Genesis 37:21-22
37:21 When Reuben heard this, he rescued Joseph from their hands, saying, “Let’s not take his life!”
37:22 Reuben continued, “Don’t shed blood! Throw him into this cistern that is here in the wilderness, but don’t lay a hand on him.” (Reuben said this so he could rescue Joseph from them and take him back to his father.)
Genesis 37:29-30
37:29 Later Reuben returned to the cistern to find that Joseph was not in it! He tore his clothes,
37:30 returned to his brothers, and said, “The boy isn’t there! And I, where can I go?”
Luke 23:41
23:41 And we rightly so, for we are getting what we deserve for what we did, but this man has done nothing
wrong.”
Romans 2:15
2:15 They
show that the work of the law is written
in their hearts, as their conscience bears witness and their conflicting thoughts accuse or else defend
them,