Genesis 40:15
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15 For in fact I was stolen out of the land of the Hebrews, and here also I have done nothing that they should have put me into the dungeon.”(A)
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Genesis 39:20
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20 And Joseph’s master took him and put him into the prison, the place where the king’s prisoners were confined; he remained there in prison.(A)
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1 Peter 3:17-18
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17 For it is better to suffer for doing good, if suffering should be God’s will, than to suffer for doing evil. 18 For Christ also suffered[a] for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, in order to bring you[b] to God. He was put to death in the flesh but made alive in the spirit,(A)
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1 Timothy 1:10
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10 the sexually immoral, men who engage in illicit sex,[a] slave traders, liars, perjurers, and whatever else is contrary to the sound teaching(A)
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- 1.10 Meaning of Gk uncertain
Acts 25:10-11
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10 Paul said, “I am standing before the emperor’s tribunal; this is where I should be tried. I have done no wrong to the Jews, as you very well know. 11 Now if I am in the wrong and have committed something for which I deserve to die, I am not trying to escape death, but if there is nothing to their charges against me, no one can turn me over to them. I appeal to the emperor.”(A)
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Acts 24:12-21
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12 They did not find me disputing with anyone in the temple or stirring up a crowd either in the synagogues or throughout the city.(A) 13 Neither can they prove to you the charge that they now bring against me.(B) 14 But this I admit to you, that according to the Way, which they call a sect, I worship the God of our ancestors, believing everything laid down according to the law or written in the prophets.(C) 15 I have a hope in God—a hope that they themselves also accept—that there will be a resurrection of both[a] the righteous and the unrighteous.(D) 16 Therefore I do my best always to have a clear conscience toward God and all people.(E) 17 Now after some years I came to bring alms to my people and to offer sacrifices.(F) 18 While I was doing this, they found me in the temple completing the rite of purification, without any crowd or disturbance.(G) 19 But there were some Jews from Asia—they ought to be here before you to make an accusation, if they have anything against me.(H) 20 Or let these men here tell what crime they had found when I stood before the council, 21 unless it was this one sentence that I called out while standing before them, ‘It is about the resurrection of the dead that I am on trial before you today.’ ”(I)
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- 24.15 Other ancient authorities read of the dead, both of
John 15:25
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25 It was to fulfill the word that is written in their law, ‘They hated me without a cause.’(A)
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John 10:32
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32 Jesus replied, “I have shown you many good works from the Father. For which of these are you going to stone me?”
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Daniel 6:22
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22 My God sent his angel and shut the lions’ mouths so that they would not hurt me, because I was found blameless before him; also before you, O king, I have done no wrong.”(A)
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Psalm 59:3-4
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3 Even now they lie in wait for my life;
the mighty stir up strife against me.
For no transgression or sin of mine, O Lord,(A)
4 for no fault of mine, they run and make ready.
Rouse yourself, come to my help and see!(B)
1 Samuel 24:11
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11 See, my father, see the corner of your cloak in my hand, for by the fact that I cut off the corner of your cloak and did not kill you, you may know for certain that there is no wrong or treason in my hands. I have not sinned against you, though you are hunting me to take my life.(A)
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Deuteronomy 24:7
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7 “If someone is caught kidnaping another Israelite, enslaving or selling the Israelite, then that kidnaper shall die. So you shall purge the evil from your midst.(A)
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Exodus 21:16
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16 “Whoever kidnaps a person, whether that person has been sold or is still held in possession, shall be put to death.(A)
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Genesis 41:12
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12 A young Hebrew was there with us, a servant of the captain of the guard. When we told him, he interpreted our dreams to us, giving an interpretation to each according to his dream.(A)
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Genesis 39:8-12
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8 But he refused and said to his master’s wife, “Look, with me here, my master has no concern about anything in the house, and he has put everything that he has in my hand. 9 He is not greater in this house than I am, nor has he kept back anything from me except yourself, because you are his wife. How then could I do this great wickedness and sin against God?”(A) 10 And although she spoke to Joseph day after day, he would not consent to lie beside her or to be with her. 11 One day, however, when he went into the house to do his work, and while no one else was in the house, 12 she caught hold of his garment, saying, “Lie with me!” But he left his garment in her hand and fled and ran outside.(B)
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Genesis 37:26-28
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26 Then Judah said to his brothers, “What profit is it if we kill our brother and conceal his blood?(A) 27 Come, let us sell him to the Ishmaelites and not lay our hands on him, for he is our brother, our own flesh.” And his brothers agreed.(B) 28 When some Midianite traders passed by, they drew Joseph up, lifting him out of the pit, and sold him to the Ishmaelites for twenty pieces of silver. And they took Joseph to Egypt.(C)
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Genesis 14:13
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13 Then one who had escaped came and told Abram the Hebrew, who was living by the oaks[a] of Mamre the Amorite, brother of Eshcol and of Aner; these were allies of Abram.(A)
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- 14.13 Or terebinths
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