Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

There is none greater in this house than I; neither hath he kept back any thing from me but thee, because thou art his wife: how then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God?

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Genesis 24:2
Abraham said to his servant, the senior one in his household who was in charge of everything he had, "Put your hand under my thigh
Nehemiah 6:11
But I replied, "Should a man like me run away? Would someone like me flee to the temple in order to save his life? I will not go!"
Luke 12:48
But the one who did not know his master's will and did things worthy of punishment will receive a light beating. From everyone who has been given much, much will be required, and from the one who has been entrusted with much, even more will be asked.
1 Corinthians 4:2
Now what is sought in stewards is that one be found faithful.
Titus 2:10
not pilfering, but showing all good faith, in order to bring credit to the teaching of God our Savior in everything.

How then

Genesis 20:3
But God appeared to Abimelech in a dream at night and said to him, "You are as good as dead because of the woman you have taken, for she is someone else's wife."
Leviticus 20:10
If a man commits adultery with his neighbor's wife, both the adulterer and the adulteress must be put to death.
2 Samuel 11:27
When the time of mourning passed, David had her brought to his palace. She became his wife and she bore him a son. But what David had done upset the Lord.
Job 31:9
If my heart has been enticed by a woman, and I have lain in wait at my neighbor's door,
Proverbs 6:29
So it is with the one who has sex with his neighbor's wife; no one who touches her will escape punishment.
Jeremiah 5:8
They are like lusty, well-fed stallions. Each of them lusts after his neighbor's wife.
1 Corinthians 6:9
Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived! The sexually immoral, idolaters, adulterers, passive homosexual partners, practicing homosexuals,
Galatians 5:19
Now the works of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity, depravity,
Hebrews 13:4
Marriage must be honored among all and the marriage bed kept undefiled, for God will judge sexually immoral people and adulterers.
Revelation 21:8
But to the cowards, unbelievers, detestable persons, murderers, the sexually immoral, and those who practice magic spells, idol worshipers, and all those who lie, their place will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur. That is the second death."
Revelation 22:15
Outside are the dogs and the sorcerers and the sexually immoral, and the murderers, and the idolaters and everyone who loves and practices falsehood!

Sin

Genesis 42:18
On the third day Joseph said to them, "Do as I say and you will live, for I fear God.
Leviticus 6:2
"When a person sins and commits a trespass against the Lord by deceiving his fellow citizen in regard to something held in trust, or a pledge, or something stolen, or by extorting something from his fellow citizen,
Numbers 32:23
"But if you do not do this, then look, you will have sinned against the Lord. And know that your sin will find you out.
2 Samuel 12:13
Then David exclaimed to Nathan, "I have sinned against the Lord!" Nathan replied to David, "Yes, and the Lord has forgiven your sin. You are not going to die.
Nehemiah 5:15
But the former governors who preceded me had burdened the people and had taken food and wine from them, in addition to forty shekels of silver. Their associates were also domineering over the people. But I did not behave in this way, due to my fear of God.
Psalm 51:4
Against you -- you above all -- I have sinned; I have done what is evil in your sight. So you are just when you confront me; you are right when you condemn me.
Jeremiah 28:16
So the Lord says, 'I will most assuredly remove you from the face of the earth. You will die this very year because you have counseled rebellion against the Lord.'"
Jeremiah 50:7
All who encountered them devoured them. Their enemies who did this said, 'We are not liable for punishment! For those people have sinned against the Lord, their true pasture. They have sinned against the Lord in whom their ancestors trusted.'
1 John 3:9
Everyone who has been fathered by God does not practice sin, because God's seed resides in him, and thus he is not able to sin, because he has been fathered by God.

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