Genesis 39:8

Authorized King James Version (1611)

But he refused, and said unto his master's wife, Behold, my master wotteth not what [is] with me in the house, and he hath committed all that he hath to my hand;

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  • Prov 1:10 : 10 ¶ My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not.
  • Prov 2:10 : 10 ¶ When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul;
  • Prov 2:16-19 : 16 To deliver thee from the strange woman, [even] from the stranger [which] flattereth with her words; 17 Which forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God. 18 For her house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto the dead. 19 None that go unto her return again, neither take they hold of the paths of life.
  • Prov 5:3-8 : 3 For the lips of a strange woman drop [as] an honeycomb, and her mouth [is] smoother than oil: 4 But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a twoedged sword. 5 Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell. 6 Lest thou shouldest ponder the path of life, her ways are moveable, [that] thou canst not know [them]. 7 Hear me now therefore, O ye children, and depart not from the words of my mouth. 8 Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her house:
  • Prov 6:20-25 : 20 ¶ My son, keep thy father's commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother: 21 Bind them continually upon thine heart, [and] tie them about thy neck. 22 When thou goest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepest, it shall keep thee; and [when] thou awakest, it shall talk with thee. 23 For the commandment [is] a lamp; and the law [is] light; and reproofs of instruction [are] the way of life: 24 To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman. 25 Lust not after her beauty in thine heart; neither let her take thee with her eyelids.
  • Prov 6:29 : 29 So he that goeth in to his neighbour's wife; whosoever toucheth her shall not be innocent.
  • Prov 6:32-33 : 32 [But] whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding: he [that] doeth it destroyeth his own soul. 33 A wound and dishonour shall he get; and his reproach shall not be wiped away.
  • Prov 7:5 : 5 That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger [which] flattereth with her words.
  • Prov 7:25-27 : 25 Let not thine heart decline to her ways, go not astray in her paths. 26 For she hath cast down many wounded: yea, many strong [men] have been slain by her. 27 Her house [is] the way to hell, going down to the chambers of death.
  • Prov 9:13-18 : 13 ¶ A foolish woman [is] clamorous: [she is] simple, and knoweth nothing. 14 For she sitteth at the door of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city, 15 To call passengers who go right on their ways: 16 Whoso [is] simple, let him turn in hither: and [as for] him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him, 17 Stolen waters are sweet, and bread [eaten] in secret is pleasant. 18 But he knoweth not that the dead [are] there; [and that] her guests [are] in the depths of hell.
  • Prov 18:24 : 24 ¶ A man [that hath] friends must shew himself friendly: and there is a friend [that] sticketh closer than a brother.
  • Prov 22:14 : 14 ¶ The mouth of strange women [is] a deep pit: he that is abhorred of the LORD shall fall therein.
  • Prov 23:26-28 : 26 My son, give me thine heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways. 27 For a whore [is] a deep ditch; and a strange woman [is] a narrow pit. 28 She also lieth in wait as [for] a prey, and increaseth the transgressors among men.

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    9[There is] none greater in this house than I; neither hath he kept back any thing from me but thee, because thou [art] his wife: how then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God?

    10And it came to pass, as she spake to Joseph day by day, that he hearkened not unto her, to lie by her, [or] to be with her.

    11And it came to pass about this time, that [Joseph] went into the house to do his business; and [there was] none of the men of the house there within.

    12And she caught him by his garment, saying, Lie with me: and he left his garment in her hand, and fled, and got him out.

    13¶ And it came to pass, when she saw that he had left his garment in her hand, and was fled forth,

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

    15And it came to pass, when he heard that I lifted up my voice and cried, that he left his garment with me, and fled, and got him out.

    16And she laid up his garment by her, until his lord came home.

    17And she spake unto him according to these words, saying, The Hebrew servant, which thou hast brought unto us, came in unto me to mock me:

    18And it came to pass, as I lifted up my voice and cried, that he left his garment with me, and fled out.

    19¶ And it came to pass, when his master heard the words of his wife, which she spake unto him, saying, After this manner did thy servant to me; that his wrath was kindled.

    20And Joseph's master took him, and put him into the prison, a place where the king's prisoners [were] bound: and he was there in the prison.

  • Gen 39:2-7
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    2And the LORD was with Joseph, and he was a prosperous man; and he was in the house of his master the Egyptian.

    3And his master saw that the LORD [was] with him, and that the LORD made all that he did to prosper in his hand.

    4And Joseph found grace in his sight, and he served him: and he made him overseer over his house, and all [that] he had he put into his hand.

    5And it came to pass from the time [that] he had made him overseer in his house, and over all that he had, that the LORD blessed the Egyptian's house for Joseph's sake; and the blessing of the LORD was upon all that he had in the house, and in the field.

    6And he left all that he had in Joseph's hand; and he knew not ought he had, save the bread which he did eat. And Joseph was [a] goodly [person], and well favoured.

    7¶ And it came to pass after these things, that his master's wife cast her eyes upon Joseph; and she said, Lie with me.

  • Gen 39:22-23
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    22And the keeper of the prison committed to Joseph's hand all the prisoners that [were] in the prison; and whatsoever they did there, he was the doer [of it].

    23The keeper of the prison looked not to any thing [that was] under his hand; because the LORD was with him, and [that] which he did, the LORD made [it] to prosper.

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    44And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, I [am] Pharaoh, and without thee shall no man lift up his hand or foot in all the land of Egypt.

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    7And they said unto him, Wherefore saith my lord these words? God forbid that thy servants should do according to this thing:

  • Gen 44:15
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    15And Joseph said unto them, What deed [is] this that ye have done? wot ye not that such a man as I can certainly divine?

  • Gen 24:37
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    37And my master made me swear, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife to my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, in whose land I dwell:

  • Gen 24:39
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    39And I said unto my master, Peradventure the woman will not follow me.

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    17And he said, God forbid that I should do so: [but] the man in whose hand the cup is found, he shall be my servant; and as for you, get you up in peace unto your father.