Say, I pray thee, thou art my sister: that it may be well with me for thy sake; and my soul shall live because of thee.
Genesis 18:15 - King James Version - American Edition Then Sarah denied, saying, I laughed not; for she was afraid. And he said, Nay; but thou didst laugh. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Then Sarah denied, saying, I laughed not; for she was afraid. And he said, Nay; but thou didst laugh. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Then Sarah denied it, saying, I did not laugh; for she was afraid. And He said, No, but you did laugh. American Standard Version (1901) Then Sarah denied, saying, I laughed not; for she was afraid. And he said, Nay; but thou didst laugh. Common English Bible Sarah lied and said, “I didn’t laugh,” because she was frightened. But he said, “No, you laughed.” Catholic Public Domain Version Sarah denied it, saying, "I did not laugh." For she was terribly afraid. But the Lord said, "It is not so; for you did laugh." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Sara denied, saying: I did not laugh. For she was afraid. But the Lord said: Nay; but thou didst laugh: |
Say, I pray thee, thou art my sister: that it may be well with me for thy sake; and my soul shall live because of thee.
Is any thing too hard for the Lord? At the time appointed I will return unto thee, according to the time of life, and Sarah shall have a son.
And the men rose up from thence, and looked toward Sodom: and Abraham went with them to bring them on the way.
And the Lord said unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And he said, I know not: Am I my brother's keeper?
But he said unto her, Thou speakest as one of the foolish women speaketh. What? shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil? In all this did not Job sin with his lips.
shall not God search this out? For he knoweth the secrets of the heart.
Yea, for thy sake are we killed all the day long; we are counted as sheep for the slaughter.
The lip of truth shall be established for ever: but a lying tongue is but for a moment.
He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy.
And immediately, when Jesus perceived in his spirit that they so reasoned within themselves, he said unto them, Why reason ye these things in your hearts?
Then saith the damsel that kept the door unto Peter, Art not thou also one of this man's disciples? He saith, I am not.
and needed not that any should testify of man; for he knew what was in man.
Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God.
Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds;
If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.