Romans 3:7 Someone might argue, “When I lie, it becomes clearer that God is truthful. It makes his glory shine more brightly. Why then does he find me guilty of sin?”

3:7 NIrV

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New International Reader's Version - Someone might argue, “When I lie, it becomes clearer that God is truthful. It makes his glory shine more brightly. Why then does he find me guilty of sin?”
新标点和合本 - 若　神的真实，因我的虚谎越发显出他的荣耀，为什么我还受审判，好像罪人呢？
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 若上帝的真实因我的虚谎越发显出他的荣耀，为什么我还像罪人一样受审判呢？
和合本2010（神版-简体） - 若　神的真实因我的虚谎越发显出他的荣耀，为什么我还像罪人一样受审判呢？
当代译本 - 也许有人说：“如果我们的虚谎凸显出上帝的真实，增加祂的荣耀，为什么祂还要把我们当作罪人审判呢？”
圣经新译本 - 但是　神的诚实，如果因我的虚谎而更加显出他的荣耀来，为什么我还要像罪人一样受审判呢？
中文标准译本 - 那么，如果神的真实因我的虚谎使他的荣耀更加丰盛，为什么我还要像罪人一样被定罪呢？
现代标点和合本 - 若神的真实因我的虚谎越发显出他的荣耀，为什么我还受审判，好像罪人呢？
和合本（拼音版） - 若上帝的真实，因我的虚谎越发显出他的荣耀，为什么我还受审判，好像罪人呢？
New International Version - Someone might argue, “If my falsehood enhances God’s truthfulness and so increases his glory, why am I still condemned as a sinner?”
English Standard Version - But if through my lie God’s truth abounds to his glory, why am I still being condemned as a sinner?
New Living Translation - “But,” someone might still argue, “how can God condemn me as a sinner if my dishonesty highlights his truthfulness and brings him more glory?”
The Message - It’s simply perverse to say, “If my lies serve to show off God’s truth all the more gloriously, why blame me? I’m doing God a favor.” Some people are actually trying to put such words in our mouths, claiming that we go around saying, “The more evil we do, the more good God does, so let’s just do it!” That’s pure slander, as I’m sure you’ll agree.
Christian Standard Bible - But if by my lie God’s truth abounds to his glory, why am I also still being judged as a sinner?
New American Standard Bible - But if through my lie the truth of God abounded to His glory, why am I also still being judged as a sinner?
New King James Version - For if the truth of God has increased through my lie to His glory, why am I also still judged as a sinner?
Amplified Bible - But [as you might say] if through my lie God’s truth was magnified and abounded to His glory, why am I still being judged as a sinner?
American Standard Version - But if the truth of God through my lie abounded unto his glory, why am I also still judged as a sinner?
King James Version - For if the truth of God hath more abounded through my lie unto his glory; why yet am I also judged as a sinner?
New English Translation - For if by my lie the truth of God enhances his glory, why am I still actually being judged as a sinner?
World English Bible - For if the truth of God through my lie abounded to his glory, why am I also still judged as a sinner?
新標點和合本 - 若神的真實，因我的虛謊越發顯出他的榮耀，為甚麼我還受審判，好像罪人呢？
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 若上帝的真實因我的虛謊越發顯出他的榮耀，為甚麼我還像罪人一樣受審判呢？
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 若　神的真實因我的虛謊越發顯出他的榮耀，為甚麼我還像罪人一樣受審判呢？
當代譯本 - 也許有人說：「如果我們的虛謊凸顯出上帝的真實，增加祂的榮耀，為什麼祂還要把我們當作罪人審判呢？」
聖經新譯本 - 但是　神的誠實，如果因我的虛謊而更加顯出他的榮耀來，為甚麼我還要像罪人一樣受審判呢？
呂振中譯本 - 但上帝的真實如果因我的虛假越發彰顯他的榮耀來，為甚麼我還被斷為罪人呢？
中文標準譯本 - 那麼，如果神的真實因我的虛謊使他的榮耀更加豐盛，為什麼我還要像罪人一樣被定罪呢？
現代標點和合本 - 若神的真實因我的虛謊越發顯出他的榮耀，為什麼我還受審判，好像罪人呢？
文理和合譯本 - 若上帝之誠、因我之偽而益致其榮、則我何仍見鞫如罪人乎、
文理委辦譯本 - 曰、若我之偽、益彰上帝之誠以致其榮、則我何反見擬如罪人乎、
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 若天主之真、因我之偽、而愈顯以致其榮、則我何又見擬如罪人乎、
吳經熊文理聖詠與新經全集 - 曰：今夫天主之真、既賴吾人之偽、而發揚光大、則吾之被判為罪人、不亦枉乎？
Nueva Versión Internacional - Alguien podría objetar: «Si mi mentira destaca la verdad de Dios y así aumenta su gloria, ¿por qué todavía se me juzga como pecador?
현대인의 성경 - 또 어떤 사람들은 “나의 거짓말로 하나님의 진리가 더욱 드러나서 그분께 영광이 되었다면 왜 내가 죄인 취급을 받아야 하느냐?” 고 주장하고 있습니다.
Новый Русский Перевод - Но если моя ложь делает ярче истину Божью и, таким образом, умножает Его славу, то почему же я судим как грешник?
Восточный перевод - Но если моя ложь делает ярче истину Всевышнего и, таким образом, умножает Его славу, то почему же я судим как грешник?
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Но если моя ложь делает ярче истину Аллаха и, таким образом, умножает Его славу, то почему же я судим как грешник?
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Но если моя ложь делает ярче истину Всевышнего и, таким образом, умножает Его славу, то почему же я судим как грешник?
La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Ou, dira-t-on encore, si mon mensonge fait d’autant mieux éclater que Dieu est véridique et contribue ainsi à sa gloire, pourquoi serais-je encore condamné comme pécheur ?
リビングバイブル - もし、私がうそをついたとします。それによって神の真実がはっきりと際立ち、私の不真実が、かえって神の栄光を輝かしたとしたら、神は私を罪人としてさばくことなどできなくなってしまいます。
Nestle Aland 28 - εἰ δὲ ἡ ἀλήθεια τοῦ θεοῦ ἐν τῷ ἐμῷ ψεύσματι ἐπερίσσευσεν εἰς τὴν δόξαν αὐτοῦ, τί ἔτι κἀγὼ ὡς ἁμαρτωλὸς κρίνομαι;
unfoldingWord® Greek New Testament - εἰ δὲ ἡ ἀλήθεια τοῦ Θεοῦ ἐν τῷ ἐμῷ ψεύσματι ἐπερίσσευσεν εἰς τὴν δόξαν αὐτοῦ, τί ἔτι κἀγὼ ὡς ἁμαρτωλὸς κρίνομαι?
Nova Versão Internacional - Alguém pode alegar ainda: “Se a minha mentira ressalta a veracidade de Deus, aumentando assim a sua glória, por que sou condenado como pecador?”
Hoffnung für alle - Aber fragen wir noch einmal: Wie kann Gott mich als Sünder ansehen und verurteilen, wenn doch erst durch meine Falschheit seine Wahrheit in ihrer ganzen Größe aufstrahlt?
Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Cũng theo lập luận trên, có người thắc mắc: nếu sự lừa dối của tôi làm sáng tỏ đức chân thật của Đức Chúa Trời, sao tôi còn bị Ngài xét xử như người có tội?
พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - บางคนอาจแย้งว่า “ในเมื่อความอสัตย์ของข้าพเจ้าทำให้เห็นความสัตย์จริงของพระเจ้าเด่นชัดยิ่งขึ้น ดังนั้นจึงเป็นการเพิ่มพูนพระเกียรติสิริของพระองค์ แล้วทำไมข้าพเจ้ายังถูกตัดสินลงโทษว่าเป็นคนบาปเล่า?”
พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - แต่ถ้าการมดเท็จของข้าพเจ้าทำให้ความสัตย์จริงของพระเจ้าปรากฏชัดยิ่งขึ้น และเพิ่มพูนพระบารมีของพระองค์แล้ว ทำไมข้าพเจ้าจึงยังถูกกล่าวโทษเช่นคนบาปเล่า

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Genesis 37:8 - His brothers said to him, “Do you plan to be king over us? Will you really rule over us?” So they hated him even more because of his dream. They didn’t like what he had said.
Genesis 37:9 - Then Joseph had another dream. He told it to his brothers. “Listen,” he said. “I had another dream. This time the sun and moon and 11 stars were bowing down to me.”
Exodus 3:19 - But I know that the king of Egypt will not let you and your people go. Only a mighty hand could make him do that.
Exodus 14:5 - The king of Egypt was told that the people had escaped. Then Pharaoh and his officials changed their minds about them. They said, “What have we done? We’ve let the people of Israel go! We’ve lost our slaves and all the work they used to do for us!”
Genesis 44:1 - Joseph told the manager of his house what to do. “Fill the men’s sacks with as much food as they can carry,” he said. “Put each man’s money in his sack.
Genesis 44:2 - Then put my silver cup in the youngest one’s sack. Put it there along with the money he paid for his grain.” So the manager did what Joseph told him to do.
Genesis 44:3 - When morning came, the men were sent on their way with their donkeys.
Genesis 44:4 - They hadn’t gone very far from the city when Joseph spoke to his manager. “Go after those men right away,” he said. “Catch up with them. Say to them, ‘My master was good to you. Why have you paid him back by doing evil?
Genesis 44:5 - Isn’t this the cup my master drinks from? Doesn’t he also use it to find things out? You have done an evil thing.’ ”
Genesis 44:6 - When the manager caught up with them, he told them what Joseph had said.
Genesis 44:7 - But they said to him, “Why do you say these things? We would never do anything like that!
Genesis 44:8 - We even brought back to you from Canaan the money we found in our sacks. So why would we steal silver or gold from your master’s house?
Genesis 44:9 - If you find out that any of us has the cup, he will die. And the rest of us will become your slaves.”
Genesis 44:10 - “All right, then,” he said. “As you wish. The one found to have the cup will become my slave. But the rest of you will not be blamed.”
Genesis 44:11 - Each of them quickly put his sack down on the ground and opened it.
Genesis 44:12 - Then the manager started to search. He began with the oldest and ended with the youngest. The cup was found in Benjamin’s sack.
Genesis 44:13 - When that happened, they were so upset they tore their clothes. Then all of them loaded their donkeys and went back to the city.
Genesis 44:14 - Joseph was still in the house when Judah and his brothers came in. They threw themselves down on the ground in front of him.
Genesis 50:18 - Then his brothers came and threw themselves down in front of him. “We are your slaves,” they said.
Genesis 50:19 - But Joseph said to them, “Don’t be afraid. Do you think I’m God?
Genesis 50:20 - You planned to harm me. But God planned it for good. He planned to do what is now being done. He wanted to save many lives.
Genesis 37:20 - “Come. Let’s kill him. Let’s throw him into one of these empty wells. Let’s say that a wild animal ate him up. Then we’ll see whether his dreams will come true.”
Exodus 14:30 - That day the Lord saved Israel from the power of Egypt. The Israelites saw the Egyptians lying dead on the shore.
1 Kings 13:17 - I’ve received a message from the Lord. He told me, ‘Do not eat bread or drink water there. Do not return the same way you came.’ ”
1 Kings 13:18 - The old prophet answered, “I’m also a prophet, just like you. An angel gave me a message from the Lord. The message said, ‘Bring the man of God back with you to your house. Then he can eat bread and drink water with you.’ ” But the old prophet was telling him a lie.
Romans 9:19 - One of you will say to me, “Then why does God still blame us? Who can oppose what he wants to do?”
Romans 9:20 - But you are a mere human being. So who are you to talk back to God? Scripture says, “Can what is made say to the one who made it, ‘Why did you make me like this?’ ” ( Isaiah 29:16 ; 45:9 )
Acts 13:27 - The people of Jerusalem and their rulers did not recognize Jesus. By finding him guilty, they made the prophets’ words come true. These are read every Sabbath day.
Acts 13:28 - The people and their rulers had no reason at all for sentencing Jesus to death. But they asked Pilate to have him killed.
Acts 13:29 - They did everything that had been written about Jesus. Then they took him down from the cross. They laid him in a tomb.
Matthew 26:34 - “What I’m about to tell you is true,” Jesus answered. “It will happen tonight. Before the rooster crows, you will say three times that you don’t know me.”
1 Kings 13:26 - The prophet who had brought the man back from his journey heard about what had happened. He said, “It’s the man of God. He didn’t do what the Lord told him to do. So the Lord has given him over to the lion. The lion has attacked him and killed him. Everything has happened just as the Lord’s message had warned him it would.”
1 Kings 13:27 - The old prophet said to his sons, “Put a saddle on the donkey for me.” So they did.
1 Kings 13:28 - Then he went out. He found the body of the man of God lying on the road. The donkey and the lion were standing beside it. The lion hadn’t eaten the body. It hadn’t attacked the donkey either.
1 Kings 13:29 - So the prophet picked up the man’s body. He put it on the donkey. He brought it back to his own city. He wanted to mourn for him and bury him.
1 Kings 13:30 - Then he placed the body in his own tomb. People mourned for him. They said, “Oh, no, my friend! My dear friend!”
1 Kings 13:31 - After the old prophet had buried the man of God, he spoke to his sons. He said, “When I die, bury me in the grave where the man of God is buried. Put my bones next to his bones.
1 Kings 13:32 - I want you to do that because he announced a message from the Lord. He spoke against the altar in Bethel. He also spoke against all the temples that are on the high places. They are in the towns of Samaria. What the man of God said will certainly come true.”
Isaiah 10:6 - I will send them against the ungodly nation of Judah. I will order them to fight against my own people. My people make me angry. I will order Assyria to take their goods and carry them away. I will order Assyria to walk on my people as if they were walking on mud.
Isaiah 10:7 - But that is not what the king of Assyria plans. It is not what he has in mind. His purpose is to destroy many nations. His purpose is to put an end to them.
Acts 2:23 - Long ago God planned that Jesus would be handed over to you. With the help of evil people, you put Jesus to death. You nailed him to the cross.
2 Kings 8:10 - Elisha answered, “Go and tell him, ‘Yes. You will get well again.’ But the Lord has shown me that he will in fact die.”
2 Kings 8:11 - Elisha stared at him without looking away. He did it until Hazael felt uncomfortable. Then the man of God began to weep.
2 Kings 8:12 - “Why are you weeping?” asked Hazael. “Because I know how much harm you will do to the people of Israel,” Elisha answered. “You will set fire to their cities that have high walls around them. You will kill their young men with your swords. You will smash their little children on the ground. You will rip open their pregnant women.”
2 Kings 8:13 - Hazael said, “How could I possibly do a thing like that? I’m nothing but a dog. I don’t have that kind of power.” “You will become king of Aram,” Elisha answered. “That’s what the Lord has shown me.”
2 Kings 8:14 - Then Hazael left Elisha and returned to his master. Ben-Hadad asked, “What did Elisha say to you?” Hazael replied, “He told me you would get well again.”
2 Kings 8:15 - But the next day Hazael got a thick cloth. He soaked it in water. He spread it over the king’s face. He held it there until the king died. Then Hazael became the next king after him.
Matthew 26:69 - Peter was sitting out in the courtyard. A female servant came to him. “You also were with Jesus of Galilee,” she said.
Matthew 26:70 - But in front of all of them, Peter said he was not. “I don’t know what you’re talking about,” he said.
Matthew 26:71 - Then he went out to the gate leading into the courtyard. There another servant saw him. She said to the people, “This fellow was with Jesus of Nazareth.”
Matthew 26:72 - Again he said he was not. With a curse he said, “I don’t know the man!”
Matthew 26:73 - After a little while, those standing there went up to Peter. “You must be one of them,” they said. “The way you talk gives you away.”
Matthew 26:74 - Then Peter began to curse and said to them, “I don’t know the man!” Right away a rooster crowed.
Matthew 26:75 - Then Peter remembered what Jesus had said. “The rooster will crow,” Jesus had told him. “Before it does, you will say three times that you don’t know me.” Peter went outside. He broke down and cried.
Romans 3:4 - Not at all! God is true, even if every human being is a liar. It is written, “You are right when you sentence me. You are fair when you judge me.” ( Psalm 51:4 )

逐節對照

交叉引用

New International Reader's Version - Someone might argue, “When I lie, it becomes clearer that God is truthful. It makes his glory shine more brightly. Why then does he find me guilty of sin?”
新标点和合本 - 若　神的真实，因我的虚谎越发显出他的荣耀，为什么我还受审判，好像罪人呢？
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 若上帝的真实因我的虚谎越发显出他的荣耀，为什么我还像罪人一样受审判呢？
和合本2010（神版-简体） - 若　神的真实因我的虚谎越发显出他的荣耀，为什么我还像罪人一样受审判呢？
当代译本 - 也许有人说：“如果我们的虚谎凸显出上帝的真实，增加祂的荣耀，为什么祂还要把我们当作罪人审判呢？”
圣经新译本 - 但是　神的诚实，如果因我的虚谎而更加显出他的荣耀来，为什么我还要像罪人一样受审判呢？
中文标准译本 - 那么，如果神的真实因我的虚谎使他的荣耀更加丰盛，为什么我还要像罪人一样被定罪呢？
现代标点和合本 - 若神的真实因我的虚谎越发显出他的荣耀，为什么我还受审判，好像罪人呢？
和合本（拼音版） - 若上帝的真实，因我的虚谎越发显出他的荣耀，为什么我还受审判，好像罪人呢？
New International Version - Someone might argue, “If my falsehood enhances God’s truthfulness and so increases his glory, why am I still condemned as a sinner?”
English Standard Version - But if through my lie God’s truth abounds to his glory, why am I still being condemned as a sinner?
New Living Translation - “But,” someone might still argue, “how can God condemn me as a sinner if my dishonesty highlights his truthfulness and brings him more glory?”
The Message - It’s simply perverse to say, “If my lies serve to show off God’s truth all the more gloriously, why blame me? I’m doing God a favor.” Some people are actually trying to put such words in our mouths, claiming that we go around saying, “The more evil we do, the more good God does, so let’s just do it!” That’s pure slander, as I’m sure you’ll agree.
Christian Standard Bible - But if by my lie God’s truth abounds to his glory, why am I also still being judged as a sinner?
New American Standard Bible - But if through my lie the truth of God abounded to His glory, why am I also still being judged as a sinner?
New King James Version - For if the truth of God has increased through my lie to His glory, why am I also still judged as a sinner?
Amplified Bible - But [as you might say] if through my lie God’s truth was magnified and abounded to His glory, why am I still being judged as a sinner?
American Standard Version - But if the truth of God through my lie abounded unto his glory, why am I also still judged as a sinner?
King James Version - For if the truth of God hath more abounded through my lie unto his glory; why yet am I also judged as a sinner?
New English Translation - For if by my lie the truth of God enhances his glory, why am I still actually being judged as a sinner?
World English Bible - For if the truth of God through my lie abounded to his glory, why am I also still judged as a sinner?
新標點和合本 - 若神的真實，因我的虛謊越發顯出他的榮耀，為甚麼我還受審判，好像罪人呢？
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 若上帝的真實因我的虛謊越發顯出他的榮耀，為甚麼我還像罪人一樣受審判呢？
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 若　神的真實因我的虛謊越發顯出他的榮耀，為甚麼我還像罪人一樣受審判呢？
當代譯本 - 也許有人說：「如果我們的虛謊凸顯出上帝的真實，增加祂的榮耀，為什麼祂還要把我們當作罪人審判呢？」
聖經新譯本 - 但是　神的誠實，如果因我的虛謊而更加顯出他的榮耀來，為甚麼我還要像罪人一樣受審判呢？
呂振中譯本 - 但上帝的真實如果因我的虛假越發彰顯他的榮耀來，為甚麼我還被斷為罪人呢？
中文標準譯本 - 那麼，如果神的真實因我的虛謊使他的榮耀更加豐盛，為什麼我還要像罪人一樣被定罪呢？
現代標點和合本 - 若神的真實因我的虛謊越發顯出他的榮耀，為什麼我還受審判，好像罪人呢？
文理和合譯本 - 若上帝之誠、因我之偽而益致其榮、則我何仍見鞫如罪人乎、
文理委辦譯本 - 曰、若我之偽、益彰上帝之誠以致其榮、則我何反見擬如罪人乎、
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 若天主之真、因我之偽、而愈顯以致其榮、則我何又見擬如罪人乎、
吳經熊文理聖詠與新經全集 - 曰：今夫天主之真、既賴吾人之偽、而發揚光大、則吾之被判為罪人、不亦枉乎？
Nueva Versión Internacional - Alguien podría objetar: «Si mi mentira destaca la verdad de Dios y así aumenta su gloria, ¿por qué todavía se me juzga como pecador?
현대인의 성경 - 또 어떤 사람들은 “나의 거짓말로 하나님의 진리가 더욱 드러나서 그분께 영광이 되었다면 왜 내가 죄인 취급을 받아야 하느냐?” 고 주장하고 있습니다.
Новый Русский Перевод - Но если моя ложь делает ярче истину Божью и, таким образом, умножает Его славу, то почему же я судим как грешник?
Восточный перевод - Но если моя ложь делает ярче истину Всевышнего и, таким образом, умножает Его славу, то почему же я судим как грешник?
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Но если моя ложь делает ярче истину Аллаха и, таким образом, умножает Его славу, то почему же я судим как грешник?
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Но если моя ложь делает ярче истину Всевышнего и, таким образом, умножает Его славу, то почему же я судим как грешник?
La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Ou, dira-t-on encore, si mon mensonge fait d’autant mieux éclater que Dieu est véridique et contribue ainsi à sa gloire, pourquoi serais-je encore condamné comme pécheur ?
リビングバイブル - もし、私がうそをついたとします。それによって神の真実がはっきりと際立ち、私の不真実が、かえって神の栄光を輝かしたとしたら、神は私を罪人としてさばくことなどできなくなってしまいます。
Nestle Aland 28 - εἰ δὲ ἡ ἀλήθεια τοῦ θεοῦ ἐν τῷ ἐμῷ ψεύσματι ἐπερίσσευσεν εἰς τὴν δόξαν αὐτοῦ, τί ἔτι κἀγὼ ὡς ἁμαρτωλὸς κρίνομαι;
unfoldingWord® Greek New Testament - εἰ δὲ ἡ ἀλήθεια τοῦ Θεοῦ ἐν τῷ ἐμῷ ψεύσματι ἐπερίσσευσεν εἰς τὴν δόξαν αὐτοῦ, τί ἔτι κἀγὼ ὡς ἁμαρτωλὸς κρίνομαι?
Nova Versão Internacional - Alguém pode alegar ainda: “Se a minha mentira ressalta a veracidade de Deus, aumentando assim a sua glória, por que sou condenado como pecador?”
Hoffnung für alle - Aber fragen wir noch einmal: Wie kann Gott mich als Sünder ansehen und verurteilen, wenn doch erst durch meine Falschheit seine Wahrheit in ihrer ganzen Größe aufstrahlt?
Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Cũng theo lập luận trên, có người thắc mắc: nếu sự lừa dối của tôi làm sáng tỏ đức chân thật của Đức Chúa Trời, sao tôi còn bị Ngài xét xử như người có tội?
พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - บางคนอาจแย้งว่า “ในเมื่อความอสัตย์ของข้าพเจ้าทำให้เห็นความสัตย์จริงของพระเจ้าเด่นชัดยิ่งขึ้น ดังนั้นจึงเป็นการเพิ่มพูนพระเกียรติสิริของพระองค์ แล้วทำไมข้าพเจ้ายังถูกตัดสินลงโทษว่าเป็นคนบาปเล่า?”
พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - แต่ถ้าการมดเท็จของข้าพเจ้าทำให้ความสัตย์จริงของพระเจ้าปรากฏชัดยิ่งขึ้น และเพิ่มพูนพระบารมีของพระองค์แล้ว ทำไมข้าพเจ้าจึงยังถูกกล่าวโทษเช่นคนบาปเล่า

Genesis 37:8 - His brothers said to him, “Do you plan to be king over us? Will you really rule over us?” So they hated him even more because of his dream. They didn’t like what he had said.
Genesis 37:9 - Then Joseph had another dream. He told it to his brothers. “Listen,” he said. “I had another dream. This time the sun and moon and 11 stars were bowing down to me.”
Exodus 3:19 - But I know that the king of Egypt will not let you and your people go. Only a mighty hand could make him do that.
Exodus 14:5 - The king of Egypt was told that the people had escaped. Then Pharaoh and his officials changed their minds about them. They said, “What have we done? We’ve let the people of Israel go! We’ve lost our slaves and all the work they used to do for us!”
Genesis 44:1 - Joseph told the manager of his house what to do. “Fill the men’s sacks with as much food as they can carry,” he said. “Put each man’s money in his sack.
Genesis 44:2 - Then put my silver cup in the youngest one’s sack. Put it there along with the money he paid for his grain.” So the manager did what Joseph told him to do.
Genesis 44:3 - When morning came, the men were sent on their way with their donkeys.
Genesis 44:4 - They hadn’t gone very far from the city when Joseph spoke to his manager. “Go after those men right away,” he said. “Catch up with them. Say to them, ‘My master was good to you. Why have you paid him back by doing evil?
Genesis 44:5 - Isn’t this the cup my master drinks from? Doesn’t he also use it to find things out? You have done an evil thing.’ ”
Genesis 44:6 - When the manager caught up with them, he told them what Joseph had said.
Genesis 44:7 - But they said to him, “Why do you say these things? We would never do anything like that!
Genesis 44:8 - We even brought back to you from Canaan the money we found in our sacks. So why would we steal silver or gold from your master’s house?
Genesis 44:9 - If you find out that any of us has the cup, he will die. And the rest of us will become your slaves.”
Genesis 44:10 - “All right, then,” he said. “As you wish. The one found to have the cup will become my slave. But the rest of you will not be blamed.”
Genesis 44:11 - Each of them quickly put his sack down on the ground and opened it.
Genesis 44:12 - Then the manager started to search. He began with the oldest and ended with the youngest. The cup was found in Benjamin’s sack.
Genesis 44:13 - When that happened, they were so upset they tore their clothes. Then all of them loaded their donkeys and went back to the city.
Genesis 44:14 - Joseph was still in the house when Judah and his brothers came in. They threw themselves down on the ground in front of him.
Genesis 50:18 - Then his brothers came and threw themselves down in front of him. “We are your slaves,” they said.
Genesis 50:19 - But Joseph said to them, “Don’t be afraid. Do you think I’m God?
Genesis 50:20 - You planned to harm me. But God planned it for good. He planned to do what is now being done. He wanted to save many lives.
Genesis 37:20 - “Come. Let’s kill him. Let’s throw him into one of these empty wells. Let’s say that a wild animal ate him up. Then we’ll see whether his dreams will come true.”
Exodus 14:30 - That day the Lord saved Israel from the power of Egypt. The Israelites saw the Egyptians lying dead on the shore.
1 Kings 13:17 - I’ve received a message from the Lord. He told me, ‘Do not eat bread or drink water there. Do not return the same way you came.’ ”
1 Kings 13:18 - The old prophet answered, “I’m also a prophet, just like you. An angel gave me a message from the Lord. The message said, ‘Bring the man of God back with you to your house. Then he can eat bread and drink water with you.’ ” But the old prophet was telling him a lie.
Romans 9:19 - One of you will say to me, “Then why does God still blame us? Who can oppose what he wants to do?”
Romans 9:20 - But you are a mere human being. So who are you to talk back to God? Scripture says, “Can what is made say to the one who made it, ‘Why did you make me like this?’ ” ( Isaiah 29:16 ; 45:9 )
Acts 13:27 - The people of Jerusalem and their rulers did not recognize Jesus. By finding him guilty, they made the prophets’ words come true. These are read every Sabbath day.
Acts 13:28 - The people and their rulers had no reason at all for sentencing Jesus to death. But they asked Pilate to have him killed.
Acts 13:29 - They did everything that had been written about Jesus. Then they took him down from the cross. They laid him in a tomb.
Matthew 26:34 - “What I’m about to tell you is true,” Jesus answered. “It will happen tonight. Before the rooster crows, you will say three times that you don’t know me.”
1 Kings 13:26 - The prophet who had brought the man back from his journey heard about what had happened. He said, “It’s the man of God. He didn’t do what the Lord told him to do. So the Lord has given him over to the lion. The lion has attacked him and killed him. Everything has happened just as the Lord’s message had warned him it would.”
1 Kings 13:27 - The old prophet said to his sons, “Put a saddle on the donkey for me.” So they did.
1 Kings 13:28 - Then he went out. He found the body of the man of God lying on the road. The donkey and the lion were standing beside it. The lion hadn’t eaten the body. It hadn’t attacked the donkey either.
1 Kings 13:29 - So the prophet picked up the man’s body. He put it on the donkey. He brought it back to his own city. He wanted to mourn for him and bury him.
1 Kings 13:30 - Then he placed the body in his own tomb. People mourned for him. They said, “Oh, no, my friend! My dear friend!”
1 Kings 13:31 - After the old prophet had buried the man of God, he spoke to his sons. He said, “When I die, bury me in the grave where the man of God is buried. Put my bones next to his bones.
1 Kings 13:32 - I want you to do that because he announced a message from the Lord. He spoke against the altar in Bethel. He also spoke against all the temples that are on the high places. They are in the towns of Samaria. What the man of God said will certainly come true.”
Isaiah 10:6 - I will send them against the ungodly nation of Judah. I will order them to fight against my own people. My people make me angry. I will order Assyria to take their goods and carry them away. I will order Assyria to walk on my people as if they were walking on mud.
Isaiah 10:7 - But that is not what the king of Assyria plans. It is not what he has in mind. His purpose is to destroy many nations. His purpose is to put an end to them.
Acts 2:23 - Long ago God planned that Jesus would be handed over to you. With the help of evil people, you put Jesus to death. You nailed him to the cross.
2 Kings 8:10 - Elisha answered, “Go and tell him, ‘Yes. You will get well again.’ But the Lord has shown me that he will in fact die.”
2 Kings 8:11 - Elisha stared at him without looking away. He did it until Hazael felt uncomfortable. Then the man of God began to weep.
2 Kings 8:12 - “Why are you weeping?” asked Hazael. “Because I know how much harm you will do to the people of Israel,” Elisha answered. “You will set fire to their cities that have high walls around them. You will kill their young men with your swords. You will smash their little children on the ground. You will rip open their pregnant women.”
2 Kings 8:13 - Hazael said, “How could I possibly do a thing like that? I’m nothing but a dog. I don’t have that kind of power.” “You will become king of Aram,” Elisha answered. “That’s what the Lord has shown me.”
2 Kings 8:14 - Then Hazael left Elisha and returned to his master. Ben-Hadad asked, “What did Elisha say to you?” Hazael replied, “He told me you would get well again.”
2 Kings 8:15 - But the next day Hazael got a thick cloth. He soaked it in water. He spread it over the king’s face. He held it there until the king died. Then Hazael became the next king after him.
Matthew 26:69 - Peter was sitting out in the courtyard. A female servant came to him. “You also were with Jesus of Galilee,” she said.
Matthew 26:70 - But in front of all of them, Peter said he was not. “I don’t know what you’re talking about,” he said.
Matthew 26:71 - Then he went out to the gate leading into the courtyard. There another servant saw him. She said to the people, “This fellow was with Jesus of Nazareth.”
Matthew 26:72 - Again he said he was not. With a curse he said, “I don’t know the man!”
Matthew 26:73 - After a little while, those standing there went up to Peter. “You must be one of them,” they said. “The way you talk gives you away.”
Matthew 26:74 - Then Peter began to curse and said to them, “I don’t know the man!” Right away a rooster crowed.
Matthew 26:75 - Then Peter remembered what Jesus had said. “The rooster will crow,” Jesus had told him. “Before it does, you will say three times that you don’t know me.” Peter went outside. He broke down and cried.
Romans 3:4 - Not at all! God is true, even if every human being is a liar. It is written, “You are right when you sentence me. You are fair when you judge me.” ( Psalm 51:4 )