Genesis 39:10
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Although Potiphar’s wife spoke to Joseph day after day, he refused to go to bed with her or even be near her.”
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“Although Potiphar’s wife spoke to Joseph day after day, he refused to go to bed with her or even be near her.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And it came to pass, as she spake to Joseph day by day, that he hearkened not unto her, to lie by her, or to be with her.”
King James Version · Public Domain“And it came to pass, as she spake to Joseph day by day, that he hearkened not unto her, to lie by her, or to be with her.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“And it cometh to pass at her speaking unto Joseph day <FI>by<Fi> day, that he hath not hearkened unto her, to lie near her, to be with her;”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Genesis 39:10 — 19 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 39:8But he refused. “Look,” he said to his master’s wife, “with me here, my master does not concern himself with anything in his house, and he has entrusted everything he owns to my care.
- Proverbs 1:15my son, do not walk the road with them or set foot upon their path.
- Proverbs 2:16It will rescue you from the forbidden woman, from the stranger with seductive words
- Proverbs 5:3Though the lips of the forbidden woman drip honey and her speech is smoother than oil,
- Proverbs 5:8Keep your path far from her; do not go near the door of her house,
- Proverbs 6:25Do not lust in your heart for her beauty or let her captivate you with her eyes.
- Proverbs 7:5that they may keep you from the adulteress, from the stranger with seductive words.
- Proverbs 7:13She seizes him and kisses him; she brazenly says to him:
- Proverbs 9:14She sits at the door of her house, on a seat in the heights of the city,
- Proverbs 9:16“Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!” she says to him who lacks judgment.
- Proverbs 22:14The mouth of an adulteress is a deep pit; he who is under the wrath of the LORD will fall into it.
- Proverbs 23:27For a prostitute is a deep pit, and an adulteress is a narrow well.
- Proverbs 23:28Like a robber she lies in wait and multiplies the faithless among men.
- 1 Corinthians 6:18Flee from sexual immorality. Every other sin a man can commit is outside his body, but he who sins sexually sins against his own body.
- 1 Corinthians 15:33Do not be deceived: “Bad company corrupts good character.”
- 1 Thessalonians 5:22Abstain from every form of evil.
- 1 Timothy 5:14So I advise the younger widows to marry, have children, and manage their households, denying the adversary occasion for slander.
- 2 Timothy 2:22Flee from youthful passions and pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace, together with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart.
- 1 Peter 2:11Beloved, I urge you, as foreigners and exiles, to abstain from the desires of the flesh, which war against your soul.
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