Genesis 39:17

New American Bible - revised edition

Then she told him the same story: “The Hebrew slave whom you brought us came to me to amuse himself at my expense.

Cross References

Genesis 39:14

she cried out to her household servants and told them, “Look! My husband has brought us a Hebrew man to mock us! He came in here to lie with me, but I cried out loudly.

Genesis 39:16

She kept the cloak with her until his master came home.

Genesis 39:18

But when I screamed, he left his cloak beside me and escaped outside.”

1 Kings 18:17

When Ahab saw Elijah, he said to him, “Is it you, you disturber of Israel?”

Psalm 37:14

The wicked unsheath their swords; they string their bows To fell the poor and oppressed, to slaughter those whose way is upright.

Psalm 55:3

hear me and give answer. I rock with grief; I groan

Exodus 20:16

You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.

Exodus 23:1

You shall not repeat a false report. Do not join your hand with the wicked to be a witness supporting violence.

Proverbs 12:19

Truthful lips endure forever, the lying tongue, for only a moment.

Proverbs 19:5

The false witness will not go unpunished, and whoever utters lies will not escape.

Proverbs 19:9

The false witness will not go unpunished, and whoever utters lies will perish.

Proverbs 26:28

The lying tongue is its owner’s enemy, and the flattering mouth works ruin.

Matthew 26:65

Then the high priest tore his robes and said, “He has blasphemed! What further need have we of witnesses? You have now heard the blasphemy;