Genesis 39:12

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Summary

Genesis 39:12

And she caught him by his garment, saying, Lie with me: and he left his garment in her hand, and fled, and got him out.

Caught

And he left

General references

Mark 14:52

Bible References

Caught

But he refused, saying to his master's wife, "Look, my master does not give any thought to his household with me here, and everything that he owns he has put into my care.

So she grabbed him and kissed him, and with a bold expression she said to him,

I discovered this: More bitter than death is the kind of woman who is like a hunter's snare; her heart is like a hunter's net and her hands are like prison chains. The man who pleases God escapes her, but the sinner is captured by her.

"'How sick is your heart, declares the sovereign Lord, when you perform all of these acts, the deeds of a bold prostitute.

And he left

When Samuel turned to leave, Saul grabbed the edge of his robe and it tore.

My child, do not go down their way, withhold yourself from their path;

Keep yourself far from her, and do not go near the door of her house,

Deliver yourself like a gazelle from a snare, and like a bird from the trap of the fowler.

A young man was following him, wearing only a linen cloth. They tried to arrest him,

Do not be deceived: "Bad company corrupts good morals."

But keep away from youthful passions, and pursue righteousness, faithfulness, love, and peace, in company with others who call on the Lord from a pure heart.

Dear friends, I urge you as foreigners and exiles to keep away from fleshly desires that do battle against the soul,

General references

but he ran off naked, leaving his linen cloth behind.