Genesis 42:9

New International Version

Then he remembered his dreams about them and said to them, “You are spies! You have come to see where our land is unprotected.”

Cross References

Exodus 32:35

And the Lord struck the people with a plague because of what they did with the calf Aaron had made.

Hebrews 11:31

By faith the prostitute Rahab, because she welcomed the spies, was not killed with those who were disobedient.

Luke 20:20

Keeping a close watch on him, they sent spies, who pretended to be sincere. They hoped to catch Jesus in something he said, so that they might hand him over to the power and authority of the governor.

1 Samuel 26:4

he sent out scouts and learned that Saul had definitely arrived.

Judges 1:24

the spies saw a man coming out of the city and they said to him, “Show us how to get into the city and we will see that you are treated well.”

Joshua 6:23

So the young men who had done the spying went in and brought out Rahab, her father and mother, her brothers and sisters and all who belonged to her. They brought out her entire family and put them in a place outside the camp of Israel.

Joshua 2:1

Then Joshua son of Nun secretly sent two spies from Shittim. “Go, look over the land,” he said, “especially Jericho.” So they went and entered the house of a prostitute named Rahab and stayed there.

Numbers 13:2

“Send some men to explore the land of Canaan, which I am giving to the Israelites. From each ancestral tribe send one of its leaders.”

Genesis 42:34

But bring your youngest brother to me so I will know that you are not spies but honest men. Then I will give your brother back to you, and you can trade in the land.’ ”

Genesis 42:16

Send one of your number to get your brother; the rest of you will be kept in prison, so that your words may be tested to see if you are telling the truth. If you are not, then as surely as Pharaoh lives, you are spies!”

2 Samuel 10:3

the Ammonite commanders said to Hanun their lord, “Do you think David is honoring your father by sending envoys to you to express sympathy? Hasn’t David sent them to you only to explore the city and spy it out and overthrow it?”

Genesis 37:11

His brothers were jealous of him, but his father kept the matter in mind.