Genesis 37:26

New International Version

Judah said to his brothers, “What will we gain if we kill our brother and cover up his blood?

Cross References

Genesis 25:32

“Look, I am about to die,” Esau said. “What good is the birthright to me?”

Genesis 37:20

“Come now, let’s kill him and throw him into one of these cisterns and say that a ferocious animal devoured him. Then we’ll see what comes of his dreams.”

Genesis 4:10

The Lord said, “What have you done? Listen! Your brother’s blood cries out to me from the ground.

Genesis 4:9

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

Genesis 40:15

I was forcibly carried off from the land of the Hebrews, and even here I have done nothing to deserve being put in a dungeon.”

Genesis 42:21

They said to one another, “Surely we are being punished because of our brother. We saw how distressed he was when he pleaded with us for his life, but we would not listen; that’s why this distress has come on us.”

Genesis 50:20

You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good to accomplish what is now being done, the saving of many lives.

2 Samuel 1:16

For David had said to him, “Your blood be on your own head. Your own mouth testified against you when you said, ‘I killed the Lord’s anointed.’ ”

Job 16:18

“Earth, do not cover my blood; may my cry never be laid to rest!

Psalm 30:9

“What is gained if I am silenced, if I go down to the pit? Will the dust praise you? Will it proclaim your faithfulness?

Jeremiah 36:25

Even though Elnathan, Delaiah and Gemariah urged the king not to burn the scroll, he would not listen to them.

Jeremiah 41:8

But ten of them said to Ishmael, “Don’t kill us! We have wheat and barley, olive oil and honey, hidden in a field.” So he let them alone and did not kill them with the others.

Ezekiel 24:7

“ ‘For the blood she shed is in her midst: She poured it on the bare rock; she did not pour it on the ground, where the dust would cover it.

Matthew 16:26

What good will it be for someone to gain the whole world, yet forfeit their soul? Or what can anyone give in exchange for their soul?

Romans 6:21

What benefit did you reap at that time from the things you are now ashamed of? Those things result in death!

Deuteronomy 17:8

If cases come before your courts that are too difficult for you to judge—whether bloodshed, lawsuits or assaults—take them to the place the Lord your God will choose.