Genesis 20:6

Then God said to Abimelech in the dream, “Yes, I know that you did this with a clear conscience, and so I have kept you from sinning against Me. That is why I did not let you touch her.

Cross References (19)

  • 1 Samuel 25:34 (8)

    Otherwise, as surely as the LORD, the God of Israel, lives, who has restrained me from harming you, if you had not come

  • Proverbs 21:1 (7)

    The king’s heart is a waterway in the hand of the LORD; He directs it where He pleases.

  • 1 Samuel 25:26 (7)

    Now, my lord, as surely as the LORD lives and you yourself live, since the LORD has held you back from bloodshed and fro

  • Genesis 35:5 (6)

    As they set out, a terror from God fell over the surrounding cities, so that they did not pursue Jacob’s sons.

  • Genesis 31:7 (6)

    And although he has cheated me and changed my wages ten times, God has not allowed him to harm me.

  • 2 Thessalonians 2:7 (4)

    For the mystery of lawlessness is already at work, but the one who now restrains it will continue until he is taken out

  • Exodus 34:24 (4)

    For I will drive out the nations before you and enlarge your borders, and no one will covet your land when you go up thr

  • Psalms 84:11 (4)

    For the LORD God is a sun and a shield; the LORD gives grace and glory; He withholds no good thing from those who walk w

  • 2 Corinthians 6:17 (3)

    “Therefore come out from among them and be separate, says the Lord. Touch no unclean thing, and I will receive you.”

  • Psalms 51:4 (3)

    Against You, You only, have I sinned and done what is evil in Your sight, so that You may be proved right when You speak

  • Genesis 39:9 (3)

    No one in this house is greater than I am. He has withheld nothing from me except you, because you are his wife. So how

  • Psalms 81:12 (3)

    So I gave them up to their stubborn hearts to follow their own devices.

  • Genesis 20:18 (3)

    for on account of Abraham’s wife Sarah, the LORD had completely closed all the wombs in Abimelech’s household.

  • 1 Corinthians 7:1 (2)

    Now for the matters you wrote about: It is good to abstain from sexual relations.

  • Leviticus 6:2 (2)

    “If someone sins and acts unfaithfully against the LORD by deceiving his neighbor in regard to a deposit or security ent

  • 2 Thessalonians 2:11 (2)

    For this reason God will send them a powerful delusion so that they believe the lie,

  • Hosea 2:6–7 (2)

    Therefore, behold, I will hedge up her path with thorns; I will enclose her with a wall, so she cannot find her way.

  • Genesis 3:3 (1)

    but about the fruit of the tree in the middle of the garden, God has said, ‘You must not eat of it or touch it, or you w

  • Genesis 26:11 (1)

    So Abimelech warned all the people, saying, “Whoever harms this man or his wife will surely be put to death.”