Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
And the men were afraid, because they were brought into Joseph's house; and they said, Because of the money that was returned in our sacks at the first time are we brought in; that he may seek occasion against us, and fall upon us, and take us for bondmen, and our asses.
The men
Seek occasion against us
Bible References
The men
Genesis 42:21
"We're all guilty because of what we did to our brother!" they told each other. "We kept on watching his suffering while he pleaded with us! We're in this mess because we wouldn't listen!"
Judges 13:22
Then Manoah told his wife, "We're going to die for sure, because we've seen God!"
Job 15:21
Terrifying sounds ring in his ears; when times are prosperous, the Destroyer will attack him.
Psalm 53:5
There the Israelis were seized with terror, when there was nothing to fear. For God scattered the bones of those who laid siege against you you put them to shame, for God rejected them.
Psalm 73:16
When I tried to understand this, it was too difficult for me
Isaiah 7:2
When it was reported to the house of David, "Aram has joined forces with Ephraim!" the heart of the people of Ahaz trembled like forest trees in a windstorm.
Matthew 14:26
When the disciples saw him walking on the sea, they were terrified and cried out, "It's a ghost!" And they screamed in terror.
Mark 6:16
But when Herod heard about it, he said, "John, whom I beheaded, has been raised,"
Seek occasion against us
Deuteronomy 22:14
invents charges against her, and defames her by saying, "I have married this woman, but when I had sexual relations with her I found that she wasn't a virgin.'
Judges 14:4
But Samson retorted to his father, "Get her for me, since she looks fine to me." Meanwhile, his father and mother did not know that she was from the LORD, because he had been seeking a favorable opportunity concerning the Philistines, since the Philistines were dominating Israel at that time.
Job 30:14
They come like those who breach through a wall; as everything crashes around me they'll roll on and on!
Romans 7:8
But sin seized the opportunity provided by this commandment and produced in me all kinds of sinful desires, since apart from the Law, sin is dead.