Genesis 39:9

New American Bible - revised edition

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?”

Cross References

Genesis 13:13

Now the inhabitants of Sodom were wicked, great sinners against the Lord.

Genesis 20:3

But God came to Abimelech in a dream one night and said to him: You are about to die because of the woman you have taken, for she has a husband.

Genesis 20:6

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.

Genesis 20:9

Then Abimelech summoned Abraham and said to him: “What have you done to us! What wrong did I do to you that you would have brought such great guilt on me and my kingdom? You have treated me in an intolerable way.

Genesis 24:2

Abraham said to the senior servant of his household, who had charge of all his possessions: “Put your hand under my thigh,

Genesis 39:10

Although she spoke to him day after day, he would not agree to lie with her, or even be near her.

Genesis 41:40

You shall be in charge of my household, and all my people will obey your command. Only in respect to the throne will I outrank you.”

Genesis 42:18

On the third day Joseph said to them: “Do this, and you shall live; for I am a God-fearing man.

2 Samuel 11:27

But once the mourning was over, David sent for her and brought her into his house. She became his wife and bore him a son. But in the sight of the Lord what David had done was evil.

2 Samuel 12:13

Then David said to Nathan, “I have sinned against the Lord.” Nathan answered David: “For his part, the Lord has removed your sin. You shall not die,

Nehemiah 5:15

The earlier governors, my predecessors, had laid a heavy burden on the people, taking from them each day forty silver shekels for their food; then, too, their attendants oppressed the people. But I, because I feared God, did not do this.

Nehemiah 6:11

My answer was: “A man like me take flight? Should a man like me enter the temple to save his life? I will not go!”

Job 31:23

For I dread calamity from God, and his majesty will overpower me.

Psalm 51:4

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

Exodus 20:14

You shall not commit adultery.

Proverbs 6:29

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

Proverbs 6:32

But those who commit adultery have no sense; those who do it destroy themselves.

Ecclesiastes 7:26

More bitter than death I find the woman who is a hunter’s trap, whose heart is a snare, whose hands are prison bonds. The one who pleases God will be delivered from her, but the one who displeases will be entrapped by her.

Jeremiah 28:16

For this, says the Lord, I am sending you from the face of the earth; this very year you shall die, because you have preached rebellion against the Lord.

Jeremiah 50:7

Whoever happened upon them devoured them; their enemies said, “We are not guilty, Because they sinned against the Lord, the abode of justice, the hope of their ancestors.”

Leviticus 20:10

If a man commits adultery with his neighbor’s wife, both the adulterer and the adulteress shall be put to death.

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.

Numbers 32:23

But if you do not do this, you will have sinned against the Lord, and you can be sure that the consequences of your sin will overtake you.

Luke 12:48

and the servant who was ignorant of his master’s will but acted in a way deserving of a severe beating shall be beaten only lightly. Much will be required of the person entrusted with much, and still more will be demanded of the person entrusted with more. Jesus: A Cause of Division.

1 Corinthians 4:2

Now it is of course required of stewards that they be found trustworthy.

Titus 2:10

or stealing from them, but exhibiting complete good faith, so as to adorn the doctrine of God our savior in every way. Transformation of Life.

Hebrews 13:4

Let marriage be honored among all and the marriage bed be kept undefiled, for God will judge the immoral and adulterers.

1 John 3:9

No one who is begotten by God commits sin, because God’s seed remains in him; he cannot sin because he is begotten by God.

Revelation 21:8

But as for cowards, the unfaithful, the depraved, murderers, the unchaste, sorcerers, idol-worshipers, and deceivers of every sort, their lot is in the burning pool of fire and sulfur, which is the second death.” The New Jerusalem.

Revelation 22:15

Outside are the dogs, the sorcerers, the unchaste, the murderers, the idol-worshipers, and all who love and practice deceit.