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 said to Pharaoh, "I remember my offenses today.

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

David said to Nathan, "I have sinned against the LORD." And Nathan said to David, "The LORD also has put away your sin; you shall not die.

And she said to Elijah, "What have you against me, O man of God? You have come to me to bring my sin to remembrance and to cause the death of my son!"

He sings before men and says: 'I sinned and perverted what was right, and it was not repaid to me.

"For has anyone said to God, 'I have borne punishment; I will not offend any more;

And if they are bound in chains and caught in the cords of affliction,

I will return again to my place, until they acknowledge their guilt and seek my face, and in their distress earnestly seek me.

Then when Judas, his betrayer, saw that Jesus was condemned, he changed his mind and brought back the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and the elders,

for I have five brothers--so that he may warn them, lest they also come into this place of torment.'

Also many of those who were now believers came, confessing and divulging their practices.

We saw

So when Joseph came to his brothers, they stripped him of his robe, the robe of many colors that he wore.

And Adoni-bezek said, "Seventy kings with their thumbs and their big toes cut off used to pick up scraps under my table. As I have done, so God has repaid me." And they brought him to Jerusalem, and he died there.

Whoever closes his ear to the cry of the poor will himself call out and not be answered.

Rescue those who are being taken away to death; hold back those who are stumbling to the slaughter.

If one is burdened with the blood of another, he will be a fugitive until death; let no one help him.

Have you not brought this upon yourself by forsaking the LORD your God, when he led you in the way?

Your ways and your deeds have brought this upon you. This is your doom, and it is bitter; it has reached your very heart."

"Therefore, thus says the LORD: You have not obeyed me by proclaiming liberty, every one to his brother and to his neighbor; behold, I proclaim to you liberty to the sword, to pestilence, and to famine, declares the LORD. I will make you a horror to all the kingdoms of the earth.

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

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

For judgment is without mercy to one who has shown no mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgment.

This distress

when terror strikes you like a storm and your calamity comes like a whirlwind, when distress and anguish come upon you.

General references

The archers bitterly attacked him, shot at him, and harassed him severely,