Genesis 42:18
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“and on the third day he said to them, “I fear God. So do this and you will live:”
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“and on the third day he said to them, “I fear God. So do this and you will live:”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And Joseph said unto them the third day, This do, and live; for I fear God:”
King James Version · Public Domain“And Joseph said unto them the third day, This do, and live; for I fear God:”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“And Joseph saith unto them on the third day, `This do and live; God I fear!”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Genesis 42:18 — 8 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 20:11Abraham replied, “I thought to myself, ‘Surely there is no fear of God in this place. They will kill me on account of my wife.’
- Exodus 1:17The midwives, however, feared God and did not do as the king of Egypt had instructed; they let the boys live.
- Leviticus 25:17Do not take advantage of each other, but fear your God; for I am the LORD your God.
- Leviticus 25:43You are not to rule over them harshly, but you shall fear your God.
- Nehemiah 5:9So I continued, “What you are doing is not right. Shouldn’t you walk in the fear of our God to avoid the reproach of our foreign enemies?
- Nehemiah 5:15The governors before me had heavily burdened the people, taking from them bread and wine plus forty shekels of silver. Their servants also oppressed the people, but I did not do this because of my fear of God.
- Luke 18:2“In a certain town there was a judge who neither feared God nor respected men.
- Luke 18:4For a while he refused, but later he said to himself, ‘Though I neither fear God nor respect men,
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