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Genesis 38:16-18
So he turned aside to her by the road, and said,“ Here now, let me have relations with you”; for he did not know that she was his daughter in law. And she said,“ What will you give me, that you may have relations with me?”He said, therefore,“ I will send you a young goat from the flock.” She then said,“ Will you give a pledge until you send it?”He said,“ What pledge shall I give you?” And she said,“ Your seal and your cord, and your staff that is in your hand.” So he gave them to her and had relations with her, and she conceived by him.
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Hebrews 13:18
Pray for us, for we are sure that we have a good conscience, desiring to conduct ourselves honorably in all things.
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2 Samuel 20 20
Joab replied,“ Far be it, far be it from me that I would consume or destroy!
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Genesis 35:22
And it came about, while Israel was living in that land, that Reuben went and slept with his father’s concubine Bilhah, and Israel heard about it. Now there were twelve sons of Jacob—
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Ecclesiastes 7:1
A good name is better than good oil, And the day of one’s death is better than the day of one’s birth.
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Genesis 34:25-31
Now it came about on the third day, when they were in pain, that two of Jacob’s sons— Simeon and Levi, Dinah’s brothers— each took his sword and came upon the city undetected, and killed every male.They killed Hamor and his son Shechem with the edge of the sword, and took Dinah from Shechem’s house, and left.Jacob’s sons came upon those killed and looted the city, because they had defiled their sister.They took their flocks, their herds, and their donkeys, and that which was in the city and that which was in the field;and they captured and looted all their wealth and all their little ones and their wives, even everything that was in the houses.Then Jacob said to Simeon and Levi,“ You have brought trouble on me by making me repulsive among the inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanites and the Perizzites; and since my men are few in number, they will band together against me and attack me, and I will be destroyed, I and my household!”But they said,“ Should he treat our sister like a prostitute?”
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Proverbs 22:1
A good name is to be more desired than great wealth; Favor is better than silver and gold.
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Joshua 22:22-29
“ The Mighty One, God, the Lord, the Mighty One, God, the Lord! He knows, and may Israel itself know. If it was in rebellion, or if in an unfaithful act against the Lord, do not save us this day!If we have built us an altar to turn away from following the Lord, or if to offer a burnt offering or grain offering on it, or if to offer sacrifices of peace offerings on it, may the Lord Himself demand it.But truly we have done this out of concern, for a reason, saying,‘ In time to come your sons may say to our sons,“ What have you to do with the Lord, the God of Israel?For the Lord has made the Jordan a border between us and you, you sons of Reuben and sons of Gad; you have no portion in the Lord.” So your sons may make our sons stop fearing the Lord.’“ Therefore we said,‘ Let’s build an altar, not for burnt offering or for sacrifice;rather, it shall be a witness between us and you and between our generations after us, that we are to perform the service of the Lord before Him with our burnt offerings, our sacrifices, and with our peace offerings, so that your sons will not say to our sons in time to come,“ You have no portion in the Lord.” ’Therefore we said,‘ It shall also come about if they say this to us or to our generations in time to come, then we shall say,“ See the copy of the altar of the Lord which our fathers made, not for burnt offering or for sacrifice; rather, it is a witness between us and you.” ’Far be it from us that we should rebel against the Lord and turn away from following the Lord this day, by building an altar for burnt offering, for grain offering, or for sacrifice, besides the altar of the Lord our God which is before His tabernacle.”
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2 Kings 8 13
Then Hazael said,“ But what is your servant— a lowly dog— that he could do this great thing?” And Elisha answered,“ The Lord has shown me that you will be king over Aram.”
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Genesis 37:18-32
When they saw him from a distance, and before he came closer to them, they plotted against him to put him to death.They said to one another,“ Here comes this dreamer!Now then, come and let’s kill him, and throw him into one of the pits; and we will say,‘ A vicious animal devoured him.’ Then we will see what will become of his dreams!”But Reuben heard this and rescued him out of their hands by saying,“ Let’s not take his life.”Then Reuben said to them,“ Shed no blood. Throw him into this pit that is in the wilderness, but do not lay a hand on him”— so that later he might rescue him out of their hands, to return him to his father.So it came about, when Joseph reached his brothers, that they stripped Joseph of his tunic, the multicolored tunic that was on him;and they took him and threw him into the pit. Now the pit was empty, without any water in it.Then they sat down to eat a meal. But as they raised their eyes and looked, behold, a caravan of Ishmaelites was coming from Gilead, with their camels carrying labdanum resin, balsam, and myrrh, on their way to bring them down to Egypt.And Judah said to his brothers,“ What profit is it for us to kill our brother and cover up his blood?Come, and let’s sell him to the Ishmaelites and not lay our hands on him, for he is our brother, our own flesh.” And his brothers listened to him.Then some Midianite traders passed by, so they pulled him out and lifted Joseph out of the pit, and sold him to the Ishmaelites for twenty shekels of silver. So they brought Joseph into Egypt.Now Reuben returned to the pit, and behold, Joseph was not in the pit; so he tore his garments.He returned to his brothers and said,“ The boy is not there; as for me, where am I to go?”So they took Joseph’s tunic, and slaughtered a male goat, and dipped the tunic in the blood;and they sent the multicolored tunic and brought it to their father and said,“ We found this; please examine it to see whether it is your son’s tunic or not.”
