Genesis 42:21

English Standard Version 2016

Then they said to one another, “In truth we are guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the distress of his soul, when he begged us and we did not listen. That is why this distress has come upon us.”

Cross References

Hosea 5:15

I will return again to my place, until they acknowledge their guilt and seek my face, and in their distress earnestly seek me.

1 John 1:9

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

James 2:13

For judgment is without mercy to one who has shown no mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgment.

Acts 19:18

Also many of those who were now believers came, confessing and divulging their practices.

Luke 16:28

for I have five brothers—so that he may warn them, lest they also come into this place of torment.’

Mark 9:48

‘where their worm does not die and the fire is not quenched.’

Matthew 7:2

For with the judgment you pronounce you will be judged, and with the measure you use it will be measured to you.

Jeremiah 34:17

“Therefore, thus says the Lord: You have not obeyed me by proclaiming liberty, every one to his brother and to his neighbor; behold, I proclaim to you liberty to the sword, to pestilence, and to famine, declares the Lord. I will make you a horror to all the kingdoms of the earth.

Jeremiah 2:19

Your evil will chastise you, and your apostasy will reprove you. Know and see that it is evil and bitter for you to forsake the Lord your God; the fear of me is not in you, declares the Lord God of hosts.

Jeremiah 2:17

Have you not brought this upon yourself by forsaking the Lord your God, when he led you in the way?

Proverbs 28:17

If one is burdened with the blood of another, he will be a fugitive until death; let no one help him.

Proverbs 21:13

Whoever closes his ear to the cry of the poor will himself call out and not be answered.

1 Kings 17:18

And she said to Elijah, “What have you against me, O man of God? You have come to me to bring my sin to remembrance and to cause the death of my son!”

2 Samuel 12:13

David said to Nathan, “I have sinned against the Lord.” And Nathan said to David, “The Lord also has put away your sin; you shall not die.

Judges 1:7

And Adoni-bezek said, “Seventy kings with their thumbs and their big toes cut off used to pick up scraps under my table. As I have done, so God has repaid me.” And they brought him to Jerusalem, and he died there.

Numbers 32:23

But if you will not do so, behold, you have sinned against the Lord, and be sure your sin will find you out.

Genesis 41:9

Then the chief cupbearer said to Pharaoh, “I remember my offenses today.

Jeremiah 4:18

Your ways and your deeds have brought this upon you. This is your doom, and it is bitter; it has reached your very heart.”

Genesis 45:3

And Joseph said to his brothers, “I am Joseph! Is my father still alive?” But his brothers could not answer him, for they were dismayed at his presence.

Genesis 50:15

When Joseph’s brothers saw that their father was dead, they said, “It may be that Joseph will hate us and pay us back for all the evil that we did to him.”

Genesis 44:16

And Judah said, “What shall we say to my lord? What shall we speak? Or how can we clear ourselves? God has found out the guilt of your servants; behold, we are my lord’s servants, both we and he also in whose hand the cup has been found.”