Genesis 42:21

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Genesis 42:21

Then they said to each other, “Obviously, we are being punished for what we did to our brother. We saw his deep distress when he pleaded with us, but we would not listen. That is why this trouble has come to us.”

Hosea 5:15

I will depart and return to My place
until they recognize their guilt and seek My face;
they will search for Me in their distress.

Genesis 37:23-28

When Joseph came to his brothers, they stripped off his robe, the robe of many colors that he had on.

Job 36:8-9

If people are bound with chains
and trapped by the cords of affliction,

Genesis 41:9

Then the chief cupbearer said to Pharaoh, “Today I remember my faults.

Numbers 32:23

But if you don’t do this, you will certainly sin against the Lord; be sure your sin will catch up with you.

Judges 1:7

Adoni-bezek said, “Seventy kings with their thumbs and big toes cut off used to pick up scraps under my table. God has repaid me for what I have done.” They brought him to Jerusalem, and he died there.

2 Samuel 12:13

David responded to Nathan, “I have sinned against the Lord.”

Then Nathan replied to David, “The Lord has taken away your sin; you will not die.

1 Kings 17:18

She said to Elijah, “Man of God, what do we have in common? Have you come to remind me of my guilt and to kill my son?”

Job 33:27-28

He will look at men and say,
“I have sinned and perverted what was right;
yet I did not get what I deserved.

Job 34:31-32

Suppose someone says to God,
“I have endured my punishment;
I will no longer act wickedly.

Proverbs 1:27-28

when terror strikes you like a storm
and your calamity comes like a whirlwind,
when trouble and stress overcome you.

Proverbs 21:13

The one who shuts his ears to the cry of the poor
will himself also call out and not be answered.

Proverbs 24:11-12

Rescue those being taken off to death,
and save those stumbling toward slaughter.

Proverbs 28:17

A man burdened by bloodguilt
will be a fugitive until death.
Let no one help him.

Jeremiah 2:17

Have you not brought this on yourself
by abandoning the Lord your God
while He was leading you along the way?

Jeremiah 2:19

Your own evil will discipline you;
your own apostasies will reprimand you.
Think it over and see how evil and bitter it is
for you to abandon the Lord your God
and to have no fear of Me.
This is the declaration
of the Lord God of Hosts.

Jeremiah 4:18

Your way of life and your actions
have brought this on you.
This is your punishment. It is very bitter,
because it has reached your heart!

Jeremiah 34:17

“Therefore, this is what the Lord says: You have not obeyed Me by proclaiming freedom, each man for his brother and for his neighbor. I hereby proclaim freedom for you”—this is the Lord’s declaration—“to the sword, to plague, and to famine! I will make you a horror to all the earth’s kingdoms.

Matthew 7:2

For with the judgment you use, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.

Matthew 27:3-4

Then Judas, His betrayer, seeing that He had been condemned, was full of remorse and returned the 30 pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders.

Mark 9:43-45

And if your hand causes your downfall, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life maimed than to have two hands and go to hell—the unquenchable fire,

Mark 9:48

where

Their worm does not die,
and the fire is not quenched.

Luke 16:28

because I have five brothers—to warn them, so they won’t also come to this place of torment.’

Acts 19:18

And many who had become believers came confessing and disclosing their practices,

James 2:13

For judgment is without mercy to the one who hasn’t shown mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgment.

1 John 1:9

If we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

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Summary

Genesis 42:21

And they said one to another, We are verily guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the anguish of his soul, when he besought us, and we would not hear; therefore is this distress come upon us.

They said

We saw

This distress

Proverbs 1:27

General references

Genesis 49:23

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