Genesis 39:1–23
39 Now Joseph had been taken down to Egypt. Potiphar, an Egyptian who was one of Pharaoh’s officials, the captain of the guard, bought him from the Ishmaelites who had taken him there.
2 The Lord was with Joseph so that he prospered, and he lived in the house of his Egyptian master. 3 When his master saw that the Lord was with him and that the Lord gave him success in everything he did, 4 Joseph found favor in his eyes and became his attendant. Potiphar put him in charge of his household, and he entrusted to his care everything he owned. 5 From the time he put him in charge of his household and of all that he owned, the Lord blessed the household of the Egyptian because of Joseph. The blessing of the Lord was on everything Potiphar had, both in the house and in the field.6 So Potiphar left everything he had in Joseph’s care; with Joseph in charge, he did not concern himself with anything except the food he ate.
Now Joseph was well-built and handsome, 7 and after a while his master’s wife took notice of Joseph and said, “Come to bed with me!”
8 But he refused. “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. 9 No one is greater in this house than I am. 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?” 10 And though she spoke to Joseph day after day, he refused to go to bed with her or even be with her.
11 One day he went into the house to attend to his duties, and none of the household servants was inside. 12 She caught him by his cloak and said, “Come to bed with me!” But he left his cloak in her hand and ran out of the house.
13 When she saw that he had left his cloak in her hand and had run out of the house, 14 she called her household servants. “Look,” she said to them, “this Hebrew has been brought to us to make sport of us! He came in here to sleep with me, but I screamed. 15 When he heard me scream for help, he left his cloak beside me and ran out of the house.”
16 She kept his cloak beside her until his master came home. 17 Then she told him this story: “That Hebrew slave you brought us came to me to make sport of me. 18 But as soon as I screamed for help, he left his cloak beside me and ran out of the house.”
19 When his master heard the story his wife told him, saying, “This is how your slave treated me,” he burned with anger. 20 Joseph’s master took him and put him in prison, the place where the king’s prisoners were confined.
But while Joseph was there in the prison, 21 the Lord was with him; he showed him kindness and granted him favor in the eyes of the prison warden. 22 So the warden put Joseph in charge of all those held in the prison, and he was made responsible for all that was done there. 23 The warden paid no attention to anything under Joseph’s care, because the Lord was with Joseph and gave him success in whatever he did.
Psalm 30:11; You have turned my mourning into dancing;
you have loosed my sackcloth and clothed me with
gladness, 12 that my glory may sing your praise and not be
silent. O Lord my God, I will give thanks to you forever!
Colossians 3:23-24 - Whatever you do, work heartily, as for
the Lord and not for men, 24 knowing that from the Lord you
will receive the inheritance as your reward. You are serving
the Lord Christ.
Galatians 5:16 “But I say, walk by the
Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires
of the flesh.
1 Corinthians 10:13 - No temptation has
overtaken you that is not common to man.
God is faithful, and he will not let you be
tempted beyond your ability, but with the
temptation he will also provide the way of
escape, that you may be able to endure it.
1 Peter 2:20-23 - For what credit is it if, when you sin and are
beaten for it, you endure? But if when you do good and suffer
for it you endure, this is a gracious thing in the sight of God.
21 For to this you have been called, because Christ also
suffered for you, leaving you an example, so that you might
follow in his steps. 22 He committed no sin, neither was deceit
found in his mouth. 23 When he was reviled, he did not revile
in return; when he suffered, he did not threaten, but continued
entrusting himself to him who judges justly.
Matthew 5:27-30
“You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall not commit
adultery.’ 28 But I say to you that everyone who looks at a
woman with lustful intent has already committed adultery
with her in his heart. 29 If your right eye causes you to sin,
tear it out and throw it away. For it is better that you lose
one of your members than that your whole body be thrown
into hell. 30 And if your right hand causes you to sin, cut it
off and throw it away. For it is better that you lose one of
your members than that your whole body go into hell.