And it came to pass after these things that his master’s wife [a]cast longing eyes on Joseph, and she said, (A)“Lie with me.”

But he refused and said to his master’s wife, “Look, my master does not know what is with me in the house, and he has committed all that he has to my hand. There is no one greater in this house than I, nor has he kept back anything from me but you, because you are his wife. (B)How then can I do this great wickedness, and (C)sin against God?”

10 So it was, as she spoke to Joseph day by day, that he (D)did not heed her, to lie with her or to be with her.

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  1. Genesis 39:7 Lit. lifted up her eyes toward

and after a while his master’s wife took notice of Joseph and said, “Come to bed with me!”(A)

But he refused.(B) “With me in charge,” he told her, “my master does not concern himself with anything in the house; everything he owns he has entrusted to my care.(C) No one is greater in this house than I am.(D) My master has withheld nothing from me except you, because you are his wife. How then could I do such a wicked thing and sin against God?”(E) 10 And though she spoke to Joseph day after day, he refused(F) to go to bed with her or even be with her.

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you shall (A)not [a]consent to him or listen to him, nor shall your eye pity him, nor shall you spare him or conceal him;

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  1. Deuteronomy 13:8 yield

do not yield(A) to them or listen to them. Show them no pity.(B) Do not spare them or shield them.

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18 When you saw a thief, you (A)consented[a] with him,
And have been a (B)partaker with adulterers.

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  1. Psalm 50:18 LXX, Syr., Tg., Vg. ran

18 When you see a thief, you join(A) with him;
    you throw in your lot with adulterers.(B)

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11 And have (A)no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather [a]expose them.

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  1. Ephesians 5:11 reprove

11 Have nothing to do with the fruitless deeds of darkness,(A) but rather expose them.

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