Genesis 38:23

New International Reader's Version

Then Judah said, “Let her keep what she has. I don’t want people making fun of us. After all, I did send her this young goat. We can’t help it if you couldn’t find her.”

Cross References

Genesis 38:22

So Hirah went back to Judah. He said, “I couldn’t find her. Besides, the men who lived there didn’t know anything about her. They said, ‘There hasn’t been any temple prostitute here.’ ”

Genesis 38:24

About three months later people brought word to Judah. They said, “Your daughter-in-law Tamar is guilty of being a prostitute. Now she’s pregnant.” Judah said, “Bring her out! Have her burned to death!”

2 Samuel 12:9

Why did you turn your back on what I told you to do? You did what is evil in my sight. You made sure that Uriah, the Hittite, would be killed in battle. You took his wife to be your own. You let the men of Ammon kill him with their swords.

Proverbs 6:33

He will be beaten up and dishonored. His shame will never be wiped away.

Romans 6:21

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

2 Corinthians 4:2

Instead, we have given up doing secret and shameful things. We don’t twist God’s word. In fact, we do just the opposite. We present the truth plainly. In the sight of God, we make our appeal to everyone’s sense of what is right and wrong.

Ephesians 5:12

It is shameful even to talk about what people who don’t obey do in secret.

Revelation 16:15

“Look! I am coming like a thief! Blessed is anyone who stays awake and keeps their clothes on. Then they will be ready. They will not be caught naked and so be put to shame.”