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 Pharaoh's senior security advisor spoke up. "Maybe I should make a confession.

"But if you won't do so, look out! You will be sinning against the LORD. Be certain of this, that your sin will catch up to you!

At this point, David told Nathan, "I have sinned against the LORD."

"What do we have in common, you man of God?" she accused Elijah. "You came to me so you could uncover my guilt! And you're responsible for the death of my son!"

"He'll sing to mankind with these words: "I've sinned. I have twisted what is right. Yet he has not repaid me like I deserve.

"Has anyone ever really told God, "I've endured, and I won't act corruptly anymore.

"If they're bound in chains, caught in ropes of affliction,

"I will leave and go back to my place until they admit their offense and seek my face. When affliction comes to them, they will eagerly seek me."

Then Judas, who had betrayed him, regretted what had happened when he saw that Jesus was condemned. He brought the 30 pieces of silver back to the high priests and elders,

In that place, worms never die, and the fire is never put out.

because I have five brothers to warn them, so that they won't end up in this place of torture, too.'

Many who became believers kept coming to confess and talk about what they had been doing.

We saw

As it was, when Joseph arrived where his brothers were, they stripped off the tunic that Jacob had given him that is, the richly-embroidered tunic that he was wearing.

Adoni-bezek used to brag, "Seventy kings without thumbs and big toes used to eat what was left under my table. God has repaid me for what I've done." They brought him to Jerusalem, and he later died there.

Whoever refuses to hear the cry of the poor will also cry himself, but he won't be answered.

Rescue those who are being led away to death, and save those who stumble toward slaughter.

A guilty man tormented by bloodshed will be a lifelong fugitive; let no one support him.

You have done this to yourselves, have you not, by forsaking the LORD your God, when he is the one who led you on the way?

"Your lifestyles and your actions have brought these things on you. This is your calamity it is indeed bitter, for it has reached your heart!"

"Therefore, this is what the LORD says: "You haven't obeyed me by each of you proclaiming a release for your brothers and neighbors. Now I'm going to proclaim a release for you,' declares the LORD, "a release to the sword, to plague, and to famine, and I'll make you a horrifying sight to all the kingdoms of the earth.

because the way that you judge others will be the way that you will be judged, and you will be evaluated by the standard with which you evaluate others.

If we make it our habit to confess our sins, in his faithful righteousness he forgives us for those sins and cleanses us from all unrighteousness.

For the one who has shown no mercy will be judged without mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgment.

This distress

when what you dread comes like a storm, and your calamity comes on like a whirlwind, when distress and anguish come upon you.

General references

Even though enemies attacked him, shooting at him and pursuing him viciously,