Genesis 39:10

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Summary

And it came to pass, as she spake to Joseph day by day, that he hearkened not unto her, to lie by her, or to be with her.

As she spake

Or to be

Bible References

As she spake

But he refused, and said to his master's wife, "Behold, my master doesn't know what is with me in the house, and he has put all that he has into my hand.

To deliver you from the strange woman, even from the foreigner who flatters with her words;

For the lips of an adulteress drip honey. Her mouth is smoother than oil,

Don't lust after her beauty in your heart, neither let her captivate you with her eyelids.

that they may keep you from the strange woman, from the foreigner who flatters with her words.

She sits at the door of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city,

The mouth of an adulteress is a deep pit: he who is under Yahweh's wrath will fall into it.

For a prostitute is a deep pit; and a wayward wife is a narrow well.

Or to be

My son, don't walk in the way with them. Keep your foot from their path,

Remove your way far from her. Don't come near the door of her house,

Flee sexual immorality! "Every sin that a man does is outside the body," but he who commits sexual immorality sins against his own body.

Don't be deceived! "Evil companionships corrupt good morals."

Abstain from every form of evil.

I desire therefore that the younger widows marry, bear children, rule the household, and give no occasion to the adversary for insulting.

Flee from youthful lusts; but pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart.

Beloved, I beg you as foreigners and pilgrims, to abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;