Genesis 42:9

New Century Version

And Joseph remembered his dreams about his brothers bowing to him. He said to them, “You are spies! You came to learn where the nation is weak!”

Cross References

Genesis 37:11

Joseph’s brothers were jealous of him, but his father thought about what all these things could mean.

Genesis 42:16

One of you must go and get your brother. The rest of you will stay here in prison. We will see if you are telling the truth. If not, as surely as the king lives, you are spies.”

Genesis 42:34

And bring your youngest brother to me so I will know you are not spies but honest men. Then I will give you back your brother whom you leave with me, and you can move about freely in our land.’ ”

2 Samuel 10:3

But the Ammonite leaders said to Hanun, their master, “Do you think David wants to honor your father by sending men to comfort you? No! David sent them to study the city and spy it out and capture it!”

Exodus 32:35

So the Lord caused terrible things to happen to the people because of what they did with the calf Aaron had made.

Numbers 13:2

“Send men to explore the land of Canaan, which I will give to the Israelites. Send one leader from each tribe.”

Luke 20:20

So they watched Jesus and sent some spies who acted as if they were sincere. They wanted to trap Jesus in saying something wrong so they could hand him over to the authority and power of the governor.

Hebrews 11:31

It was by faith that Rahab, the prostitute, welcomed the spies and was not killed with those who refused to obey God.

Joshua 2:1

Joshua son of Nun secretly sent out two spies from Acacia and said to them, “Go and look at the land, particularly at the city of Jericho.” So the men went to Jericho and stayed at the house of a prostitute named Rahab.

Joshua 6:23

So the two men went into the house and brought out Rahab, her father, mother, brothers, and all those with her. They put all of her family in a safe place outside the camp of Israel.

Judges 1:24

The spies saw a man coming out of the city and said to him, “Show us a way into the city, and we will be kind to you.”

1 Samuel 26:4

he sent out spies and learned for certain that Saul had come to Hakilah.