Gen 42:21-22, 50:15, 17, 1Sa 16:4, 1Ki 18:9, Job 13:23, 26, Eze 21:23-24 | ESV | STEP | Then they said to one another , In truth we are guilty concerning our brother , in that we saw the distress of his soul , when he begged us and we did not listen . That is why this distress has come upon us.

Genesis 42:21-22

21 Then they said to one another, ^a“In truth we are guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the distress of his soul, when he begged us and we did not listen. That is why this distress has come upon us.” 22 And Reuben answered them, ^b“Did I not tell you not to sin against the boy? But you did not listen. So now ^cthere comes a reckoning for his blood.”

Genesis 50:15

God’s Good Purposes

15 When Joseph’s brothers saw that their father was dead, they said, “It may be that Joseph will hate us and pay us back for all the evil that we did to him.”

Genesis 50:17

17 ‘Say to Joseph, “Please forgive the transgression of your brothers and their sin, because they did evil to you.”’ And now, please forgive the transgression of the servants of ^dthe God of your father.” Joseph wept when they spoke to him.

1 Samuel 16:4

4 Samuel did what the Lord commanded and came to Bethlehem. The elders of the city ^ecame to meet him trembling and said, ^f“Do you come peaceably?”

1 Kings 18:9

9 And he said, “How have I sinned, that you would give your servant into the hand of Ahab, to kill me?

Job 13:23

23 How many are my iniquities and my sins?
^gMake me know my transgression and my sin.

Job 13:26

26 For you ^hwrite bitter things against me
and make me inherit ⁱthe iniquities of my youth.

Ezekiel 21:23-24

23 But to them it will seem like a false divination. ^jThey have sworn solemn oaths, but he brings their guilt to remembrance, ^kthat they may be taken.

24 “Therefore thus says the Lord God: Because you have made your guilt to be remembered, in that your transgressions are uncovered, so that in all your deeds your sins appear—because you have come to remembrance, ^lyou shall be taken in hand.