Genesis 20:5

New Living Translation

Didn’t Abraham tell me, ‘She is my sister’? And she herself said, ‘Yes, he is my brother.’ I acted in complete innocence! My hands are clean.”

Cross References

Genesis 12:13

So please tell them you are my sister. Then they will spare my life and treat me well because of their interest in you.”

Genesis 20:13

When God called me to leave my father’s home and to travel from place to place, I told her, ‘Do me a favor. Wherever we go, tell the people that I am your brother.’”

Genesis 20:16

And he said to Sarah, “Look, I am giving your ‘brother’ 1,000 pieces of silver in the presence of all these witnesses. This is to compensate you for any wrong I may have done to you. This will settle any claim against me, and your reputation is cleared.”

1 Kings 9:4

“As for you, if you will follow me with integrity and godliness, as David your father did, obeying all my commands, decrees, and regulations,

2 Kings 20:3

“Remember, O Lord, how I have always been faithful to you and have served you single-mindedly, always doing what pleases you.” Then he broke down and wept bitterly.

1 Chronicles 29:17

I know, my God, that you examine our hearts and rejoice when you find integrity there. You know I have done all this with good motives, and I have watched your people offer their gifts willingly and joyously.

Job 33:9

You said, ‘I am pure; I am without sin; I am innocent; I have no guilt.

Psalm 24:4

Only those whose hands and hearts are pure, who do not worship idols and never tell lies.

Psalm 25:21

May integrity and honesty protect me, for I put my hope in you.

Psalm 26:6

I wash my hands to declare my innocence. I come to your altar, O Lord,

Psalm 7:8

The Lord judges the nations. Declare me righteous, O Lord, for I am innocent, O Most High!

Psalm 7:9

End the evil of those who are wicked, and defend the righteous. For you look deep within the mind and heart, O righteous God.

Psalm 73:13

Did I keep my heart pure for nothing? Did I keep myself innocent for no reason?

Psalm 78:72

He cared for them with a true heart and led them with skillful hands.

Proverbs 11:3

Honesty guides good people; dishonesty destroys treacherous people.

Proverbs 20:7

The godly walk with integrity; blessed are their children who follow them.

Daniel 6:22

My God sent his angel to shut the lions’ mouths so that they would not hurt me, for I have been found innocent in his sight. And I have not wronged you, Your Majesty.”

2 Corinthians 1:12

We can say with confidence and a clear conscience that we have lived with a God-given holiness and sincerity in all our dealings. We have depended on God’s grace, not on our own human wisdom. That is how we have conducted ourselves before the world, and especially toward you.

1 Thessalonians 2:10

You yourselves are our witnesses—and so is God—that we were devout and honest and faultless toward all of you believers.

1 Timothy 1:13

even though I used to blaspheme the name of Christ. In my insolence, I persecuted his people. But God had mercy on me because I did it in ignorance and unbelief.

Joshua 22:22

“The Lord, the Mighty One, is God! The Lord, the Mighty One, is God! He knows the truth, and may Israel know it, too! We have not built the altar in treacherous rebellion against the Lord. If we have done so, do not spare our lives this day.