Genesis 39:17 Cross References - NSB

¹⁷ She said: »That Hebrew slave of yours tried to rape me!

¹⁴ she called her household servants and said to them: »Look! My husband brought this Hebrew here to fool around with us. He came in and tried to go to bed with me. I screamed as loud as I could.

¹⁶ »Do not (lie) accuse anyone falsely.

¹ »Do not spread false rumors. Do not help a guilty person by offering false testimony.

¹⁷ Ahab saw Elijah. He said: »Is it you, Israel’s troublemaker?«

⁹ The letter she wrote is as follows: »Let a time of public sorrow be fixed, and put Naboth at the head of the people. ¹⁰ »Get two good-for-nothing persons to come before him and give witness that he has been cursing God and the king. Then take him out and have him stoned to death.« ¹¹ So the elders and nobles in authority in his town did as Jezebel said in the letter she sent them. ¹² They gave orders for a day of public sorrow and put Naboth at the head of the people. ¹³ The two good-for-nothing persons came in and took their seats before him and gave witness against Naboth, in front of the people. They said: »Naboth has been cursing God and the king.« Then they took him outside the town and had him stoned to death.

¹⁴ The wicked have drawn the sword and bent their bow to throw down the afflicted and the needy, to slay those who are upright in conduct.

³ This is because my enemy shouts at me and a wicked person persecutes me. They bring misery crashing down on me, and they attack me out of anger.

² O Jehovah, rescue me from lying lips and from a deceitful tongue. ³ You deceitful tongue, what can Jehovah give you? What more can he do for you? ⁴ He will give you a warrior's sharpened arrows and red-hot coals.

¹⁹ The lip of truth will be established forever. A lying tongue is only for a moment.

⁵ A false witness will not go unpunished. The liar will not escape.

⁹ A false witness will not go unpunished and the liar will perish.

⁶⁵ Then the high priest ripped his robes apart and said: »He has said evil against God! Why do we need more witnesses? You have heard his words of blasphemy!«