Genesis 42:21

Tree of Life Version

Then each man said to his brother, “We’re truly guilty for our brother. We saw the distress of his soul when he begged us for mercy, but we didn’t listen. That’s why this distress has come to us.”

Cross References

Genesis 41:9

Then the chief of the cupbearers spoke with Pharaoh saying, “I am reminded of my sins today.

Genesis 44:16

Then Judah said, “What can we say to my lord? What can we speak? How can we justify ourselves? God has exposed your servants’ guilt. We are now my lord’s slaves—both we as well as the one in whose hand the cup was found.”

Genesis 45:3

Joseph said to his brothers, “I am Joseph! Is my father still alive?” And his brothers were unable to answer him because they were terrified at his presence.

Genesis 50:15

When Joseph’s brothers saw that their father had died, they said, “Maybe Joseph will be hostile towards us and pay us back in full for all the evil we showed him.

2 Samuel 12:13

Then David said to Nathan, “I have sinned against Adonai.” Nathan replied to David, “Adonai also has made your sin pass away—you will not die.

1 Kings 17:18

So she said to Elijah, “What do I have to do with you, man of God? Have you come to me to remind me of my sin and kill my son?”

Proverbs 21:13

Whoever shuts his ears to the cry of the poor, will also cry out but not be answered.

Proverbs 28:17

A man tormented by the guilt of murder flees to the Pit—let no one support him.

Jeremiah 2:17

Have you not brought this on yourself, when He led you in the way?

Jeremiah 2:19

Your own wickedness will rebuke you and your backslidings will chide you. Know then and see how bad and bitter it is for you to forsake Adonai your God. Nor is fear of Me in you.” It is a declaration of the Lord Adonai-Tzva’ot.

Jeremiah 34:17

Therefore thus says Adonai: “You have not obeyed Me, to proclaim liberty, everyone to his brother and everyone to his neighbor. Behold, I proclaim for you a liberty,” declares Adonai, “to the sword, to plague and to famine! So I will make you a horror to all the kingdoms of the earth.

Jeremiah 4:18

Your conduct and your deeds have brought these things on you. This is your calamity! How bitter it is! How it smites your heart!

Hosea 5:15

I will go and return to My place until they admit their guilt. Then they will seek My face. In their distress they will seek Me earnestly:

Numbers 32:23

“But if you don’t do this, behold, you sin against Adonai! Be assured! Your sin will find you out!

Matthew 7:2

For with the judgment you judge, you will be judged; and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.

Mark 9:48

where ‘their worm does not die and the fire is not quenched.’

Luke 16:28

For I have five brothers to warn, so that they will not also come to this place of torment.’

Acts 19:18

Many also of those who had believed came confessing and recounting their practices.

James 2:13

For judgment is merciless to the one who does not show mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgment.

1 John 1:9

If we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous to forgive our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.

Judges 1:7

So Adoni-bezek said, “70 kings, having their thumbs and big toes cut off, used to pick up scraps under my table. As I have done, so God has repaid me.” They brought him to Jerusalem and he died there.