Genesis 20:2

Good News Translation (US Version)

he said that his wife Sarah was his sister. So King Abimelech of Gerar had Sarah brought to him.

Cross References

Genesis 12:15

Some of the court officials saw her and told the king how beautiful she was; so she was taken to his palace.

Genesis 26:7

When the men there asked about his wife, he said that she was his sister. He would not admit that she was his wife, because he was afraid that the men there would kill him to get Rebecca, who was very beautiful.

Colossians 3:9

Do not lie to one another, for you have put off the old self with its habits

Ephesians 4:25

No more lying, then! Each of you must tell the truth to the other believer, because we are all members together in the body of Christ.

Ecclesiastes 7:20

There is no one on earth who does what is right all the time and never makes a mistake.

Proverbs 24:16

No matter how often honest people fall, they always get up again; but disaster destroys the wicked.

2 Chronicles 32:31

and even when the Babylonian ambassadors came to inquire about the unusual event that had happened in the land, God let Hezekiah go his own way only in order to test his character.

2 Chronicles 19:2

A prophet, Jehu son of Hanani, went to meet the king and said to him, “Do you think it is right to help those who are wicked and to take the side of those who hate the Lord? What you have done has brought the Lord's anger on you.

Genesis 26:16

Then Abimelech said to Isaac, “Leave our country. You have become more powerful than we are.”

Genesis 26:1

There was another famine in the land besides the earlier one during the time of Abraham. Isaac went to Abimelech, king of the Philistines, at Gerar.

Genesis 20:12

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

2 Chronicles 20:37

But Eliezer son of Dodavahu, from the town of Mareshah, warned Jehoshaphat, “Because you have made an alliance with Ahaziah, the Lord will destroy what you have built.” And the ships were wrecked and never sailed.

Genesis 21:22

At that time Abimelech went with Phicol, the commander of his army, and said to Abraham, “God is with you in everything you do.

Proverbs 29:25

It is dangerous to be concerned with what others think of you, but if you trust the Lord, you are safe.

Proverbs 6:29

It is just as dangerous to sleep with another man's wife. Whoever does it will suffer.