Genesis 18:15

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

Then Sarah lied, saying,“I did not laugh,” because she was afraid. But the LORD said,“No! You did laugh.”

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  • Gen 4:9 : 9 Then the LORD said to Cain,“Where is your brother Abel?” And he replied,“I don’t know! Am I my brother’s guardian?”
  • Gen 12:13 : 13 So tell them you are my sister so that it may go well for me because of you and my life will be spared on account of you.”
  • Job 2:10 : 10 But he replied,“You’re talking like one of the godless women would do! Should we receive what is good from God, and not also receive what is evil?” In all this Job did not sin by what he said.
  • Ps 44:21 : 21 would not God discover it, for he knows one’s thoughts?
  • Prov 12:19 : 19 The one who tells the truth will endure forever, but the one who lies will last only for a moment.
  • Prov 28:13 : 13 The one who covers his transgressions will not prosper, but whoever confesses them and forsakes them will find mercy.
  • Mark 2:8 : 8 Now immediately, when Jesus realized in his spirit that they were contemplating such thoughts, he said to them,“Why are you thinking such things in your hearts?
  • John 2:25 : 25 He did not need anyone to testify about man, for he knew what was in man.
  • John 18:17 : 17 The girl who was the doorkeeper said to Peter,“You’re not one of this man’s disciples too, are you?” He replied,“I am not.”
  • John 18:25-27 : 25 Peter’s Second and Third Denials Meanwhile Simon Peter was standing in the courtyard warming himself. They said to him,“You aren’t one of his disciples too, are you?” Peter denied it:“I am not!” 26 One of the high priest’s slaves, a relative of the man whose ear Peter had cut off, said,“Did I not see you in the orchard with him?” 27 Then Peter denied it again, and immediately a rooster crowed.
  • Rom 3:19 : 19 Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world may be held accountable to God.
  • Eph 4:23 : 23 to be renewed in the spirit of your mind,
  • Col 3:9 : 9 Do not lie to one another since you have put off the old man with its practices
  • 1 John 1:8 : 8 If we say we do not bear the guilt of sin, we are deceiving ourselves and the truth is not in us.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Gen 18:9-14
    6 verses
    88%

    9Then they asked him,“Where is Sarah your wife?” He replied,“There, in the tent.”

    10One of them said,“I will surely return to you when the season comes round again, and your wife Sarah will have a son!”(Now Sarah was listening at the entrance to the tent, not far behind him.

    11Abraham and Sarah were old and advancing in years; Sarah had long since passed menopause.)

    12So Sarah laughed to herself, thinking,“After I am worn out will I have pleasure, especially when my husband is old too?”

    13The LORD said to Abraham,“Why did Sarah laugh and say,‘Will I really have a child when I am old?’

    14Is anything impossible for the LORD? I will return to you when the season comes round again and Sarah will have a son.”

  • Gen 21:6-7
    2 verses
    82%

    6Sarah said,“God has made me laugh. Everyone who hears about this will laugh with me.”

    7She went on to say,“Who would have said to Abraham that Sarah would nurse children? Yet I have given birth to a son for him in his old age!”

  • Gen 17:15-19
    5 verses
    82%

    15Then God said to Abraham,“As for your wife, you must no longer call her Sarai; Sarah will be her name.

    16I will bless her and will give you a son through her. I will bless her and she will become a mother of nations. Kings of countries will come from her!”

    17Then Abraham bowed down with his face to the ground and laughed as he said to himself,“Can a son be born to a man who is a hundred years old? Can Sarah bear a child at the age of ninety?”

    18Abraham said to God,“O that Ishmael might live before you!”

    19God said,“No, Sarah your wife is going to bear you a son, and you will name him Isaac. I will confirm my covenant with him as a perpetual covenant for his descendants after him.

  • Gen 18:16-17
    2 verses
    74%

    16Abraham Pleads for Sodom When the men got up to leave, they looked out over Sodom.(Now Abraham was walking with them to see them on their way.)

    17Then the LORD said,“Should I hide from Abraham what I am about to do?

  • Gen 21:1-2
    2 verses
    73%

    1The Birth of Isaac The LORD visited Sarah just as he had said he would and did for Sarah what he had promised.

    2So Sarah became pregnant and bore Abraham a son in his old age at the appointed time that God had told him.

  • Gen 12:18-19
    2 verses
    73%

    18So Pharaoh summoned Abram and said,“What is this you have done to me? Why didn’t you tell me that she was your wife?

    19Why did you say,‘She is my sister,’ so that I took her to be my wife? Now, here is your wife. Take her and go!”

  • Gen 20:10-12
    3 verses
    72%

    10Then Abimelech asked Abraham,“What prompted you to do this thing?”

    11Abraham replied,“Because I thought,‘Surely no one fears God in this place. They will kill me because of my wife.’

    12What’s more, she is indeed my sister, my father’s daughter, but not my mother’s daughter. She became my wife.

  • Gen 20:2
    71%

    2Abraham said about his wife Sarah,“She is my sister.” So Abimelech, king of Gerar, sent for Sarah and took her.

  • 2 Kgs 4:16
    71%

    16He said,“About this time next year you will be holding a son.” She said,“No, my master! O prophet, do not lie to your servant!”

  • Gen 16:2
    71%

    2So Sarai said to Abram,“Since the LORD has prevented me from having children, please sleep with my servant. Perhaps I can have a family by her.” Abram did what Sarai told him.

  • Gen 17:21
    71%

    21But I will establish my covenant with Isaac, whom Sarah will bear to you at this set time next year.”

  • Gen 20:18
    71%

    18For the LORD had caused infertility to strike every woman in the household of Abimelech because he took Sarah, Abraham’s wife.

  • Gen 21:9
    71%

    9But Sarah noticed the son of Hagar the Egyptian– the son whom Hagar had borne to Abraham– mocking.

  • Gen 16:5-6
    2 verses
    70%

    5Then Sarai said to Abram,“You have brought this wrong on me! I gave my servant into your embrace, but when she realized that she was pregnant, she despised me. May the LORD judge between you and me!”

    6Abram said to Sarai,“Since your servant is under your authority, do to her whatever you think best.” Then Sarai treated Hagar harshly, so she ran away from Sarai.

  • Gen 18:6
    70%

    6So Abraham hurried into the tent and said to Sarah,“Quick! Take three measures of fine flour, knead it, and make bread.”

  • Gen 39:17
    70%

    17This is what she said to him:“That Hebrew slave you brought to us tried to humiliate me,

  • Gen 11:30
    69%

    30But Sarai was barren; she had no children.

  • Gen 20:5
    69%

    5Did Abraham not say to me,‘She is my sister’? And she herself said,‘He is my brother.’ I have done this with a clear conscience and with innocent hands!”

  • Gen 24:36
    69%

    36My master’s wife Sarah bore a son to him when she was old, and my master has given him everything he owns.

  • 2 Kgs 4:28
    69%

    28She said,“Did I ask my master for a son? Didn’t I say,‘Don’t mislead me?’”

  • Gen 26:9
    69%

    9So Abimelech summoned Isaac and said,“She is really your wife! Why did you say,‘She is my sister’?” Isaac replied,“Because I thought someone might kill me to get her.”

  • Luke 8:53
    69%

    53And they began making fun of him, because they knew that she was dead.