Genesis 20:6

New International Reader's Version

Then God spoke to him in the dream. He said, “Yes, I know you had no idea you were doing anything wrong. So I have kept you from sinning against me. That is why I did not let you touch her.

Cross References

Genesis 20:18

The Lord had kept all the women in Abimelek’s house from having children. He had done it because of Abraham’s wife Sarah.

Genesis 26:11

So Abimelek gave orders to all the people. He said, “Anyone who harms this man or his wife will surely be put to death.”

Genesis 3:3

But God did say, ‘You must not eat the fruit from the tree in the middle of the garden. Do not even touch it. If you do, you will die.’ ”

Genesis 31:24

Then God came to Laban, the Aramean, in a dream at night. He said to him, “Be careful. Do not say anything to Jacob, whether it is good or bad.”

Genesis 31:7

But your father has cheated me. He has changed my pay ten times. In spite of everything that’s happened, God hasn’t let him harm me.

Genesis 35:5

Then Jacob and everyone with him started out. The terror of God fell on the towns all around them. So no one chased them.

Genesis 39:9

No one in this house is in a higher position than I am. My master hasn’t held anything back from me, except you. You are his wife. So how could I do an evil thing like that? How could I sin against God?”

Psalm 51:4

You are the one I’ve really sinned against. I’ve done what is evil in your sight. So you are right when you sentence me. You are fair when you judge me.

Psalm 81:12

So I let them go their own stubborn way. I let them follow their own sinful plans.

Psalm 84:11

The Lord God is like the sun that gives us light. He is like a shield that keeps us safe. The Lord blesses us with favor and honor. He doesn’t hold back anything good from those whose lives are without blame.

Exodus 34:24

I will drive out nations ahead of you. I will increase your territory. Go up three times a year to worship me. While you are doing that, I will keep others from wanting to take any of your land for themselves. I am the Lord your God.

Proverbs 21:1

In the Lord’s hand the king’s heart is like a stream of water. The Lord directs it toward all those who please him.

Proverbs 6:29

It’s the same for anyone who has sex with another man’s wife. Anyone who touches her will be punished.

Leviticus 6:2

“Suppose someone sins by not being faithful to me. They do it by tricking their neighbors. They trick them in connection with something their neighbors have placed in their care. They steal from their neighbors. Or they cheat them.

Matthew 27:19

While Pilate was sitting on the judge’s seat, his wife sent him a message. It said, “Don’t have anything to do with that man. He is not guilty. I have suffered a great deal in a dream today because of him.”

1 Corinthians 7:1

Now I want to deal with the things you wrote me about. Some of you say, “It is good for a man not to sleep with a woman.”

2 Corinthians 6:17

So, “Come out from among them and be separate, says the Lord. Do not touch anything that is not pure and ‘clean.’ Then I will receive you.” (Isaiah 52:11; Ezekiel 20:34,41)

2 Thessalonians 2:11

So God will fool them completely. Then they will believe the lie.

2 Thessalonians 2:7

The secret power of sin is already at work. But the one who now holds back that power will keep doing it until he is taken out of the way.

1 Samuel 25:26

Sir, the Lord has kept you from killing Nabal and his men. He has kept you from using your own hands to get even. So may what’s about to happen to Nabal happen to all your enemies. May it happen to everyone who wants to harm you. And may it happen just as surely as the Lord your God and you are alive.

1 Samuel 25:34

It’s a good thing you came quickly to meet me. If you hadn’t come, not one of Nabal’s men would have been left alive by sunrise. And that’s just as sure as the Lord, the God of Israel, is alive. He has kept me from harming you.”