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And Joseph said unto them the third day, This do, and live; for I fear God:(Genesis 42:18)
If ye be true men, let one of your brethren be bound in the house of your prison: go ye, carry corn for the famine of your houses:(Genesis 42:19)
But bring your youngest brother unto me; so shall your words be verified, and ye shall not die. And they did so.(Genesis 42:20)
And they said one to another, We are verily guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the anguish of his soul, when he besought us, and we would not hear; therefore is this distress come upon us.
And Reuben answered them, saying, Spake I not unto you, saying, Do not sin against the child; and ye would not hear? therefore, behold, also his blood is required.(Genesis 42:22)
And they knew not that Joseph understood them; for he spake unto them by an interpreter.(Genesis 42:23)
And he turned himself about from them, and wept; and returned to them again, and communed with them, and took from them Simeon, and bound him before their eyes.(Genesis 42:24)

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Genesis 42:21 - Cross Reference

When your fear cometh as desolation, and your destruction cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish cometh upon you. (Proverbs 1:27)
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. (1 John 1:9)
If thou forbear to deliver them that are drawn unto death, and those that are ready to be slain; (Proverbs 24:11)
And if thy hand offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter into life maimed, than having two hands to go into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched: (Mark 9:43)
And David said unto Nathan, I have sinned against the LORD. And Nathan said unto David, The LORD also hath put away thy sin; thou shalt not die. (2 Samuel 12:13)
A man that doeth violence to the blood of any person shall flee to the pit; let no man stay him. (Proverbs 28:17)
Then spake the chief butler unto Pharaoh, saying, I do remember my faults this day: (Genesis 41:9)
Thine own wickedness shall correct thee, and thy backslidings shall reprove thee: know therefore and see that it is an evil thing and bitter, that thou hast forsaken the LORD thy God, and that my fear is not in thee, saith the Lord GOD of hosts. (Jeremiah 2:19)
And she said unto Elijah, What have I to do with thee, O thou man of God? art thou come unto me to call my sin to remembrance, and to slay my son? (1 Kings 17:18)
Surely it is meet to be said unto God, I have borne chastisement, I will not offend any more: (Job 34:31)
Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched. (Mark 9:48)
Therefore thus saith the LORD; Ye have not hearkened unto me, in proclaiming liberty, every one to his brother, and every man to his neighbour: behold, I proclaim a liberty for you, saith the LORD, to the sword, to the pestilence, and to the famine; and I will make you to be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth. (Jeremiah 34:17)
Then Judas, which had betrayed him, when he saw that he was condemned, repented himself, and brought again the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders, (Matthew 27:3)
For I have five brethren; that he may testify unto them, lest they also come into this place of torment. (Luke 16:28)
And Adonibezek said, Threescore and ten kings, having their thumbs and their great toes cut off, gathered their meat under my table: as I have done, so God hath requited me. And they brought him to Jerusalem, and there he died. (Judges 1:7)
He looketh upon men, and if any say, I have sinned, and perverted that which was right, and it profited me not; (Job 33:27)
But if ye will not do so, behold, ye have sinned against the LORD: and be sure your sin will find you out. (Numbers 32:23)
Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor, he also shall cry himself, but shall not be heard. (Proverbs 21:13)
Hast thou not procured this unto thyself, in that thou hast forsaken the LORD thy God, when he led thee by the way? (Jeremiah 2:17)
Thy way and thy doings have procured these things unto thee; this is thy wickedness, because it is bitter, because it reacheth unto thine heart. (Jeremiah 4:18)
For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again. (Matthew 7:2)
For he shall have judgment without mercy, that hath shewed no mercy; and mercy rejoiceth against judgment. (James 2:13)
And it came to pass, when Joseph was come unto his brethren, that they stripped Joseph out of his coat, his coat of many colors that was on him; (Genesis 37:23)
I will go and return to my place, till they acknowledge their offence, and seek my face: in their affliction they will seek me early. (Hosea 5:15)
And many that believed came, and confessed, and shewed their deeds. (Acts 19:18)
And if they be bound in fetters, and be holden in cords of affliction; (Job 36:8)