Genesis 39:9

New Century Version

There is no one in his house greater than I. He has not kept anything from me except you, because you are his wife. How can I do such an evil thing? It is a sin against God.”

Cross References

Genesis 13:13

Now the people of Sodom were very evil and were always sinning against the Lord.

Genesis 20:3

But one night God spoke to Abimelech in a dream and said, “You will die. The woman you took is married.”

Genesis 20:6

Then God said to Abimelech in the dream, “Yes, I know you did not realize what you were doing. So I did not allow you to sin against me and touch her.

Genesis 20:9

Then Abimelech called Abraham to him and said, “What have you done to us? What wrong did I do against you? Why did you bring this trouble to my kingdom? You should not have done these things to me.

Genesis 24:2

Abraham said to his oldest servant, who was in charge of everything he owned, “Put your hand under my leg.

Genesis 39:10

The woman talked to Joseph every day, but he refused to have sexual relations with her or even spend time with her.

Genesis 41:40

I will put you in charge of my palace. All the people will obey your orders, and only I will be greater than you.”

Genesis 42:18

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

2 Samuel 11:27

After she finished her time of sadness, David sent servants to bring her to his house. She became David’s wife and gave birth to his son, but the Lord did not like what David had done.

2 Samuel 12:13

Then David said to Nathan, “I have sinned against the Lord.” Nathan answered, “The Lord has taken away your sin. You will not die.

Nehemiah 5:15

But the governors before me had placed a heavy load on the people. They took about one pound of silver from each person, along with food and wine. The governors’ helpers before me also controlled the people, but I did not do that, because I feared God.

Nehemiah 6:11

But I said, “Should a man like me run away? Should I run for my life into the Temple? I will not go.”

Job 31:23

I fear destruction from God, and I fear his majesty, so I could not do such things.

Psalm 51:4

You are the only one I have sinned against; I have done what you say is wrong. You are right when you speak and fair when you judge.

Exodus 20:14

“You must not be guilty of adultery.

Proverbs 6:29

The same is true if you have sexual relations with another man’s wife. Anyone who does so will be punished.

Proverbs 6:32

A man who takes part in adultery has no sense; he will destroy himself.

Ecclesiastes 7:26

I found that some women are worse than death and are as dangerous as traps. Their love is like a net, and their arms hold men like chains. A man who pleases God will be saved from them, but a sinner will be caught by them.

Jeremiah 28:16

So this is what the Lord says: ‘Soon I will remove you from the earth. You will die this year, because you taught the people to turn against the Lord.’ ”

Jeremiah 50:7

Whoever saw my people hurt them. And those enemies said, ‘We did nothing wrong. Those people sinned against the Lord, their true resting place, the God their fathers trusted.’

Leviticus 20:10

“ ‘If a man has sexual relations with his neighbor’s wife, both the man and the woman are guilty of adultery and must be put to death.

Leviticus 6:2

“A person might sin against the Lord by doing one of these sins: He might lie about what happened to something he was taking care of for someone else, or he might lie about a promise he made. He might steal something or cheat someone.

Numbers 32:23

“But if you don’t do these things, you will be sinning against the Lord; know for sure that you will be punished for your sin.

Luke 12:48

But the servant who does not know what his master wants and does things that should be punished will be beaten with few blows. From everyone who has been given much, much will be demanded. And from the one trusted with much, much more will be expected.

1 Corinthians 4:2

Now in this way those who are trusted with something valuable must show they are worthy of that trust.

Titus 2:10

They should not steal from them but should show their masters they can be fully trusted so that in everything they do they will make the teaching of God our Savior attractive.

Hebrews 13:4

Marriage should be honored by everyone, and husband and wife should keep their marriage pure. God will judge as guilty those who take part in sexual sins.

1 John 3:9

Those who are God’s children do not continue sinning, because the new life from God remains in them. They are not able to go on sinning, because they have become children of God.

Revelation 21:8

But cowards, those who refuse to believe, who do evil things, who kill, who sin sexually, who do evil magic, who worship idols, and who tell lies—all these will have a place in the lake of burning sulfur. This is the second death.”

Revelation 22:15

Outside the city are the evil people, those who do evil magic, who sin sexually, who murder, who worship idols, and who love lies and tell lies.