Genesis 44:16

New Living Translation

Judah answered, “Oh, my lord, what can we say to you? How can we explain this? How can we prove our innocence? God is punishing us for our sins. My lord, we have all returned to be your slaves—all of us, not just our brother who had your cup in his sack.”

Cross References

Genesis 37:7

“We were out in the field, tying up bundles of grain. Suddenly my bundle stood up, and your bundles all gathered around and bowed low before mine!”

Genesis 37:9

Soon Joseph had another dream, and again he told his brothers about it. “Listen, I have had another dream,” he said. “The sun, moon, and eleven stars bowed low before me!”

Genesis 44:17

“No,” Joseph said. “I would never do such a thing! Only the man who stole the cup will be my slave. The rest of you may go back to your father in peace.”

Genesis 44:32

My lord, I guaranteed to my father that I would take care of the boy. I told him, ‘If I don’t bring him back to you, I will bear the blame forever.’

Genesis 44:9

If you find his cup with any one of us, let that man die. And all the rest of us, my lord, will be your slaves.”

1 Kings 17:18

Then she said to Elijah, “O man of God, what have you done to me? Have you come here to point out my sins and kill my son?”

Ezra 9:10

“And now, O our God, what can we say after all of this? For once again we have abandoned your commands!

Ezra 9:15

O Lord, God of Israel, you are just. We come before you in our guilt as nothing but an escaped remnant, though in such a condition none of us can stand in your presence.”

Job 40:4

“I am nothing—how could I ever find the answers? I will cover my mouth with my hand.

Proverbs 17:15

Acquitting the guilty and condemning the innocent— both are detestable to the Lord.

Proverbs 28:17

A murderer’s tormented conscience will drive him into the grave. Don’t protect him!

Isaiah 27:9

The Lord did this to purge Israel’s wickedness, to take away all her sin. As a result, all the pagan altars will be crushed to dust. No Asherah pole or pagan shrine will be left standing.

Isaiah 5:3

Now, you people of Jerusalem and Judah, you judge between me and my vineyard.

Daniel 9:7

“Lord, you are in the right; but as you see, our faces are covered with shame. This is true of all of us, including the people of Judah and Jerusalem and all Israel, scattered near and far, wherever you have driven us because of our disloyalty to you.

Numbers 32:23

But if you fail to keep your word, then you will have sinned against the Lord, and you may be sure that your sin will find you out.

Matthew 7:2

For you will be treated as you treat others. The standard you use in judging is the standard by which you will be judged.

Luke 12:2

The time is coming when everything that is covered up will be revealed, and all that is secret will be made known to all.

Acts 2:37

Peter’s words pierced their hearts, and they said to him and to the other apostles, “Brothers, what should we do?”

Deuteronomy 25:1

“Suppose two people take a dispute to court, and the judges declare that one is right and the other is wrong.

Joshua 7:1

But Israel violated the instructions about the things set apart for the Lord. A man named Achan had stolen some of these dedicated things, so the Lord was very angry with the Israelites. Achan was the son of Carmi, a descendant of Zimri son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah.

Joshua 7:18

Every member of Zimri’s family was brought forward person by person, and Achan was singled out.

Judges 1:7

Adoni-bezek said, “I once had seventy kings with their thumbs and big toes cut off, eating scraps from under my table. Now God has paid me back for what I did to them.” They took him to Jerusalem, and he died there.