Genesis 20:6

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Summary

And God said unto him in a dream, Yea, I know that thou didst this in the integrity of thy heart; for I also withheld thee from sinning against me: therefore suffered I thee not to touch her.

Withheld

Sinning

2 Thessalonians 2:7

To touch

Bible References

Withheld

For the LORD had closed all the wombs of the house of Abimelech because of Sarah, Abraham's wife.

yet your father has cheated me and changed my wages ten times. But God did not permit him to harm me.

And as they journeyed, a terror from God fell upon the cities that were around them, so that they did not pursue the sons of Jacob.

For I will cast out nations before you and enlarge your borders; no one shall covet your land, when you go up to appear before the LORD your God three times in the year.

Now then, my lord, as the LORD lives, and as your soul lives, because the LORD has restrained you from bloodguilt and from saving with your own hand, now then let your enemies and those who seek to do evil to my lord be as Nabal.

For the LORD God is a sun and shield; the LORD bestows favor and honor. No good thing does he withhold from those who walk uprightly.

The king's heart is a stream of water in the hand of the LORD; he turns it wherever he will.

Therefore I will hedge up her way with thorns, and I will build a wall against her, so that she cannot find her paths.

Sinning

He is not greater in this house than I am, nor has he kept back anything from me except yourself, because you are his wife. How then can I do this great wickedness and sin against God?"

"If anyone sins and commits a breach of faith against the LORD by deceiving his neighbor in a matter of deposit or security, or through robbery, or if he has oppressed his neighbor

Against you, you only, have I sinned and done what is evil in your sight, so that you may be justified in your words and blameless in your judgment.

So I gave them over to their stubborn hearts, to follow their own counsels.

For the mystery of lawlessness is already at work. Only he who now restrains it will do so until he is out of the way.

To touch

but God said, 'You shall not eat of the fruit of the tree that is in the midst of the garden, neither shall you touch it, lest you die.'"

So Abimelech warned all the people, saying, "Whoever touches this man or his wife shall surely be put to death."

Now concerning the matters about which you wrote: "It is good for a man not to have sexual relations with a woman."

Therefore go out from their midst, and be separate from them, says the Lord, and touch no unclean thing; then I will welcome you,