Genesis 42:21

Then they said to one another, “Surely we are being punished because of our brother. We saw his anguish when he pleaded with us, but we would not listen. That is why this distress has come upon us.”

Cross References (26)

  • Hosea 5:15 (4)

    Then I will return to My place until they admit their guilt and seek My face; in their affliction they will earnestly se

  • Genesis 37:23–28 (3)

    So when Joseph came to his brothers, they stripped him of his robe—the robe of many colors he was wearing—

  • Job 36:8–9 (3)

    And if men are bound with chains, caught in cords of affliction,

  • Mark 9:43–45 (3)

    If your hand causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life crippled than to have two hands and go in

  • Proverbs 1:27–28 (2)

    when your dread comes like a storm, and your destruction like a whirlwind, when distress and anguish overwhelm you.

  • Jeremiah 2:19 (2)

    Your own evil will discipline you; your own apostasies will reprimand you. Consider and realize how evil and bitter it i

  • Judges 1:7 (2)

    Then Adoni-bezek said, “Seventy kings with their thumbs and big toes cut off have gathered the scraps under my table. As

  • Luke 16:28 (2)

    for I have five brothers. Let him warn them, so that they will not also end up in this place of torment.’

  • Proverbs 21:13 (2)

    Whoever shuts his ears to the cry of the poor, he too shall cry out and receive no answer.

  • Matthew 7:2 (2)

    For with the same judgment you pronounce, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.

  • James 2:13 (2)

    For judgment without mercy will be shown to anyone who has not been merciful. Mercy triumphs over judgment.

  • Jeremiah 2:17 (2)

    Have you not brought this on yourself by forsaking the LORD your God when He led you in the way?

  • Genesis 41:9 (2)

    Then the chief cupbearer said to Pharaoh, “Today I recall my failures.

  • Mark 9:48 (2)

    where ‘their worm never dies, and the fire is never quenched.’

  • 1 John 1:9 (2)

    If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

  • Job 34:31–32 (2)

    Suppose someone says to God, ‘I have endured my punishment; I will offend no more.

  • 2 Samuel 12:13 (2)

    Then David said to Nathan, “I have sinned against the LORD.” “The LORD has taken away your sin,” Nathan replied. “You wi

  • Matthew 27:3–4 (2)

    When Judas, who had betrayed Him, saw that Jesus was condemned, he was filled with remorse and returned the thirty piece

  • 1 Kings 17:18 (2)

    “O man of God,” said the woman to Elijah, “what have you done to me? Have you come to remind me of my iniquity and cause

  • Numbers 32:23 (2)

    But if you do not do this, you will certainly sin against the LORD—and be assured that your sin will find you out.

  • Jeremiah 34:17 (2)

    Therefore this is what the LORD says: You have not obeyed Me; you have not proclaimed freedom, each man for his brother

  • Acts 19:18 (2)

    Many who had believed now came forward, confessing and disclosing their deeds.

  • Proverbs 24:11–12 (2)

    Rescue those being led away to death, and restrain those stumbling toward the slaughter.

  • Proverbs 28:17 (2)

    A man burdened by bloodguilt will flee into the Pit; let no one support him.

  • Jeremiah 4:18 (1)

    “Your ways and deeds have brought this upon you. This is your punishment; how bitter it is, because it pierces to the he

  • Job 33:27–28 (1)

    Then he sings before men with these words: ‘I have sinned and perverted what was right; yet I did not get what I deserve