Genesis 44:16

New American Bible - revised edition

Judah replied: “What can we say to my lord? How can we plead or how try to prove our innocence? God has uncovered your servants’ guilt. Here we are, then, the slaves of my lord—the rest of us no less than the one in whose possession the goblet was found.”

Cross References

Genesis 44:9

If any of your servants is found to have the goblet, he shall die, and as for the rest of us, we shall become my lord’s slaves.”

Daniel 9:7

Justice, O Lord, is on your side; we are shamefaced even to this day: the men of Judah, the residents of Jerusalem, and all Israel, near and far, in all the lands to which you have scattered them because of their treachery toward you.

Luke 12:2

“There is nothing concealed that will not be revealed, nor secret that will not be known.

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.

Acts 2:37

Now when they heard this, they were cut to the heart, and they asked Peter and the other apostles, “What are we to do, my brothers?”

Matthew 7:2

For as you judge, so will you be judged, and the measure with which you measure will be measured out to you.

Isaiah 27:9

This, then, shall be the expiation of Jacob’s guilt, this the result of removing his sin: He shall pulverize all the stones of the altars like pieces of chalk; no asherahs or incense altars shall stand.

Isaiah 5:3

Now, inhabitants of Jerusalem, people of Judah, judge between me and my vineyard:

Proverbs 28:17

Though a person burdened with blood guilt is in flight even to the grave, let no one offer support.

Proverbs 17:15

Whoever acquits the wicked, whoever condemns the just— both are an abomination to the Lord.

Job 40:4

Look, I am of little account; what can I answer you? I put my hand over my mouth.

Ezra 9:15

Lord, God of Israel, you are just; yet we have been spared, the remnant we are today. Here we are before you in our sins. Because of all this, we can no longer stand in your presence.”

Ezra 9:10

But now, our God, what can we say after all this? For we have abandoned your commandments,

Judges 1:7

“Seventy kings,” said Adonibezek, “used to pick up scraps under my table with their thumbs and big toes cut off. As I have done, so has God repaid me.” He was brought to Jerusalem, and he died there.

Joshua 7:18

Finally he had that family come forward one by one, and Achan, son of Carmi, son of Zabdi, son of Zerah of the tribe of Judah, was designated.

Joshua 7:1

But the Israelites acted treacherously with regard to the ban; Achan, son of Carmi, son of Zabdi, son of Zerah of the tribe of Judah, took goods that were under the ban, and the anger of the Lord flared up against the Israelites.

Deuteronomy 25:1

When there is a dispute and the parties draw near for judgment, and a decision is given, declaring one party in the right and the other in the wrong,

Genesis 44:32

Besides, I, your servant, have guaranteed the boy’s safety for my father by saying, ‘If I fail to bring him back to you, father, I will bear the blame before you forever.’

Genesis 37:9

Then he had another dream, and told it to his brothers. “Look, I had another dream,” he said; “this time, the sun and the moon and eleven stars were bowing down to me.”

Genesis 37:7

There we were, binding sheaves in the field, when suddenly my sheaf rose to an upright position, and your sheaves formed a ring around my sheaf and bowed down to it.”

Genesis 44:17

Joseph said, “Far be it from me to act thus! Only the one in whose possession the goblet was found shall become my slave; the rest of you may go back unharmed to your father.”

1 Kings 17:18

So she said to Elijah, “Why have you done this to me, man of God? Have you come to me to call attention to my guilt and to kill my son?”