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Genesis 20:5

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Didn't Abraham tell me himself, ‘She's my sister,’ and didn't Sarah also say, ‘He's my brother’? I did this in all innocence—my conscience is clear!”

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Tell them you're my sister so I'll be treated well because of you, and my life will be spared for your sake.”

Since my God made me move far away from my family home, I told her, ‘If you really love me, then wherever you go with me you must tell people: He's my brother.’”

Abimelech also told Sarah, “Notice that I'm giving your brother a thousand pieces of silver. This is to compensate you for the wrong done to you in the eyes of everyone with you, and to make sure that your name is publicly cleared.”

As for you, if you follow my ways as your father David did, doing everything I've told you to do, and if you keep my laws and regulations,

“Please remember Lord how I have followed you faithfully with all my heart. I have done what is good in your sight.” Then Hezekiah cried and cried.

I know, my God, that you look on the inside and are happy when we live right. Everything I have given willingly and with an honest heart, and now I have seen your people here giving happily and willingly to you.

You say, ‘I'm clean, I've done nothing wrong; I'm pure, I have not sinned.

Those who have clean hands and pure minds, who don't worship idols, and who don't lie under oath.

May integrity and honesty defend me because I place my confidence in you.

I wash my hands to show my innocence. I come to worship at your altar, Lord,

The Lord judges all people. Defend me, Lord, because I do what is right, because of my integrity.

Please bring an end to the evil done by the wicked; vindicate those who do good, for you are the God of right who examines hearts and minds.

It's been pointless to keep my mind pure and my hands clean.

Like a shepherd, he took care of them with sincere devotion, leading them with skillful hands.

Honesty guides the good, but deceit destroys liars.

Good people live honestly; how happy are their children if they follow them.

My God sent his angel to shut the lions' mouths. They have not hurt me because I was found innocent in his sight. In addition, I have never done you any wrong, Your Majesty.”

We take pride in the fact—and our conscience confirms it—that we have acted properly towards people, and especially to you. We have followed God's principles of holiness and sincerity, not according to worldly wisdom but through the grace of God.

You yourselves can testify as to how we acted, and God can too—how we treated you believers with a holy attitude, fairly and blamelessly.

Even though I used to insult God, and persecuted and abused God's people, God showed me mercy because of my ignorance and unbelief.

“The Lord is God of gods, the Lord is God of gods, and he knows! May Israel also know! If we're in rebellion against God or being disloyal to him then kill us right now!




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