Genesis 20:5

Easy To Read Version

Abraham himself told me, ‘This woman is my sister.’ And the woman also said, ‘This man is my brother.’ I am innocent. I did not know what I was doing.”

Cross References

Genesis 12:13

So tell people that you are my sister. Then they will not kill me. They will think I am your brother, and they will be kind to me. In this way, you will save my life.”

Genesis 20:13

God led me away from my father’s house. God led me to wander to many different places. When that happened, I told Sarah, ‘Do something for me; wherever we go, tell people you are my sister.’”

Genesis 20:16

Abimelech said to Sarah, “I gave your brother Abraham 1,000 pieces of silver. I did this to show that I am sorry for all these things. I want everyone to see that I did the right thing.”

1 Kings 9:4

You must serve me the same way your father David did. He was fair and sincere. And you must obey my laws and do all the things that I commanded you.

2 Kings 20:3

“Lord, remember that I have truly served you with all my heart. I have done the things that you say are good.” Then Hezekiah cried very hard.

1 Chronicles 29:17

My God, I know that you test people,\par and that you are happy\par when people do good.\par I gladly give you all these things\par with a pure, honest heart.\par I see your people gathered here.\par And I see that they are happy\par about giving these things to you.\par

Job 33:9

You said:\par ‘I am pure.\par I am innocent\par I did nothing wrong.\par I am not guilty!\par

Psalm 24:4

People who have not done evil things,\par people who have pure hearts,\par people who have not used my name {\cf2\super [146]} to make lies sound like the truth,\par and people who have not lied and made false promises.\par \{Only those people can worship there.\}\par

Psalm 25:21

God, you are truly good.\par I trust you,\par so protect me.\par

Psalm 26:6

Lord, I wash my hands\par to show that I am pure\par so I may come to your altar. {\cf2\super [156]} \par

Psalm 7:8

and judge the people.\par Lord, judge me.\par Prove that I am right.\par Prove that I am innocent.\par

Psalm 7:9

Punish the bad people,\par and help the good people.\par God, you are good.\par And you can look into peoples’ hearts.\par

Psalm 73:13

So why should I make my heart pure?\par Why should I make my hands clean?\par

Psalm 78:72

And David led them with a pure heart.\par He led them very wisely.\par

Proverbs 11:3

Good, honest people are guided by honesty. But evil people destroy themselves when they cheat other people.

Proverbs 20:7

A good person lives a good life. And his children will be blessed.

Daniel 6:22

My God sent his angel to save me. The angel closed the lions’ mouths. The lions have not hurt me because my God knows I am innocent. I never did anything wrong to you, king.”

2 Corinthians 1:12

This is what we are proud of, and I can say with all my heart that it is true: In all the things we have done in the world, we have done everything with an honest and pure heart from God. And this is even more true in the things we have done with you. We did this by God’s grace (kindness), not by the kind of wisdom the world has.

1 Thessalonians 2:10

When we were with you believers, we lived in a holy and right way, without fault. You know that this is true, and God knows that this is true.

1 Timothy 1:13

In the past I spoke against Christ and persecuted him and did things to hurt him. But God gave me mercy because I did not know what I was doing. I did those things when I did not believe.

Joshua 22:22

“The Lord is our God! Again we say that the Lord is our God! [72] And God knows why we did this thing. We want you to know also. You can judge what we did. If you believe that we have done something wrong, then you can kill us.