Genesis 20:6

New English Translation

Then in the dream God replied to him, “Yes, I know that you have done this with a clear conscience. That is why I have kept you from sinning against me and why I did not allow you to touch her.

Cross References

Genesis 20:18

For the Lord had caused infertility to strike every woman in the household of Abimelech because he took Sarah, Abraham’s wife.

Genesis 26:11

So Abimelech commanded all the people, “Whoever touches this man or his wife will surely be put to death.”

Genesis 3:3

but concerning the fruit of the tree that is in the middle of the orchard God said, ‘You must not eat from it, and you must not touch it, or else you will die.’”

Genesis 31:24

But God came to Laban the Aramean in a dream at night and warned him, “Be careful that you neither bless nor curse Jacob.”

Genesis 31:7

but your father has humiliated me and changed my wages ten times. But God has not permitted him to do me any harm.

Genesis 35:5

and they started on their journey. The surrounding cities were afraid of God, and they did not pursue the sons of Jacob.

Genesis 39:9

There is no one greater in this household than I am. He has withheld nothing from me except you because you are his wife. So how could I do such a great evil and sin against God?”

Psalm 51:4

Against you – you above all – I have sinned; I have done what is evil in your sight. So you are just when you confront me; you are right when you condemn me.

Psalm 81:12

I gave them over to their stubborn desires; they did what seemed right to them.

Psalm 84:11

For the Lord God is our sovereign protector. The Lord bestows favor and honor; he withholds no good thing from those who have integrity.

Exodus 34:24

For I will drive out the nations before you and enlarge your borders; no one will covet your land when you go up to appear before the Lord your God three times in the year.

Proverbs 21:1

The king’s heart is in the hand of the Lord like channels of water; he turns it wherever he wants.

Proverbs 6:29

So it is with the one who has sex with his neighbor’s wife; no one who touches her will escape punishment.

Leviticus 6:2

“When a person sins and commits a trespass against the Lord by deceiving his fellow citizen in regard to something held in trust, or a pledge, or something stolen, or by extorting something from his fellow citizen,

Matthew 27:19

As he was sitting on the judgment seat, his wife sent a message to him: “Have nothing to do with that innocent man; I have suffered greatly as a result of a dream about him today.”

1 Corinthians 7:1

Now with regard to the issues you wrote about: “It is good for a man not to have sexual relations with a woman.”

2 Corinthians 6:17

Therefore “come out from their midst, and be separate,” says the Lord, “and touch no unclean thing, and I will welcome you,

2 Thessalonians 2:11

Consequently God sends on them a deluding influence so that they will believe what is false.

2 Thessalonians 2:7

For the hidden power of lawlessness is already at work. However, the one who holds him back will do so until he is taken out of the way,

1 Samuel 25:26

“Now, my lord, as surely as the Lord lives and as surely as you live, it is the Lord who has kept you from shedding blood and taking matters into your own hands. Now may your enemies and those who seek to harm my lord be like Nabal.

1 Samuel 25:34

Otherwise, as surely as the Lord, the God of Israel, lives – he who has prevented me from harming you – if you had not come so quickly to meet me, by morning’s light not even one male belonging to Nabal would have remained alive!”