Genesis 39:8

KJV1611 – Modern English

But he refused, and said to his master's wife, Behold, my master does not concern himself with what is with me in the house, and he has committed all that he has to my care;

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  • Prov 1:10 : 10 My son, if sinners entice you, do not consent.
  • Prov 2:10 : 10 When wisdom enters your heart and knowledge is pleasant to your soul;
  • Prov 2:16-19 : 16 To deliver you from the strange woman, even from the stranger who flatters with her words; 17 Who forsakes the guide of her youth and forgets the covenant of her God. 18 For her house leads down to death, and her paths to the dead. 19 None who go to her return again, nor do they take hold of the paths of life.
  • Prov 5:3-8 : 3 For the lips of a strange woman drip as a honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil: 4 But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword. 5 Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell. 6 Lest you should ponder the path of life, her ways are unstable, so that you cannot know them. 7 Hear me now therefore, O children, and do not depart from the words of my mouth. 8 Remove your way far from her, and do not come near the door of her house:
  • Prov 6:20-25 : 20 My son, keep your father's commandment, and do not forsake the law of your mother: 21 Bind them continually upon your heart, and tie them around your neck. 22 When you go, it shall lead you; when you sleep, it shall keep you; and when you awake, it shall talk with you. 23 For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life: 24 To keep you from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman. 25 Do not lust after her beauty in your heart; neither let her take you with her eyelids.
  • Prov 6:29 : 29 So is he who goes in to his neighbor's wife; whoever touches her shall not be innocent.
  • Prov 6:32-33 : 32 But whoever commits adultery with a woman lacks understanding: he who does it destroys his own soul. 33 A wound and dishonor shall he get; and his reproach shall not be wiped away.
  • Prov 7:5 : 5 That they may keep you from the strange woman, from the stranger who flatters with her words.
  • Prov 7:25-27 : 25 Let not your heart incline to her ways, do not stray in her paths. 26 For she has cast down many wounded; indeed, 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 loud: she is simple, and knows nothing. 14 For she sits at the door of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city, 15 To call those who pass by who go straight on their ways: 16 Whoever is simple, let him turn in here: and as for him who lacks understanding, she says to him, 17 Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant. 18 But he does not know that the dead are there; and that her guests are in the depths of hell.
  • Prov 18:24 : 24 A man who has friends must show himself friendly, and there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.
  • Prov 22:14 : 14 The mouth of an immoral woman is a deep pit; he who is abhorred of the LORD shall fall therein.
  • Prov 23:26-28 : 26 My son, give me your heart, and let your eyes observe my ways. 27 For a prostitute is a deep ditch, and a strange woman is a narrow pit. 28 She also lies in wait as for a prey, and increases the transgressors among men.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Gen 39:9-20
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    89%

    9There is none greater in this house than I; neither has he kept back anything from me except you, because you are his wife: how then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God?

    10And it came to pass, as she spoke to Joseph day by day, that he did not listen to her, to lie with her, or to be with her.

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

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

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

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

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

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

    17And she spoke to him according to these words, saying, The Hebrew servant, whom you have brought to us, came in to me to mock me:

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

    19And it came to pass, when his master heard the words of his wife, which she spoke to him, saying, After this manner did your servant to me; that his anger 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
    6 verses
    84%

    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 prosper in his hands.

    4And Joseph found favor in his sight, and he served him: and he made him overseer over his house, and all that he had he put into his care.

    5And from the time that he made him overseer in his house, and over all that he had, 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 care; and he did not concern himself with anything except the bread which he ate. And Joseph was a handsome person, and well-favored.

    7And 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
    2 verses
    74%

    22And the keeper of the prison committed to Joseph's care all the prisoners that were in the prison; and whatever they did there, he was the doer of it.

    23The keeper of the prison did not concern himself with anything that was under Joseph's care; because the LORD was with him, and that which he did, the LORD made it prosper.

  • Gen 41:44
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    44Pharaoh also said to Joseph, I am Pharaoh, and without your consent no man may lift his hand or foot in all the land of Egypt.

  • Gen 44:7
    72%

    7And they said to him, Why does my lord say these words? God forbid that your servants should do such a thing as this:

  • Gen 44:15
    71%

    15And Joseph said to them, What deed is this that you have done? Do you not know that such a man as I can certainly divine?

  • Gen 24:37
    71%

    37Now my master made me swear, saying, 'You shall not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, in whose land I dwell;

  • Gen 24:39
    71%

    39And I said to my master, 'Perhaps the woman will not follow me.'

  • Gen 44:17
    70%

    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, go up in peace to your father.