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Genesis 20:2–6

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And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She is my sister: and Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah.
But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night, and said to him, Behold, thou art but a dead man, for the woman which thou hast taken; for she is a man’s wife.
But Abimelech had not come near her: and he said, Lord, wilt thou slay also a righteous nation?
Said he not unto me, She is my sister? and she, even she herself said, He is my brother: in the integrity of my heart and innocency of my hands have I done this.
And God said unto him in a dream, Yea, I know that thou didst this in the integrity of thy heart; for I also withheld thee from sinning against me: therefore suffered I thee not to touch her.
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From verse 2

  1. Genesis 12:15Rank 1 from verse 2
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    15The princes also of Pharaoh saw her, and commended her before Pharaoh: and the woman was taken into Pharaoh’s house.

  2. Genesis 26:7Rank 2 from verse 2
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    7And the men of the place asked him of his wife; and he said, She is my sister: for he feared to say, She is my wife; lest, said he, the men of the place should kill me for Rebekah; because she was fair to look upon.

  3. Genesis 12:11–13Rank 3 from verse 2
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    11And it came to pass, when he was come near to enter into Egypt, that he said unto Sarai his wife, Behold now, I know that thou art a fair woman to look upon:

    12Therefore it shall come to pass, when the Egyptians shall see thee, that they shall say, This is his wife: and they will kill me, but they will save thee alive.

    13Say, I pray thee, thou art my sister: that it may be well with me for thy sake; and my soul shall live because of thee.

  4. 2 Chronicles 19:2Rank 4 from verse 2
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    2And Jehu the son of Hanani the seer went out to meet him, and said to king Jehoshaphat, Shouldest thou help the ungodly, and love them that hate the Lord? therefore is wrath upon thee from before the Lord.

  5. 2 Chronicles 32:31Rank 5 from verse 2
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    31¶ Howbeit in the business of the ambassadors of the princes of Babylon, who sent unto him to inquire of the wonder that was done in the land, God left him, to try him, that he might know all that was in his heart.

  6. Colossians 3:9Rank 6 from verse 2
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    9Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds;

  7. Ecclesiastes 7:20Rank 7 from verse 2
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    20For there is not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not.

  8. Ephesians 4:25Rank 8 from verse 2
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    25Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbour: for we are members one of another.

  9. Galatians 2:11–12Rank 9 from verse 2
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    11But when Peter was come to Antioch, I withstood him to the face, because he was to be blamed.

    12For before that certain came from James, he did eat with the Gentiles: but when they were come, he withdrew and separated himself, fearing them which were of the circumcision.

  10. Genesis 20:12Rank 10 from verse 2
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    12And yet indeed she is my sister; she is the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother; and she became my wife.

  11. Genesis 26:1Rank 11 from verse 2
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    1AND there was a famine in the land, beside the first famine that was in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went unto Abimelech king of the Philistines unto Gerar.

  12. Genesis 26:16Rank 12 from verse 2
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    16And Abimelech said unto Isaac, Go from us; for thou art much mightier than we.

  13. Proverbs 24:16Rank 13 from verse 2
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    16For a just man falleth seven times, and riseth up again: but the wicked shall fall into mischief.

  14. 2 Chronicles 20:37Rank 14 from verse 2
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    37Then Eliezer the son of Dodavah of Mareshah prophesied against Jehoshaphat, saying, Because thou hast joined thyself with Ahaziah, the Lord hath broken thy works. And the ships were broken, that they were not able to go to Tarshish.

From verse 3

  1. Genesis 20:7Rank 1 from verse 3
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    7Now therefore restore the man his wife; for he is a prophet, and he shall pray for thee, and thou shalt live: and if thou restore her not, know thou that thou shalt surely die, thou, and all that are thine.

  2. Matthew 27:19Rank 2 from verse 3
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    19¶ When he was set down on the judgment seat, his wife sent unto him, saying, Have thou nothing to do with that just man: for I have suffered many things this day in a dream because of him.

  3. Job 33:15Rank 3 from verse 3
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    15In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falleth upon men, in slumberings upon the bed;

  4. Psalms 105:14Rank 4 from verse 3
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    14He suffered no man to do them wrong: yea, he reproved kings for their sakes;

  5. Genesis 28:12Rank 5 from verse 3
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    12And he dreamed, and behold a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven: and behold the angels of God ascending and descending on it.

  6. Matthew 1:20Rank 6 from verse 3
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    20But while he thought on these things, behold, the angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a dream, saying, Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife: for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Ghost.

  7. Genesis 31:24Rank 7 from verse 3
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    24And God came to Laban the Syrian in a dream by night, and said unto him, Take heed that thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad.

  8. Genesis 37:5Rank 8 from verse 3
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    5¶ And Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it his brethren: and they hated him yet the more.

  9. Genesis 37:9Rank 9 from verse 3
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    9¶ And he dreamed yet another dream, and told it his brethren, and said, Behold, I have dreamed a dream more; and, behold, the sun and the moon and the eleven stars made obeisance to me.

  10. Genesis 40:8Rank 10 from verse 3
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    8And they said unto him, We have dreamed a dream, and there is no interpreter of it. And Joseph said unto them, Do not interpretations belong to God? tell me them, I pray you.

  11. Job 4:12–13Rank 11 from verse 3
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    12Now a thing was secretly brought to me, and mine ear received a little thereof.

    13In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falleth on men,

  12. Jonah 3:4Rank 12 from verse 3
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    4And Jonah began to enter into the city a day’s journey, and he cried, and said, Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown.

  13. Matthew 2:12–13Rank 13 from verse 3
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    12And being warned of God in a dream that they should not return to Herod, they departed into their own country another way.

    13And when they were departed, behold, the angel of the Lord appeareth to Joseph in a dream, saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and be thou there until I bring thee word: for Herod will seek the young child to destroy him.

  14. Ezekiel 33:14–15Rank 14 from verse 3
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    14Again, when I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; if he turn from his sin, and do that which is lawful and right;

    15If the wicked restore the pledge, give again that he had robbed, walk in the statutes of life, without committing iniquity; he shall surely live, he shall not die.

  15. Genesis 41:1–36Rank 15 from verse 3
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    1AND it came to pass at the end of two full years, that Pharaoh dreamed: and, behold, he stood by the river.

    2And, behold, there came up out of the river seven well favoured kine and fatfleshed; and they fed in a meadow.

    3And, behold, seven other kine came up after them out of the river, ill favoured and leanfleshed; and stood by the other kine upon the brink of the river.

    4And the ill favoured and leanfleshed kine did eat up the seven well favoured and fat kine. So Pharaoh awoke.

    5And he slept and dreamed the second time: and, behold, seven ears of corn came up upon one stalk, rank and good.

    6And, behold, seven thin ears and blasted with the east wind sprung up after them.

    7And the seven thin ears devoured the seven rank and full ears. And Pharaoh awoke, and, behold, it was a dream.

    8And it came to pass in the morning that his spirit was troubled; and he sent and called for all the magicians of Egypt, and all the wise men thereof: and Pharaoh told them his dream; but there was none that could interpret them unto Pharaoh.

    9¶ Then spake the chief butler unto Pharaoh, saying, I do remember my faults this day:

    10Pharaoh was wroth with his servants, and put me in ward in the captain of the guard’s house, both me and the chief baker:

    11And we dreamed a dream in one night, I and he; we dreamed each man according to the interpretation of his dream.

    12And there was there with us a young man, an Hebrew, servant to the captain of the guard; and we told him, and he interpreted to us our dreams; to each man according to his dream he did interpret.

    13And it came to pass, as he interpreted to us, so it was; me he restored unto mine office, and him he hanged.

    14¶ Then Pharaoh sent and called Joseph, and they brought him hastily out of the dungeon: and he shaved himself, and changed his raiment, and came in unto Pharaoh.

    15And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, I have dreamed a dream, and there is none that can interpret it: and I have heard say of thee, that thou canst understand a dream to interpret it.

    16And Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, It is not in me: God shall give Pharaoh an answer of peace.

    17And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, In my dream, behold, I stood upon the bank of the river:

    18And, behold, there came up out of the river seven kine, fatfleshed and well favoured; and they fed in a meadow:

    19And, behold, seven other kine came up after them, poor and very ill favoured and leanfleshed, such as I never saw in all the land of Egypt for badness:

    20And the lean and the ill favoured kine did eat up the first seven fat kine:

    21And when they had eaten them up, it could not be known that they had eaten them; but they were still ill favoured, as at the beginning. So I awoke.

    22And I saw in my dream, and, behold, seven ears came up in one stalk, full and good:

    23And, behold, seven ears, withered, thin, and blasted with the east wind, sprung up after them:

    24And the thin ears devoured the seven good ears: and I told this unto the magicians; but there was none that could declare it to me.

    25¶ And Joseph said unto Pharaoh, The dream of Pharaoh is one: God hath shewed Pharaoh what he is about to do.

    26The seven good kine are seven years; and the seven good ears are seven years: the dream is one.

    27And the seven thin and ill favoured kine that came up after them are seven years; and the seven empty ears blasted with the east wind shall be seven years of famine.

    28This is the thing which I have spoken unto Pharaoh: What God is about to do he sheweth unto Pharaoh.

    29Behold, there come seven years of great plenty throughout all the land of Egypt:

    30And there shall arise after them seven years of famine; and all the plenty shall be forgotten in the land of Egypt; and the famine shall consume the land;

    31And the plenty shall not be known in the land by reason of that famine following; for it shall be very grievous.

    32And for that the dream was doubled unto Pharaoh twice; it is because the thing is established by God, and God will shortly bring it to pass.

    33Now therefore let Pharaoh look out a man discreet and wise, and set him over the land of Egypt.

    34Let Pharaoh do this, and let him appoint officers over the land, and take up the fifth part of the land of Egypt in the seven plenteous years.

    35And let them gather all the food of those good years that come, and lay up corn under the hand of Pharaoh, and let them keep food in the cities.

    36And that food shall be for store to the land against the seven years of famine, which shall be in the land of Egypt; that the land perish not through the famine.

From verse 4

  1. 1 Chronicles 21:17Rank 1 from verse 4
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    17And David said unto God, Is it not I that commanded the people to be numbered? even I it is that have sinned and done evil indeed; but as for these sheep, what have they done? let thine hand, I pray thee, O Lord my God, be on me, and on my father’s house; but not on thy people, that they should be plagued.

  2. 2 Samuel 4:11Rank 2 from verse 4
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    11How much more, when wicked men have slain a righteous person in his own house upon his bed? shall I not therefore now require his blood of your hand, and take you away from the earth?

  3. Genesis 18:23–25Rank 3 from verse 4
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    23¶ And Abraham drew near, and said, Wilt thou also destroy the righteous with the wicked?

    24Peradventure there be fifty righteous within the city: wilt thou also destroy and not spare the place for the fifty righteous that are therein?

    25That be far from thee to do after this manner, to slay the righteous with the wicked: and that the righteous should be as the wicked, that be far from thee: Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?

  4. Genesis 19:24Rank 4 from verse 4
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    24Then the Lord rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the Lord out of heaven;

  5. Genesis 20:17–18Rank 5 from verse 4
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    17¶ So Abraham prayed unto God: and God healed Abimelech, and his wife, and his maidservants; and they bare children.

    18For the Lord had fast closed up all the wombs of the house of Abimelech, because of Sarah Abraham’s wife.

  6. Genesis 20:6Rank 6 from verse 4
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    6And God said unto him in a dream, Yea, I know that thou didst this in the integrity of thy heart; for I also withheld thee from sinning against me: therefore suffered I thee not to touch her.

From verse 5

  1. 1 Kings 9:4Rank 1 from verse 5
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    4And if thou wilt walk before me, as David thy father walked, in integrity of heart, and in uprightness, to do according to all that I have commanded thee, and wilt keep my statutes and my judgments:

  2. Psalms 7:8Rank 2 from verse 5
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    8The Lord shall judge the people: judge me, O Lord, according to my righteousness, and according to mine integrity that is in me.

  3. 1 Chronicles 29:17Rank 3 from verse 5
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    17I know also, my God, that thou triest the heart, and hast pleasure in uprightness. As for me, in the uprightness of mine heart I have willingly offered all these things: and now have I seen with joy thy people, which are present here, to offer willingly unto thee.

  4. 1 Thessalonians 2:10Rank 4 from verse 5
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    10Ye are witnesses, and God also, how holily and justly and unblameably we behaved ourselves among you that believe:

  5. 1 Timothy 1:13Rank 5 from verse 5
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    13Who was before a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and injurious: but I obtained mercy, because I did it ignorantly in unbelief.

  6. 2 Corinthians 1:12Rank 6 from verse 5
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    12For our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom, but by the grace of God, we have had our conversation in the world, and more abundantly to you-ward.

  7. 2 Kings 20:3Rank 7 from verse 5
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    3I beseech thee, O Lord, remember now how I have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in thy sight. And Hezekiah wept sore.

  8. Daniel 6:22Rank 8 from verse 5
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    22My God hath sent his angel, and hath shut the lions’ mouths, that they have not hurt me: forasmuch as before him innocency was found in me; and also before thee, O king, have I done no hurt.

  9. Job 33:9Rank 9 from verse 5
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    9I am clean without transgression, I am innocent; neither is there iniquity in me.

  10. Joshua 22:22Rank 10 from verse 5
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    22The Lord God of gods, the Lord God of gods, he knoweth, and Israel he shall know; if it be in rebellion, or if in transgression against the Lord, (save us not this day,)

  11. Proverbs 11:3Rank 11 from verse 5
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    3The integrity of the upright shall guide them: but the perverseness of transgressors shall destroy them.

  12. Proverbs 20:7Rank 12 from verse 5
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    7The just man walketh in his integrity: his children are blessed after him.

  13. Psalms 24:4Rank 13 from verse 5
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    4He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully.

  14. Psalms 25:21Rank 14 from verse 5
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    21Let integrity and uprightness preserve me; for I wait on thee.

  15. Psalms 26:6Rank 15 from verse 5
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    6I will wash mine hands in innocency: so will I compass thine altar, O Lord:

  16. Psalms 73:13Rank 16 from verse 5
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    13Verily I have cleansed my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocency.

  17. Psalms 78:72Rank 17 from verse 5
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    72So he fed them according to the integrity of his heart; and guided them by the skilfulness of his hands.

From verse 6

  1. 1 Samuel 25:34Rank 1 from verse 6
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    34For in very deed, as the Lord God of Israel liveth, which hath kept me back from hurting thee, except thou hadst hasted and come to meet me, surely there had not been left unto Nabal by the morning light any that pisseth against the wall.

  2. 1 Samuel 25:26Rank 2 from verse 6
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    26Now therefore, my lord, as the Lord liveth, and as thy soul liveth, seeing the Lord hath withholden thee from coming to shed blood, and from avenging thyself with thine own hand, now let thine enemies, and they that seek evil to my lord, be as Nabal.

  3. Proverbs 21:1Rank 3 from verse 6
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    1THE king’s heart is in the hand of the Lord, as the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will.

  4. Genesis 31:7Rank 4 from verse 6
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    7And your father hath deceived me, and changed my wages ten times; but God suffered him not to hurt me.

  5. Genesis 35:5Rank 5 from verse 6
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    5And they journeyed: and the terror of God was upon the cities that were round about them, and they did not pursue after the sons of Jacob.

  6. 2 Thessalonians 2:7Rank 6 from verse 6
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    7For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way.

  7. Exodus 34:24Rank 7 from verse 6
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    24For I will cast out the nations before thee, and enlarge thy borders: neither shall any man desire thy land, when thou shalt go up to appear before the Lord thy God thrice in the year.

  8. Psalms 84:11Rank 8 from verse 6
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    11For the Lord God is a sun and shield: the Lord will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.

  9. 2 Corinthians 6:17Rank 9 from verse 6
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    17Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you,

  10. Genesis 20:18Rank 10 from verse 6
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    18For the Lord had fast closed up all the wombs of the house of Abimelech, because of Sarah Abraham’s wife.

  11. Genesis 39:9Rank 11 from verse 6
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    9There is none greater in this house than I; neither hath he kept back any thing from me but thee, because thou art his wife: how then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God?

  12. Psalms 51:4Rank 12 from verse 6
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    4Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done this evil in thy sight: that thou mightest be justified when thou speakest, and be clear when thou judgest.

  13. Psalms 81:12Rank 13 from verse 6
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    12So I gave them up unto their own hearts’ lust: and they walked in their own counsels.

  14. 1 Corinthians 7:1Rank 14 from verse 6
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    1NOW concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman.

  15. 2 Thessalonians 2:11Rank 15 from verse 6
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    11And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:

  16. Hosea 2:6–7Rank 16 from verse 6
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    6¶ Therefore, behold, I will hedge up thy way with thorns, and make a wall, that she shall not find her paths.

    7And she shall follow after her lovers, but she shall not overtake them; and she shall seek them, but shall not find them: then shall she say, I will go and return to my first husband; for then was it better with me than now.

  17. Leviticus 6:2Rank 17 from verse 6
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    2If a soul sin, and commit a trespass against the Lord, and lie unto his neighbour in that which was delivered him to keep, or in fellowship, or in a thing taken away by violence, or hath deceived his neighbour;

  18. Genesis 26:11Rank 18 from verse 6
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    11And Abimelech charged all his people, saying, He that toucheth this man or his wife shall surely be put to death.

  19. Genesis 3:3Rank 19 from verse 6
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    3But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.

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Genesis 20:2

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Abraham

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The patriarch formerly named Abram, whom God appointed to be a father of many nations.

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king

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A sovereign ruler; one exercising royal authority over a kingdom.

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Genesis 20:3

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but

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Sense 1: However; marking contrast or qualification. Sense 2: Except or unless; excluding all others or alternatives. Sense 3: Only; no more than what follows.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828

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in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

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dream

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Sense 1: Thoughts, images, or visions experienced in sleep. Sense 2: To experience images or thoughts in sleep, especially a vision in a dream.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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night

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1. The dark part of the daily cycle distinguished from day, from evening until morning, or any portion of it. 2. A time or condition compared with night or darkness.

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behold

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1. Used as an attention word or command directing someone to look at or take notice of the person, thing, statement, or event presented: look; see; take notice. 2. As a verb, to look upon, see, observe, or witness.

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thou

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The singular second-person subject pronoun, meaning you when directly addressing one person, being, or individually treated addressee.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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art

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1. The second-person singular present form of be: are, when one person is addressed. 2. Skill, craft, or skilled workmanship used to make or prepare something.

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dead

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Sense 1: Without life; deprived of life. Sense 2: Lifeless, inactive, insensible, or separated from a former state by figure.

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man

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1. A human being or person. 2. Mankind collectively. 3. A male person.

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for

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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

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which

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1. An interrogative or relative pronoun identifying one or more persons or things from a stated or implied set. 2. That which; what.

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hast

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Sense 1: Have: possess, hold, receive, or experience. Sense 2: Used as an auxiliary verb.

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taken

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1. Received, accepted, or chosen. 2. Seized or captured. 3. Carried or laid hold of.

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Genesis 20:4

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but

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Sense 1: However; marking contrast or qualification. Sense 2: Except or unless; excluding all others or alternatives. Sense 3: Only; no more than what follows.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828

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Lord

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1. A title of God or Jesus Christ acknowledging authority and rule. 2. A respectful title or address for one in authority.

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wilt

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Sense 1: Second-person singular present form of will: choosest, intendest, or art disposed to. Sense 2: As an auxiliary, marks future action.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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thou

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The singular second-person subject pronoun, meaning you when directly addressing one person, being, or individually treated addressee.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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righteous

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Sense 1: Right, just, equitable, or in accord with truth, justice, or the will of God. Sense 2: Upright or innocent in a matter. Sense 3: Made or regarded as right. Sense 4: As a noun, persons so described.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

DEFINED WORDS

Genesis 20:5

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even

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1. Used to emphasize, include, or precisely identify what is meant: indeed, precisely, or namely. 2. Used to mark a boundary, endpoint, or full reach in place, time, or degree: up to, as far as, or through. 3. In ‘even as,’ ‘even so,’ and like constructions, just as, exactly so, or in the same manner. 4. The evening, or close of day. 5. Equal, level, identical, balanced, or uniform.

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brother

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Sense 1: A male sibling; a near kinsman. Sense 2: A fellow member of a people or faith.

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in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

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heart

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Sense 1: The bodily organ. Sense 2: The inward person: the mind, will, affections, conscience, or moral character.

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hands

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Sense 1: The end parts of the arms used for holding and working. Sense 2: Figures of power, possession, agency, or aid.

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Genesis 20:6

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in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

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dream

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Sense 1: Thoughts, images, or visions experienced in sleep. Sense 2: To experience images or thoughts in sleep, especially a vision in a dream.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

yea

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1. Indeed, marking confirmation, emphasis, addition, continuation, or heightening of what is said; it may also emphasize a question. 2. Yes, expressing an affirmative answer or declaration.

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know

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To perceive, understand, recognize, experience, or be assured of something.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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thou

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The singular second-person subject pronoun, meaning you when directly addressing one person, being, or individually treated addressee.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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heart

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Sense 1: The bodily organ. Sense 2: The inward person: the mind, will, affections, conscience, or moral character.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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for

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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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against

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Opposed to, contrary to, facing, toward, or in contact with; in some settings, exposed to or ready for a stated time.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893

COMBINED MEANING

suffered

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Sense 1: Allowed or permitted. Sense 2: Bore, endured, or underwent pain, loss, or another experience.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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20:1AND Abraham journeyed from thence toward the south country, and dwelled between Kadesh and Shur, and sojourned in Gerar.

20:2And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She is my sister: and Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah.

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20:3But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night, and said to him, Behold, thou art but a dead man, for the woman which thou hast taken; for she is a man’s wife.

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20:4But Abimelech had not come near her: and he said, Lord, wilt thou slay also a righteous nation?

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20:5Said he not unto me, She is my sister? and she, even she herself said, He is my brother: in the integrity of my heart and innocency of my hands have I done this.

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20:6And God said unto him in a dream, Yea, I know that thou didst this in the integrity of thy heart; for I also withheld thee from sinning against me: therefore suffered I thee not to touch her.

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20:7Now therefore restore the man his wife; for he is a prophet, and he shall pray for thee, and thou shalt live: and if thou restore her not, know thou that thou shalt surely die, thou, and all that are thine.

20:8Therefore Abimelech rose early in the morning, and called all his servants, and told all these things in their ears: and the men were sore afraid.

20:9Then Abimelech called Abraham, and said unto him, What hast thou done unto us? and what have I offended thee, that thou hast brought on me and on my kingdom a great sin? thou hast done deeds unto me that ought not to be done.

20:10And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What sawest thou, that thou hast done this thing?

20:11And Abraham said, Because I thought, Surely the fear of God is not in this place; and they will slay me for my wife’s sake.

20:12And yet indeed she is my sister; she is the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother; and she became my wife.

20:13And it came to pass, when God caused me to wander from my father’s house, that I said unto her, This is thy kindness which thou shalt shew unto me; at every place whither we shall come, say of me, He is my brother.

20:14And Abimelech took sheep, and oxen, and menservants, and womenservants, and gave them unto Abraham, and restored him Sarah his wife.

20:15And Abimelech said, Behold, my land is before thee: dwell where it pleaseth thee.

20:16And unto Sarah he said, Behold, I have given thy brother a thousand pieces of silver: behold, he is to thee a covering of the eyes, unto all that are with thee, and with all other: thus she was reproved.

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