Biblia Todo Logo
Cross References

- Advertisements -




Genesis 20:5

Bible in Basic English 1965

Did he not say to me himself, She is my sister? and she herself said, He is my brother: with an upright heart and clean hands have I done this.

See the chapter Copy

21 Cross References  

Say, then, that you are my sister, and so it will be well with me because of you, and my life will be kept safe on your account.

And when God sent me wandering from my father's house, I said to her, Let this be the sign of your love for me; wherever we go, say of me, He is my brother.

And he said to Sarah, See, I have given to your brother a thousand bits of silver so that your wrong may be put right; now your honour is clear in the eyes of all.

As for you, if you will go on your way before me, as David your father did, uprightly and with a true heart, doing what I have given you orders to do, keeping my laws and my decisions;

O Lord, keep in mind how I have been true to you with all my heart, and have done what is good in your eyes. And Hezekiah gave way to bitter weeping.

And I am conscious, my God, that you are the searcher of hearts, taking pleasure in righteousness. As for me, with an upright heart I have freely given all these things; and I have seen with joy your people who are here to make their offerings freely to you.

I am clean, without sin; I am washed, and there is no evil in me:

He who has clean hands and a true heart; whose desire has not gone out to foolish things, who has not taken a false oath.

For my clean and upright ways keep me safe, because my hope is in you.

I will make my hands clean from sin; so will I go round your altar, O Lord;

The Lord will be judge of the peoples; give a decision for me, O Lord, because of my righteousness, and let my virtue have its reward.

O let the evil of the evil-doer come to an end, but give strength to the upright: for men's minds and hearts are tested by the God of righteousness.

As for me, I have made my heart clean to no purpose, washing my hands in righteousness;

So he gave them food with an upright heart, guiding them by the wisdom of his hands.

The righteousness of the upright will be their guide, but the twisted ways of the false will be their destruction.

An upright man goes on in his righteousness: happy are his children after him!

My God has sent his angel to keep the lions' mouths shut, and they have done me no damage: because I was seen to be without sin before him; and further, before you, O King, I have done no wrong.

For our glory is in this, in the knowledge which we have that our way of life in the world, and most of all in relation to you, has been holy and true in the eyes of God; not in the wisdom of the flesh, but in the grace of God.

You are witnesses, with God, how holy and upright and free from all evil was our way of life among you who have faith;

Though I had said violent words against God, and done cruel acts, causing great trouble: but I was given mercy, because I did it without knowledge, not having faith;

God, even God the Lord, God, even God the Lord, he sees, and Israel will seeif it is in pride or in sin against the Lord,




Follow us:

Advertisements


Advertisements