Genesis 20:6

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

God spoke to Abimelech in another dream and said: I know you are innocent. That's why I kept you from sleeping with Sarah and doing anything wrong.

Cross References

Genesis 26:11

Then Abimelech warned his people that anyone who even touched Isaac or Rebekah would be put to death.

Genesis 3:3

except the one in the middle. He told us not to eat fruit from that tree or even to touch it. If we do, we will die.”

Genesis 31:24

But God appeared to Laban in a dream that night and warned, “Don't say a word to Jacob. Don't make a threat or a promise.”

Genesis 31:7

and that he keeps cheating me by changing my wages time after time. But God has protected me.

Genesis 35:5

While Jacob and his family were travelling through Canaan, God terrified the people in the towns so much that no one dared bother them.

Genesis 39:9

No one in my master's house is more important than I am. The only thing he hasn't given me is you, and that's because you are his wife. I won't sin against God by doing such a terrible thing as this.”

Psalm 51:4

You are really the one I have sinned against; I have disobeyed you and have done wrong. So it is right and fair for you to correct and punish me.

Psalm 81:12

So I let you be stubborn and keep on following your own advice.

Psalm 84:11

Our LORD and our God, you are like the sun and also like a shield. You treat us with kindness and with honour, never denying any good thing to those who live right.

Exodus 34:24

I will force the nations out of your land and enlarge your borders. Then no one will try to take your property when you come to worship me these three times each year.

Proverbs 21:1

The LORD controls rulers, just as he determines the course of rivers.

Proverbs 6:29

And if you go to bed with another man's wife, you pay the price.

Matthew 27:19

While Pilate was judging the case, his wife sent him a message. It said, “Don't have anything to do with that innocent man. I have had nightmares because of him.”

1 Corinthians 7:1

Now I will answer the questions that you asked in your letter. You asked, “Is it best for people not to marry?”

2 Corinthians 6:17

The Lord also says, “Leave them and stay away! Don't touch anything that isn't clean. Then I will welcome you

2 Thessalonians 2:11

So God will make sure that they are fooled into believing a lie.

2 Thessalonians 2:7

His mysterious power is already at work, but someone is holding him back. And the wicked one won't appear until that someone is out of the way.

1 Samuel 25:26

but please take this gift of food that I've brought and share it with your followers. The LORD has kept you from taking revenge and from killing innocent people. But I hope your enemies and anyone else who wants to harm you will end up like Nabal. I swear this by the living LORD and by your life.

1 Samuel 25:34

If you hadn't come to meet me so quickly, every man and boy in Nabal's family and in his servants' families would have been killed by morning. I swear by the living LORD God of Israel who protected you that this is the truth.