Genesis 37:26

Good News Translation

Judah said to his brothers, “What will we gain by killing our brother and covering up the murder?

Cross References

Genesis 25:32

Esau said, “All right! I am about to die; what good will my rights do me?”

Genesis 37:20

Come on now, let's kill him and throw his body into one of the dry wells. We can say that a wild animal killed him. Then we will see what becomes of his dreams.”

Genesis 4:10

Then the Lord said, “Why have you done this terrible thing? Your brother's blood is crying out to me from the ground, like a voice calling for revenge.

Genesis 4:9

The Lord asked Cain, “Where is your brother Abel?” He answered, “I don't know. Am I supposed to take care of my brother?”

Genesis 40:15

After all, I was kidnapped from the land of the Hebrews, and even here in Egypt I didn't do anything to deserve being put in prison.”

Genesis 42:21

and said to one another, “Yes, now we are suffering the consequences of what we did to our brother; we saw the great trouble he was in when he begged for help, but we would not listen. That is why we are in this trouble now.”

Genesis 50:20

You plotted evil against me, but God turned it into good, in order to preserve the lives of many people who are alive today because of what happened.

2 Samuel 1:16

and David said to the Amalekite, “You brought this on yourself. You condemned yourself when you confessed that you killed the one whom the Lord chose to be king.”

Job 16:18

O Earth, don't hide the wrongs done to me! Don't let my call for justice be silenced!

Psalm 30:9

“What will you gain from my death? What profit from my going to the grave? Are dead people able to praise you? Can they proclaim your unfailing goodness?

Jeremiah 36:25

Although Elnathan, Delaiah, and Gemariah begged the king not to burn the scroll, he paid no attention to them.

Jeremiah 41:8

But there were ten men in the group who said to Ishmael, “Please don't kill us! We have wheat, barley, olive oil, and honey hidden in the fields.” So he spared them.

Ezekiel 24:7

There was murder in the city, but the blood was not spilled on the ground where the dust could hide it; it was spilled on a bare rock.

Matthew 16:26

Will you gain anything if you win the whole world but lose your life? Of course not! There is nothing you can give to regain your life.

Romans 6:21

What did you gain from doing the things that you are now ashamed of? The result of those things is death!

Deuteronomy 17:8

“It may be that some cases will be too difficult for the local judges to decide, such as certain cases of property rights or of bodily injury or those cases that involve a distinction between murder and manslaughter. When this happens, go to the one place of worship chosen by the Lord your God,