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 to all the matrices of the house of Abimelech, because of Sara, Abraham's wife.

And your father hath deceived me and changed my wages ten times: But God suffered him not to hurt me.

And they departed. And the fear of God fell upon the cities that were round about them, that they durst not follow after the sons of Jacob.

for I will cast out the nations before thee and will enlarge thy coasts, so that no man shall desire thy land, while thou goest up to appear before the face of the LORD thy God, thrice in the year.

And now my lord as sure as the LORD liveth and as thy soul liveth, the LORD hath withholden thee from coming to shed blood and from avenging thyself with thine own hand. Furthermore, I pray God that thine enemies and they that intend to do my lord evil, may be as Nabal.

For the LORD God is a light and defense; the LORD will give grace and worship, and no good thing shall he withhold from them that live a godly life.

The king's heart is in the hand of the LORD, like as are the rivers of water; he may turn it whithersoever he will.

"But I will hedge her way with thorns, and stop it, that she shall not find her footsteps:

Sinning

He himself is not greater in the house than I, and hath kept nothing from me, but only thee because thou art his wife. How then can I do this great wickedness, for to sin against God?"

"When a soul sinneth and trespasseth against the LORD, and denied unto his neighbour that which was taken him to keep, or that was put under his hand, or that which he hath violently taken away, or that which he hath deceived his neighbour of with subtlety,

Against thee only have I sinned, and done this evil in thy sight, that thou mightest be justified in thy sayings, and clear when thou shalt judge.

So I gave them up unto their own hearts' lust, and let them follow their own imaginations.

For the mystery of that iniquity doth he already work, which only looketh, till he be taken out of the way

To touch

but of the fruit of the tree that is in the midst of the garden, said God, see that ye eat not, and see that ye touch it not: lest ye die."

Then Abimelech charged all his people saying, "He that toucheth this man or his wife, shall surely die for it."

As concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: It is good for a man, not to touch a woman.

Wherefore, "Come out from among them, and separate yourselves," saith the Lord, "and touch none unclean thing: so will I receive you,