Genesis 42:21

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Summary

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

Bible References

They said

Then the chief cupbearer spoke to Pharaoh, saying, “I would make mention today of my own offenses.

But if you will not do so, behold, you have sinned against the Lord, and be sure your sin will find you out.

Then David said to Nathan, “I have sinned against the Lord.” And Nathan said to David, “The Lord also has

taken away your sin; you shall not die.

So she said to Elijah, “What do I have to do with you, O man of God? You have come to me to bring my iniquity to remembrance and to put my son to death!”

“He will sing to men and say,
‘I have sinned and perverted what is right,
And it is not proper for me.

“For has anyone said to God,
‘I have borne chastisement;
I will not offend anymore;

“And if they are bound in fetters,
And are caught in the cords of affliction,

I will go away and return to My place
Until they

acknowledge their guilt and seek My face;

In their affliction they will earnestly seek Me.

Then when Judas, who had betrayed Him, saw that He had been condemned, he felt remorse and returned the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders,

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where their worm does not die, and the fire is not quenched.

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for I have five brothers—in order that he may warn them, so that they will not also come to this place of torment.’

Many also of those who had believed kept coming, confessing and disclosing their practices.

We saw

So it came about, when Joseph reached his brothers, that they stripped Joseph of his tunic, the varicolored tunic that was on him;

Adoni-bezek said, “Seventy kings with their thumbs and their big toes cut off used to gather up scraps under my table; as I have done, so God has repaid me.” So they brought him to Jerusalem and he died there.

He who shuts his ear to the cry of the poor
Will also cry himself and not be answered.

Deliver those who are being taken away to death,

And those who are staggering to slaughter, Oh hold them back.

A man who is laden with the guilt of human blood
Will be a fugitive until death; let no one support him.

“Have you not done this to yourself
By your forsaking the Lord your God
When He led you in the way?

“Your ways and your deeds
Have brought these things to you.
This is your evil. How bitter!
How it has touched your heart!”

“Therefore thus says the Lord, ‘You have not obeyed Me in proclaiming release each man to his brother and each man to his neighbor. Behold, I am proclaiming a release to you,’ declares the Lord, ‘to the sword, to the pestilence and to the famine; and I will make you a terror to all the kingdoms of the earth.

For in the way you judge, you will be judged; and

by your standard of measure, it will be measured to you.

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

For judgment will be merciless to one who has shown no mercy; mercy triumphs over judgment.

This distress

When your dread comes like a storm
And your calamity comes like a whirlwind,
When distress and anguish come upon you.

General references

“The archers bitterly attacked him,
And shot at him and harassed him;