Numbers 32:23

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“But if you do not do this, you will certainly sin against the LORD—and be assured that your sin will find you out.”

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BSBPD

“But if you do not do this, you will certainly sin against the LORD—and be assured that your sin will find you out.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“But if ye will not do so, behold, ye have sinned against the Lord: and be sure your sin will find you out.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“But if ye will not do so, behold, ye have sinned against Jehovah; and be sure your sin will find you out.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“`And if ye do not so, lo, ye have sinned against Jehovah, and know ye your sin, that it doth find you;”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Numbers 32:23 — 17 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Genesis 4:7If you do what is right, will you not be accepted? But if you refuse to do what is right, sin is crouching at your door; it desires you, but you must master it.”
  2. Genesis 44:16“What can we say to my lord?” Judah replied. “How can we plead? How can we justify ourselves? God has exposed the iniquity of your servants. We are now my lord’s slaves—both we and the one who was found with the cup.”
  3. Leviticus 26:14If, however, you fail to obey Me and to carry out all these commandments,
  4. Deuteronomy 28:15If, however, you do not obey the LORD your God by carefully following all His commandments and statutes I am giving you today, all these curses will come upon you and overtake you:
  5. 2 Samuel 3:39And I am weak this day, though anointed as king, and these men, the sons of Zeruiah, are too fierce for me. May the LORD repay the evildoer according to his evil!”
  6. 1 Kings 2:32The LORD will bring his bloodshed back upon his own head, for without the knowledge of my father David he struck down two men more righteous and better than he when he put to the sword Abner son of Ner, commander of Israel’s army, and Amasa son of Jether, commander of Judah’s army.
  7. 1 Kings 2:33Their blood will come back upon the heads of Joab and his descendants forever; but for David, his descendants, his house, and his throne, there shall be peace from the LORD forever.”
  8. Psalms 90:8You have set our iniquities before You, our secret sins in the light of Your presence.
  9. Psalms 139:11If I say, “Surely the darkness will hide me, and the light become night around me”—
  10. Psalms 140:11May no slanderer be established in the land; may calamity hunt down the man of violence.
  11. Proverbs 13:21Disaster pursues sinners, but prosperity is the reward of the righteous.
  12. Proverbs 24:16For though a righteous man may fall seven times, he still gets up; but the wicked stumble in bad times.
  13. Isaiah 3:11Woe to the wicked; disaster is upon them! For they will be repaid with what their hands have done.
  14. Isaiah 59:1Surely the arm of the LORD is not too short to save, nor His ear too dull to hear.
  15. Isaiah 59:12For our transgressions are multiplied before You, and our sins testify against us. Our transgressions are indeed with us, and we know our iniquities:
  16. Romans 2:9There will be trouble and distress for every human being who does evil, first for the Jew, then for the Greek;
  17. 1 Corinthians 4:5Therefore judge nothing before the appointed time; wait until the Lord comes. He will bring to light what is hidden in darkness and will expose the motives of men’s hearts. At that time each will receive his praise from God.

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