Gen 37:21-22, 29-30, Luk 23:41, Rom 2:15 | ESV | STEP | But when Reuben heard it, he rescued him out of their hands , saying , Let us not take his life .

Genesis 37:21-22

21 But when ^aReuben heard it, he rescued him out of their hands, saying, “Let us not take his life.” 22 And Reuben said to them, “Shed no blood; throw him into this pit here in the wilderness, but do not lay a hand on him”— ^bthat he might rescue him out of their hand to restore him to his father.

Genesis 37:29-30

29 When Reuben returned to the pit and saw that Joseph was not in the pit, he ^ctore his clothes 30 and returned to his brothers and said, “The boy ^dis gone, and I, where shall I go?”

Luke 23:41

41 And we indeed justly, for we are receiving the due reward of our deeds; but this man has done nothing wrong.”

Romans 2:15

15 They show that the work of the law is ^ewritten on their hearts, while their conscience also bears witness, and their conflicting thoughts accuse or even excuse them