Genesis 37:26

New English Translation

Then Judah said to his brothers, “What profit is there if we kill our brother and cover up his blood?

Cross References

Genesis 25:32

“Look,” said Esau, “I’m about to die! What use is the birthright to me?”

Genesis 37:20

Come now, let’s kill him, throw him into one of the cisterns, and then say that a wild animal ate him. Then we’ll see how his dreams turn out!”

Genesis 4:10

But the Lord said, “What have you done? The voice of your brother’s blood is crying out to me from the ground!

Genesis 4:9

Then the Lord said to Cain, “Where is your brother Abel?” And he replied, “I don’t know! Am I my brother’s guardian?”

Genesis 40:15

for I really was kidnapped from the land of the Hebrews and I have done nothing wrong here for which they should put me in a dungeon.”

Genesis 42:21

They said to one other, “Surely we’re being punished because of our brother, because we saw how distressed he was when he cried to us for mercy, but we refused to listen. That is why this distress has come on us!”

Genesis 50:20

As for you, you meant to harm me, but God intended it for a good purpose, so he could preserve the lives of many people, as you can see this day.

2 Samuel 1:16

David said to him, “Your blood be on your own head! Your own mouth has testified against you, saying ‘I have put the Lord’s anointed to death.’”

Job 16:18

“O earth, do not cover my blood, nor let there be a secret place for my cry.

Psalm 30:9

“What profit is there in taking my life, in my descending into the Pit? Can the dust of the grave praise you? Can it declare your loyalty?

Jeremiah 36:25

The king did not even listen to Elnathan, Delaiah, and Gemariah, who had urged him not to burn the scroll.

Jeremiah 41:8

But there were ten men among them who said to Ishmael, “Do not kill us. For we will give you the stores of wheat, barley, olive oil, and honey we have hidden in a field. So he spared their lives and did not kill them along with the rest.

Ezekiel 24:7

For her blood was in it; she poured it on an exposed rock; she did not pour it on the ground to cover it up with dust.

Matthew 16:26

For what does it benefit a person if he gains the whole world but forfeits his life? Or what can a person give in exchange for his life?

Romans 6:21

So what benefit did you then reap from those things that you are now ashamed of? For the end of those things is death.

Deuteronomy 17:8

If a matter is too difficult for you to judge – bloodshed, legal claim, or assault – matters of controversy in your villages – you must leave there and go up to the place the Lord your God chooses.