Genesis 20:6

Modern English Version

And God said to him in a dream, “Yes, I know that you did this in the integrity of your heart, for I also kept you from sinning against Me. Therefore, I did not let you touch her.

Cross References

Genesis 20:18

For the Lord had closed up all the wombs of the house of Abimelech because of Sarah, Abraham’s wife.

Genesis 26:11

Abimelech charged all his people, saying, “He who touches this man or his wife will surely be put to death.”

Genesis 3:3

but from the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God has said, ‘You will not eat of it, nor will you touch it, or else you will die.’ ”

Genesis 31:24

But God came to Laban the Syrian in a dream by night and said to him, “Take care that you speak to Jacob neither good nor bad.”

Genesis 31:7

Your father has deceived me and changed my wages ten times, but God did not allow him to hurt me.

Genesis 35:5

As they traveled, the terror of God was on the cities that were around them, and they did not pursue the sons of Jacob.

Genesis 39:9

There is none greater in this house than I. He has kept nothing back from me but you, because you are his wife. How then can I do this great wickedness and sin against God?”

Psalm 51:4

Against You, You only, have I sinned, and done what is evil in Your sight, so that You are justified when you speak, and blameless when You pass judgment.

Psalm 81:12

So I gave them over to their stubborn hearts, to walk in their own counsels.

Psalm 84:11

For the Lord God is a sun and shield; the Lord will give grace and glory; no good thing will He withhold from those who walk uprightly.

Exodus 34:24

For I will drive out the nations before you and enlarge your borders. No man will covet your land when you go up to appear before the Lord your God three times in the year.

Proverbs 21:1

As rivulets of water is the heart of a king in the hand of the Lord; wherever He pleases is where He directs it.

Proverbs 6:29

So is he who goes in to his neighbor’s wife; whoever touches her will not be innocent.

Leviticus 6:2

If a person sins and commits a trespass against the Lord by lying to his neighbor concerning something left in storage or entrusted to him, or about a theft, or if he has extorted from his neighbor,

Matthew 27:19

When he was sitting on the judgment seat, his wife sent word to him, “Have nothing to do with that righteous Man, for I have suffered much today in a dream on account of Him.”

1 Corinthians 7:1

Now concerning the things about which you wrote to me: “It is good for a man not to touch a woman.”

2 Corinthians 6:17

Therefore, “Come out from among them and be separate, says the Lord. Do not touch what is unclean, and I will receive you.”

2 Thessalonians 2:11

Therefore God will send them a strong delusion, that they should believe the lie:

2 Thessalonians 2:7

For the mystery of lawlessness is already working. Only He who is now restraining him will do so until He is taken out of the way.

1 Samuel 25:26

Now my lord, as the Lord lives, and as your soul lives, because the Lord has restrained you from coming in bloodshed and from avenging yourself with your own hand, now let your enemies, and those seeking to do evil to my lord, be as Nabal.

1 Samuel 25:34

For as the Lord, the God of Israel lives, who has restrained me from injuring you, if you had not hurried to come and meet me, surely there would not have been left even one male to Nabal by the morning light.”