Genesis 42:21

Good News Translation

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.”

Cross References

Genesis 41:9

Then the wine steward said to the king, “I must confess today that I have done wrong.

Genesis 44:16

“What can we say to you, sir?” Judah answered. “How can we argue? How can we clear ourselves? God has uncovered our guilt. All of us are now your slaves and not just the one with whom the cup was found.”

Genesis 45:3

Joseph said to his brothers, “I am Joseph. Is my father still alive?” But when his brothers heard this, they were so terrified that they could not answer.

Genesis 50:15

After the death of their father, Joseph's brothers said, “What if Joseph still hates us and plans to pay us back for all the harm we did to him?”

2 Samuel 12:13

“I have sinned against the Lord,” David said. Nathan replied, “The Lord forgives you; you will not die.

1 Kings 17:18

She said to Elijah, “Man of God, why did you do this to me? Did you come here to remind God of my sins and so cause my son's death?”

Proverbs 21:13

If you refuse to listen to the cry of the poor, your own cry for help will not be heard.

Proverbs 28:17

Someone guilty of murder is digging his own grave as fast as he can. Don't try to stop him.

Jeremiah 2:17

Israel, you brought this on yourself! You deserted me, the Lord your God, while I was leading you along the way.

Jeremiah 2:19

Your own evil will punish you, and your turning from me will condemn you. You will learn how bitter and wrong it is to abandon me, the Lord your God, and no longer to remain faithful to me. I, the Sovereign Lord Almighty, have spoken.”

Jeremiah 34:17

So now, I, the Lord, say that you have disobeyed me; you have not given all Israelites their freedom. Very well, then, I will give you freedom: the freedom to die by war, disease, and starvation. I will make every nation in the world horrified at what I do to you.

Jeremiah 4:18

Judah, you have brought this on yourself by the way you have lived and by the things you have done. Your sin has caused this suffering; it has stabbed you through the heart.

Hosea 5:15

“I will abandon my people until they have suffered enough for their sins and come looking for me. Perhaps in their suffering they will try to find me.”

Numbers 32:23

But if you do not keep your promise, I warn you that you will be sinning against the Lord. Make no mistake about it; you will be punished for your sin.

Matthew 7:2

for God will judge you in the same way you judge others, and he will apply to you the same rules you apply to others.

Mark 9:48

There ‘the worms that eat them never die, and the fire that burns them is never put out.’

Luke 16:28

where I have five brothers. Let him go and warn them so that they, at least, will not come to this place of pain.’

Acts 19:18

Many of the believers came, publicly admitting and revealing what they had done.

James 2:13

For God will not show mercy when he judges the person who has not been merciful; but mercy triumphs over judgment.

1 John 1:9

But if we confess our sins to God, he will keep his promise and do what is right: he will forgive us our sins and purify us from all our wrongdoing.

Judges 1:7

Adonibezek said, “Seventy kings with their thumbs and big toes cut off have picked up scraps under my table. God has now done to me what I did to them.” He was taken to Jerusalem, where he died.