that hath he put vnder my hande.

    9 And there is no man so greate in the house as I, and he hath kepte nothinge fro me, excepte the: for thou art his wife. How shulde I then do so greate euell, and synne agaynst God?

  • 12 He sayde: Laye not thy handes vpon the childe, & do nothinge vnto him: for now I knowe that thou fearest God, and hast not spared thine onely sonne for my sake.

  • Gen 12:18-19
    2 verses
    72%

    18 Then Pharao called Abra vnto him, and sayde: Why hast thou dealt thus wt me? Wherfore toldest thou not me at the first, yt she was thy wife?

    19 Why saydest thou then, that she was yi sister? Wherfore I toke her to my wife. And now lo, there is yi wife, take her, and go thy waye.

  • 29 that I coude haue done you euell: but youre fathers God saide yesterdaye vnto me: Bewarre, that thou speake nothinge vnto Iacob but good.

  • 24 But God came vnto Laban the Syrian in a dreame by night, & sayde vnto him: Be warre, that thou speake nothinge to Iacob but good.

  • 11 And the angel of God sayde vnto me in a dreame: Iacob. And I answered: here am I.

  • 7 The LORDE, the God of heauen, which toke me fro my fathers house and from the londe of my kynred, and that talked with me, and sware also vnto me, and sayde: Vnto yi sede wyll I geue this londe: Euen he shall sende his angell before the, that thou maiest brynge my sonne a wife from thence.

  • 16 and sayde: I haue sworen by myne owne self (sayeth the LORDE) that for so moch as thou hast done this, and hast not spared thine onely sonne,

  • 42 & yf the God of my father the God of Abraham, and the feare of Isaac had not bene on my syde, thou haddest latten me go awaye emptye. But God hath loked vpon myne aduersite and laboure, and rebuked the yesterdaye.

  • 26 Then answered Abimelech: I knewe not who dyd it, nether dyddest thou tell me, and I haue not herde of it but this daye.

  • 29 But he saide vnto him: Thou knowest how I haue serued the, and what maner of catell thou hast vnder me.

  • 16 Now whan Iacob awaked from his slepe, he saide: Surely the LORDE is in this place, and I knew not.

  • Gen 31:6-7
    2 verses
    69%

    6 And ye knowe, that I haue serued youre father with all my power.

    7 And he hath disceaued me, and chaunged my wages now ten tymes. But God hath not suffred him, to do me harme.

  • Gen 21:22-23
    2 verses
    69%

    22 At the same tyme talked Abimelech and Phicol his chefe captayne with Abraham, and sayde: God is with the in all that thou doest.

    23 Therfore sweare now vnto me by God, that thou wilt not hurt me, ner my children, ner my childers children: but that thou shalt shewe vnto me (and to the londe wherin thou art a straunger) the same kyndnesse that I haue done vnto the.

  • 2 Then the LORDE appeared vnto him, and sayde: Go not downe in to Egipte, but tary in the lande that I shall saye vnto the.

  • 13 Therfore (I pray ye) saye thou art my sister, that I maye fare the better by reason of the, and that my soule maye lyue for thy sake.

  • 9 Thus hath God with drawen youre fathers goodes from him, and geuen them vnto me.

  • 24 And the LORDE appeared vnto him the same night, and sayde: I am the God of thy father Abraham, feare thou not, for I am with the, and wyll blesse the, and multiplye thy sede for my seruaunt Abrahams sake.

  • 6 for he sayde: Heare I praye you what I dreamed.