Genesis 37:26

New International Reader's Version

Judah said to his brothers, “What will we gain if we kill our brother and try to cover up what we’ve done?

Cross References

Genesis 25:32

“Look, I’m dying of hunger,” Esau said. “What good are those rights to me?”

Genesis 37:20

“Come. Let’s kill him. Let’s throw him into one of these empty wells. Let’s say that a wild animal ate him up. Then we’ll see whether his dreams will come true.”

Genesis 4:10

The Lord said, “What have you done? Listen! 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?” “I don’t know,” Cain replied. “Am I supposed to take care of my brother?”

Genesis 40:15

I was taken away from the land of the Hebrews by force. Even here I haven’t done anything to be put in prison for.”

Genesis 42:21

They said to one another, “God is surely punishing us because of our brother. We saw how upset he was when he begged us to let him live. But we wouldn’t listen. That’s why all this trouble has come to us.”

Genesis 50:20

You planned to harm me. But God planned it for good. He planned to do what is now being done. He wanted to save many lives.

2 Samuel 1:16

That’s because David had said to him, “Anything that happens to you will be your own fault. What your own mouth has spoken is a witness against you. You said, ‘I killed the Lord’s anointed king.’ ”

Job 16:18

“Earth, please don’t cover up my blood! May God always hear my cry for help!

Psalm 30:9

I said, “What good will come if I become silent in death? What good will come if I go down into the grave? Can the dust of my dead body praise you? Can it tell how faithful you are?

Jeremiah 36:25

Elnathan, Delaiah and Gemariah begged the king not to burn the scroll. But he wouldn’t listen to them.

Jeremiah 41:8

But ten of the men had spoken to Ishmael. They had said, “Don’t kill us! We have some wheat and barley. We also have olive oil and honey. We’ve hidden all of it in a field.” So he didn’t kill them along with the others.

Ezekiel 24:7

“The blood Jerusalem’s people spilled is inside its walls. They poured it out on a bare rock. They did not pour it on the ground. If they had, dust would have covered it up.

Matthew 16:26

What good is it if someone gains the whole world but loses their soul? Or what can anyone trade for their soul?

Romans 6:21

What benefit did you gain from doing the things you are now ashamed of? Those things lead to death!

Deuteronomy 17:8

People will bring their cases to your courts. But some cases will be too hard for you to judge. They might be about murders, attacks or other crimes. Then take those hard cases to the place the Lord your God will choose.