Genesis 20:5
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Didn’t Abraham tell me, ‘She is my sister’? And she herself said, ‘He is my brother.’ I have done this in the integrity of my heart and the innocence of my hands.””
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“Didn’t Abraham tell me, ‘She is my sister’? And she herself said, ‘He is my brother.’ I have done this in the integrity of my heart and the innocence of my hands.””
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“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.”
King James Version · Public Domain“Said he not himself unto me, She is my sister? and she, even she herself said, He is my brother: in the integrity of my heart and the innocency of my hands have I done this.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“hath not he himself said to me, She <FI>is<Fi> my sister! and she, even she herself, said, He <FI>is<Fi> my brother; in the integrity of my heart, and in the innocency of my hands, I have done this.'”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Genesis 20:5 — 18 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Joshua 22:22“The LORD, the Mighty One, is God! The LORD, the Mighty One, is God! He knows, and may Israel also know. If this was in rebellion or breach of faith against the LORD, do not spare us today.
- 1 Kings 9:4And as for you, if you walk before Me as your father David walked, with a heart of integrity and uprightness, doing all I have commanded you, and if you keep My statutes and ordinances,
- 2 Kings 20:3“Please, O LORD, remember how I have walked before You faithfully and with wholehearted devotion; I have done what was good in Your sight.” And Hezekiah wept bitterly.
- 1 Chronicles 29:17I know, my God, that You test the heart and delight in uprightness. All these things I have given willingly and with an upright heart, and now I have seen Your people who are present here giving joyfully and willingly to You.
- Job 33:9‘I am pure, without transgression; I am clean, with no iniquity in me.
- Psalms 7:8The LORD judges the peoples; vindicate me, O LORD, according to my righteousness and integrity.
- Psalms 7:9Put an end to the evil of the wicked, but establish the righteous, O righteous God who searches hearts and minds.
- Psalms 24:4He who has clean hands and a pure heart, who does not lift up his soul to an idol or swear deceitfully.
- Psalms 25:21May integrity and uprightness preserve me, because I wait for You.
- Psalms 26:6I wash my hands in innocence that I may go about Your altar, O LORD,
- Psalms 73:13Surely in vain I have kept my heart pure; in innocence I have washed my hands.
- Psalms 78:72So David shepherded them with integrity of heart and guided them with skillful hands.
- Proverbs 11:3The integrity of the upright guides them, but the perversity of the faithless destroys them.
- Proverbs 20:7The righteous man walks with integrity; blessed are his children after him.
- Daniel 6:22My God sent His angel and shut the mouths of the lions. They have not hurt me, for I was found innocent in His sight, and I have done no wrong against you, O king.”
- 2 Corinthians 1:12And this is our boast: Our conscience testifies that we have conducted ourselves in the world, and especially in relation to you, in the holiness and sincerity that are from God—not in worldly wisdom, but in the grace of God.
- 1 Thessalonians 2:10You are witnesses, and so is God, of how holy, righteous, and blameless our conduct was among you who believed.
- 1 Timothy 1:13I was formerly a blasphemer, a persecutor, and a violent man; yet because I had acted in ignorance and unbelief, I was shown mercy.
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