Genesis 42:21

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

They said to each other, “We are being punished for the bad thing we did to our younger brother Joseph. We saw the trouble he was in. He begged us to save him, but we refused to listen. So now we are in trouble.”

Cross References

Hosea 5:15

I will go back to my place, until the people admit they are guilty, until they come looking for me. Yes, in their trouble they will try very hard to find me.”

1 John 1:9

But if we confess our sins, God will forgive us. We can trust God to do this. He always does what is right. He will make us clean from all the wrong things we have done.

James 2:13

Yes, you must show mercy to others. If you do not show mercy, then God will not show mercy to you when he judges you. But the one who shows mercy can stand without fear before the Judge.

Acts 19:18

Many of the believers began to confess, telling about all the evil things they had done.

Luke 16:28

I have five brothers. He could warn my brothers so that they will not come to this place of pain.’

Mark 9:48

The worms that eat the people in hell never die. The fire there is never stopped.

Matthew 7:2

If you judge others, you will be judged the same way you judge them. God will treat you the same way you treat others.

Jeremiah 34:17

“So this is what the Lord says: ‘You people have not obeyed me. You have not given freedom to your fellow Hebrews. So, because you have not given them freedom, I will give a special kind of freedom—freedom to die in war or by disease or by hunger! This message is from the Lord. When the other nations see what I have done to you, they will all be shocked.

Jeremiah 2:19

You have done wrong, and that will only bring punishment to you. Trouble will come to you, and it will teach you a lesson. Think about it and understand how bad it is to turn away from the Lord your God. It is wrong not to fear and respect me.” This message is from Lord GOD All-Powerful.

Jeremiah 2:17

This trouble is your own fault. The Lord your God was leading you the right way, but you turned away from him.

Proverbs 28:17

A murderer will never have peace. Don’t support such a person.

Proverbs 21:13

Those who refuse to help the poor will not receive help when they need it themselves.

1 Kings 17:18

Then the woman said to Elijah, “You are a man of God. Can you help me? Or did you come here only to remind me of my sins and to make my son die?”

2 Samuel 12:13

Then David said to Nathan, “I have sinned against the Lord.” Nathan said to David, “The Lord will forgive you, even for this sin. You will not die.

Judges 1:7

Then the ruler of Bezek said, “I cut off the thumbs and big toes of 70 kings. And they had to eat pieces of food that fell from my table. Now God has paid me back for what I did to them.” The men of Judah took the ruler of Bezek to Jerusalem, and he died there.

Numbers 32:23

But if you don’t do these things, you will be sinning against the Lord. And know for sure that you will be punished for your sin.

Genesis 41:9

Then the wine servant remembered Joseph and said to Pharaoh, “I remember something that happened to me.

Jeremiah 4:18

“The way you lived and the things you did brought this trouble to you. It is your evil that made your life so hard. Your evil life brought the pain that hurts deep in your heart.”

Genesis 45:3

He said to his brothers, “I am your brother Joseph. Is my father doing well?” But the brothers did not answer him because they were confused and afraid.

Genesis 50:15

After Jacob died, Joseph’s brothers were worried. They were afraid that Joseph would still be mad at them for what they had done years before. They said, “Maybe Joseph still hates us for what we did.”

Genesis 44:16

Judah said, “Sir, there is nothing we can say. There is no way to explain. There is no way to show that we are not guilty. God has judged us guilty for something else we have done. So all of us, even Benjamin, will be your slaves.”