Genesis 20:2

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Genesis 20:2

And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She is my sister: and Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah.

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It came about when he came near to Egypt, that he said to Sarai his wife, “See now, I know that you are a

beautiful woman;

When the men of the place asked about his wife, he said, “She is my sister,” for he was afraid to say, “my wife,” thinking, “the men of the place might kill me on account of Rebekah, for she is beautiful.”

Jehu the son of Hanani the seer went out to meet him and said to King Jehoshaphat, “Should you help the wicked and love those who hate the Lord and

so bring wrath on yourself from the Lord?

Then Eliezer the son of Dodavahu of Mareshah prophesied against Jehoshaphat saying, “Because you have allied yourself with Ahaziah, the Lord has destroyed your works.” So the ships were broken and could not go to Tarshish.

Even in the matter of the envoys of the rulers of Babylon, who sent to him to inquire of the wonder that had happened in the land, God left him alone only to test him, that He might know all that was in his heart.

For a righteous man falls seven times, and rises again,
But the wicked stumble in time of calamity.

Indeed, there is not a righteous man on earth who continually does good and who never sins.

But when Cephas came to Antioch, I opposed him to his face, because he stood condemned.

Therefore, laying aside falsehood, speak truth each one of you with his neighbor, for we are members of one another.

Do not lie to one another, since you laid aside the old self with its evil practices,