'Spies' in the Bible

Joseph remembered the dreams which he dreamed about them, and said to them, "You are spies! You have come to see the nakedness of the land."

We are all one man's sons; we are honest men. Your servants are not spies."

Joseph said to them, "It is like I told you, saying, 'You are spies!'

Send one of you, and let him get your brother, and you shall be bound, that your words may be tested, whether there is truth in you, or else by the life of Pharaoh surely you are spies."

"The man, the lord of the land, spoke roughly with us, and took us for spies of the country.

We said to him, 'We are honest men. We are no spies.

Bring your youngest brother to me. Then I will know that you are not spies, but that you are honest men. So I will deliver your brother to you, and you shall trade in the land.'"

Joshua the son of Nun secretly sent two men out of Shittim as spies, saying, "Go, view the land, including Jericho." They went and came into the house of a prostitute whose name was Rahab, and slept there.

The young men who were spies went in, and brought out Rahab with her father, her mother, her brothers, and all that she had. They also brought out all her relatives, and they set them outside of the camp of Israel.

David therefore sent out spies, and understood that Saul had certainly come.

But Absalom sent spies throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, "As soon as you hear the sound of the trumpet, then you shall say, 'Absalom is king in Hebron!'"

From there he spies out the prey. His eyes see it afar off.

They watched him, and sent out spies, who pretended to be righteous, that they might trap him in something he said, so as to deliver him up to the power and authority of the governor.

By faith, Rahab the prostitute, didn't perish with those who were disobedient, having received the spies in peace.