Genesis 20:11

Free Bible Version

“Well, I thought to myself, ‘Nobody respects God in this place. They'll kill me just to get my wife,’” Abraham replied.

Cross References

Genesis 12:12

When the Egyptians see you, they'll say, ‘She's his wife,’ and they'll kill me but not you!

Genesis 20:10

Then Abimelech asked Abraham “What were you thinking when you did this?”

Genesis 20:12

“Anyway, she really is my sister, the daughter of my father but not my mother, and I married her.

Genesis 22:12

The angel said, “Don't touch the boy! Don't do anything to him, because now I know that you truly do what God tells you. You didn't refuse to give me your son, your only son.”

Genesis 26:7

When the men there asked him about his wife, he told them, “She's my sister,” because he was afraid. He said to himself, “If I say she's my wife, the men here will kill me to get Rebekah, because she's so beautiful.”

Genesis 42:18

On the third day he told them, “Since I'm someone who respects God, do as I tell you and you'll live.

Nehemiah 5:15

But the governors before me had placed a heavy burden on the people, taking forty shekels of silver from them as well as food and wine. Their assistants also extorted the people. But because of my respect for God I didn't act like that.

Job 1:1

Once there was a man called Job who lived in the land of Uz. He was a man of integrity who did what was right. He respected God and avoided evil.

Job 28:28

He said to humankind, ‘To reverence the Lord is wisdom, and to turn away from evil is understanding.’”

Psalm 14:4

Won't these people who do evil ever learn? They consume my people as if they were eating bread, and refuse to pray to the Lord.

Proverbs 1:7

Honoring the Lord is where true knowledge begins, but fools treat wisdom and good advice with contempt.

Proverbs 16:6

Sin is forgiven through trustworthy love and faithfulness; by honoring the Lord people are saved from evil.

Proverbs 2:5

then you will understand how to relate to the Lord and discover the truth about God.

Proverbs 8:13

Honoring the Lord means hating evil. So I hate pride and arrogance, wicked behavior and telling lies.

Romans 3:18

They don't care about respecting God at all.”