Genesis 37:26

Modern English Version

Then Judah said to his brothers, “What profit is it if we kill our brother and cover up his blood?

Cross References

Genesis 25:32

Esau said, “Behold, I am about to die; of what use is the birthright to me?”

Genesis 37:20

Come now, let us kill him and throw him into some pit, and we will say, ‘Some evil beast has devoured him.’ Then we will see what will become of his dreams.”

Genesis 4:10

And then He said, “What have you done? The voice of your brother’s blood is crying out to Me from the ground.

Genesis 4:9

The Lord said to Cain, “Where is Abel your brother?” He said, “I do not know. Am I my brother’s keeper?”

Genesis 40:15

For I was indeed kidnapped out of the land of the Hebrews, and I have done nothing that they should put me in the dungeon.”

Genesis 42:21

Then they said one to another, “We are guilty concerning our brother, because we saw the anguish of his soul when he pleaded with us, but we would not listen. Therefore, this distress has come upon us.”

Genesis 50:20

But as for you, you intended to harm me, but God intended it for good, in order to bring it about as it is this day, to save many lives.

2 Samuel 1:16

But David said to him, “Your blood is upon your own head, since your mouth has testified against you, saying, ‘I put an end to the anointed of the Lord.’ ”

Job 16:18

“O earth, do not cover my blood, and let my cry have no resting place.

Psalm 30:9

“What profit is there in my death, if I go down to the pit? Will the dust praise You? Will it declare Your faithfulness?

Jeremiah 36:25

Although Elnathan and Delaiah and Gemariah entreated the king not to burn the scroll, yet he would not listen to them.

Jeremiah 41:8

But ten men were found among those who said to Ishmael, “Do not slay us, for we have stores in the field, of wheat and barley, and of oil and honey.” So he refrained and did not slay them among their brothers.

Ezekiel 24:7

For her blood is in her midst; she set it on the bare rock; she did not pour it on the ground to cover it with dust.

Matthew 16:26

For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and loses his own soul? Or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?

Romans 6:21

What fruit did you have then from the things of which you are now ashamed? The result of those things is death.

Deuteronomy 17:8

If there arises a matter too difficult for you in judgment, between one kind of bloodshed and another, between one kind of lawsuit and another, and between one kind of assault and another, matters of controversy within your gates, then you must arise and go up to the place where the Lord your God shall choose.