Genesis 20:5
Did he not say to me himself, She is my sister? and she herself said, He is my brother: with an upright heart and clean hands have I done this.
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4Now Abimelech had not come near her; and he said, Lord, will you put to death an upright nation?
Cross References
Joshua 22:22God, even God the Lord, God, even God the Lord, he sees, and Israel will see--if it is in pride or in sin against the Lord,
2 Kings 20:3O Lord, keep in mind how I have been true to you with all my heart, and have done what is good in your eyes. And Hezekiah gave way to bitter weeping.
Job 33:9I am clean, without sin; I am washed, and there is no evil in me:
Psalms 7:9\7:8\The Lord will be judge of the peoples; give a decision for me, O Lord, because of my righteousness, and let my virtue have its reward.
Psalms 25:21For my clean and upright ways keep me safe, because my hope is in you.
Psalms 73:13As for me, I have made my heart clean to no purpose, washing my hands in righteousness;
Matthew Henry on Genesis 20:4-8
3 But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night, and said to him, Behold, thou art but a dead man, for the woman which thou hast taken; for she is a man's wife. 4 But Abimelech had not come near her: and he said, Lord , wilt thou slay also a righteous nation? 5 Said he not unto me, She is my sister? and she, even she herself said, He is my brother: in the integrity of my heart and innocency of my hands have I done this. 6 And God said unto him in a dream, Yea, I know that thou didst this in the integrity of thy… Read the whole commentary →