Genesis 20:6

New American Bible - revised edition

God answered him in the dream: Yes, I know you did it with a pure heart. In fact, it was I who kept you from sinning against me; that is why I did not let you touch her.

Cross References

Genesis 20:18

for the Lord had closed every womb in Abimelech’s household on account of Abraham’s wife Sarah.

Genesis 26:11

Abimelech then commanded all the people: “Anyone who maltreats this man or his wife shall be put to death.”

Genesis 3:3

it is only about the fruit of the tree in the middle of the garden that God said, ‘You shall not eat it or even touch it, or else you will die.’”

Genesis 31:24

But that night God appeared to Laban the Aramean in a dream and said to him: Take care not to say anything to Jacob. Jacob and Laban in Gilead.

Genesis 31:7

yet your father cheated me and changed my wages ten times. God, however, did not let him do me any harm.

Genesis 35:5

Then, as they set out, a great terror fell upon the surrounding towns, so that no one pursued the sons of Jacob.

Genesis 39:9

He has no more authority in this house than I do. He has withheld from me nothing but you, since you are his wife. How, then, could I do this great wrong and sin against God?”

Psalm 51:4

Thoroughly wash away my guilt; and from my sin cleanse me.

Psalm 81:12

But my people did not listen to my words; Israel would not submit to me.

Psalm 84:11

Better one day in your courts than a thousand elsewhere. Better the threshold of the house of my God than a home in the tents of the wicked.

Exodus 34:24

Since I will drive out the nations before you and enlarge your territory, no one will covet your land when you go up three times a year to appear before the Lord, your God.

Proverbs 21:1

A king’s heart is channeled water in the hand of the Lord; God directs it where he pleases.

Proverbs 6:29

So with him who sleeps with another’s wife— none who touches her shall go unpunished.

Leviticus 6:2

Give Aaron and his sons the following command: This is the ritual for the burnt offering—the burnt offering that is to remain on the hearth of the altar all night until the next morning, while the fire is kept burning on the altar.

Matthew 27:19

While he was still seated on the bench, his wife sent him a message, “Have nothing to do with that righteous man. I suffered much in a dream today because of him.”

1 Corinthians 7:1

Now in regard to the matters about which you wrote: “It is a good thing for a man not to touch a woman,”

2 Corinthians 6:17

Therefore, come forth from them and be separate,” says the Lord, “and touch nothing unclean; then I will receive you

2 Thessalonians 2:11

Therefore, God is sending them a deceiving power so that they may believe the lie,

2 Thessalonians 2:7

For the mystery of lawlessness is already at work. But the one who restrains is to do so only for the present, until he is removed from the scene.

1 Samuel 25:26

Now, therefore, my lord, as the Lord lives, and as you live, the Lord has kept you from shedding blood and from avenging yourself by your own hand. May your enemies and those who seek to harm my lord become as Nabal!

1 Samuel 25:34

Otherwise, as the Lord, the God of Israel, lives, who has kept me from harming you, if you had not come so promptly to meet me, by dawn Nabal would not have had so much as one male left alive.”