Genesis 42:21

New English Translation

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!”

Cross References

Genesis 41:9

Then the chief cupbearer said to Pharaoh, “Today I recall my failures.

Genesis 44:16

Judah replied, “What can we say to my lord? What can we speak? How can we clear ourselves? God has exposed the sin of your servants! We are now my lord’s slaves, we and the one in whose possession the cup was found.”

Genesis 45:3

Joseph said to his brothers, “I am Joseph! Is my father still alive?” His brothers could not answer him because they were dumbfounded before him.

Genesis 50:15

When Joseph’s brothers saw that their father was dead, they said, “What if Joseph bears a grudge and wants to repay us in full for all the harm we did to him?”

2 Samuel 12:13

Then David exclaimed to Nathan, “I have sinned against the Lord!” Nathan replied to David, “Yes, and the Lord has forgiven your sin. You are not going to die.

1 Kings 17:18

She asked Elijah, “Why, prophet, have you come to me to confront me with my sin and kill my son?”

Proverbs 21:13

The one who shuts his ears to the cry of the poor, he too will cry out and will not be answered.

Proverbs 28:17

The one who is tormented by the murder of another will flee to the pit; let no one support him.

Jeremiah 2:17

You have brought all this on yourself, Israel, by deserting the Lord your God when he was leading you along the right path.

Jeremiah 2:19

Your own wickedness will bring about your punishment. Your unfaithful acts will bring down discipline on you. Know, then, and realize how utterly harmful it was for you to reject me, the Lord your God, to show no respect for me,” says the Lord God who rules over all.

Jeremiah 34:17

So I, the Lord, say: “You have not really obeyed me and granted freedom to your neighbor and fellow countryman. Therefore, I will grant you freedom, the freedom to die in war, or by starvation or disease. I, the Lord, affirm it! I will make all the kingdoms of the earth horrified at what happens to you.

Jeremiah 4:18

“The way you have lived and the things you have done will bring this on you. This is the punishment you deserve, and it will be painful indeed. The pain will be so bad it will pierce your heart.”

Hosea 5:15

Then I will return again to my lair until they have suffered their punishment. Then they will seek me; in their distress they will earnestly seek me.

Numbers 32:23

“But if you do not do this, then look, you will have sinned against the Lord. And know that your sin will find you out.

Matthew 7:2

For by the standard you judge you will be judged, and the measure you use will be the measure you receive.

Mark 9:48

where their worm never dies and the fire is never quenched.

Luke 16:28

(for I have five brothers) to warn them so that they don’t come into this place of torment.’

Acts 19:18

Many of those who had believed came forward, confessing and making their deeds known.

James 2:13

For judgment is merciless for the one who has shown no mercy. But mercy triumphs over judgment.

1 John 1:9

But if we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous, forgiving us our sins and cleansing us from all unrighteousness.

Judges 1:7

Adoni-Bezek said, “Seventy kings, with thumbs and big toes cut off, used to lick up food scraps under my table. God has repaid me for what I did to them.” They brought him to Jerusalem, where he died.