100+ Powerful Bible Quotes About Joseph – Inspiring Scriptures & Life Lessons

“Listen, I had a dream, and in it we were binding sheaves of grain. Suddenly my sheaf stood up and your sheaves gathered around it and bowed down.” – Genesis 37:6-7

“He said, ‘Hear this dream I had: We were binding sheaves of grain out in the field when suddenly my sheaf rose and stood upright, while your sheaves gathered around mine and bowed down to it.’” – Genesis 37:6-7

“Joseph had a dream, and when he told it to his brothers, they hated him all the more.” – Genesis 37:5

“Then he had another dream, and he told it to his brothers, saying, ‘I had another dream, and this time the sun and moon and eleven stars were bowing down to me.’” – Genesis 37:9

“His father rebuked him and said, ‘What is this dream you had? Will your mother and I and your brothers actually come and bow down to the ground before you?’” – Genesis 37:10

“Now Israel loved Joseph more than any of his sons because he had him in his old age; and he made an ornate robe for him.” – Genesis 37:3

“Joseph brought their bad report to Jacob.” – Genesis 37:2

“Joseph said to them, ‘Do not interpretations belong to God? Tell me your dreams.’” – Genesis 40:8

“In the morning, recall your dream and tell it to me so that I may interpret it.” – Genesis 40:8 (paraphrased)

“God has revealed to Pharaoh what he is about to do.” – Genesis 41:25

“The seven good cows are seven years, and the seven good heads of grain are seven years; it is one dream.” – Genesis 41:26

“The seven lean, ugly cows that came up after them are seven years, and so are the seven worthless heads of grain—years of famine.” – Genesis 41:27

“You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good to accomplish what is now being done, the saving of many lives.” – Genesis 50:20

“But the Lord was with Joseph and gave him success in everything he did.” – Genesis 39:2

“The Lord was with Joseph so that whatever he did prospered.” – Genesis 39:3

“How then could I do such a wicked thing and sin against God?” – Genesis 39:9

“When his master saw that the Lord was with him and that the Lord gave him success in everything he did…” – Genesis 39:3

“Joseph found favor in his eyes and became his attendant.” – Genesis 39:4

“The Lord blessed the household of the Egyptian because of Joseph.” – Genesis 39:5

“Everything he owned he placed in Joseph’s care.” – Genesis 39:6

“The Lord was with Joseph and showed him kindness.” – Genesis 39:21

“And the Lord gave Joseph favor in the sight of the prison warden.” – Genesis 39:21

“So the warden put Joseph in charge of all those held in the prison.” – Genesis 39:22

“The Lord was with Joseph and whatever he did, the Lord made it succeed.” – Genesis 39:23

“Don’t be distressed and don’t be angry with yourselves for selling me here, because it was to save lives that God sent me ahead of you.” – Genesis 45:5

“God sent me ahead of you to preserve for you a remnant on earth and to save your lives by a great deliverance.” – Genesis 45:7

“So then, it was not you who sent me here, but God.” – Genesis 45:8

“And now do not be distressed and do not reproach yourselves for having sold me hither; it was to preserve life that God sent me before you.” – Genesis 45:5 (Douay-Rheims)

“For two years now there has been famine in the land, and for the next five years there will not be plowing or harvesting.” – Genesis 45:6

“But God sent me before you to preserve a remnant on the earth, and to keep alive for you many survivors.” – Genesis 45:7

“He kissed all his brothers and wept over them.” – Genesis 45:15

“Then his brothers said to him, ‘We are your servants.’” – Genesis 44:18

“Judah said, ‘What can we say to my lord? What can we speak? How can we clear ourselves?’” – Genesis 44:16

“Now therefore, let your servant remain instead of the boy as the slave of my lord.” – Genesis 44:33

“Then Joseph could no longer control himself before all his attendants, and he cried out, ‘Make everyone leave my presence!’” – Genesis 45:1

“And he wept so loudly that the Egyptians heard him, and Pharaoh’s household heard about it.” – Genesis 45:2

“So they took him and threw him into the cistern. The cistern was empty—there was no water in it.” – Genesis 37:24

“They stripped him of his robe and took him and threw him into the pit.” – Genesis 37:23

“Then Judah said to his brothers, ‘What profit is it if we kill our brother and conceal his blood?’” – Genesis 37:26

“So they pulled Joseph up out of the cistern and sold him for twenty shekels of silver to the Ishmaelites, who took him to Egypt.” – Genesis 37:28

“Potiphar’s wife cast her eyes upon Joseph and said, ‘Lie with me.’” – Genesis 39:7

“But he refused and said to his master’s wife, ‘How then can I do this great wickedness and sin against God?’” – Genesis 39:9

“When she saw that she could not seduce him, she called her household servants and said, ‘Look! He brought us a Hebrew to make sport of us!’” – Genesis 39:14

“She kept her garment until his master came home.” – Genesis 39:16

“Then she spoke to him the same words as before, but he refused to lie beside her.” – Genesis 39:10

“And although she spoke to Joseph day after day, he refused to go to bed with her or even be with her.” – Genesis 39:10

“When his master heard the story his wife told him…his anger burned.” – Genesis 39:19

“So Joseph’s master took him and put him in prison, the place where the king’s prisoners were confined.” – Genesis 39:20

“Can we find anyone like this man, one in whom is the spirit of God?” – Genesis 41:38

“Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, ‘Since God has made all this known to you, there is no one so discerning and wise as you are.’” – Genesis 41:39

“You shall be in charge of my palace, and all my people are to submit to your orders.” – Genesis 41:40

“I hereby put you in charge of the whole land of Egypt.” – Genesis 41:41

“Pharaoh said to Joseph, ‘I am Pharaoh, but without your word no one will lift hand or foot in all Egypt.’” – Genesis 41:44

“Joseph went throughout the land of Egypt and collected grain during the seven years of abundance.” – Genesis 41:48

“He stored up huge quantities of grain, like the sand of the sea; it was so much that he stopped keeping records because it was beyond measure.” – Genesis 41:49

“Joseph was thirty years old when he entered the service of Pharaoh king of Egypt.” – Genesis 41:46

“And Joseph went out from Pharaoh’s presence and traveled throughout Egypt.” – Genesis 41:45

“Joseph administered the land of Egypt during the seven years of abundance.” – Genesis 41:47

“He appointed overseers over the people and organized them into groups to gather the grain.” – Genesis 41:34 (paraphrased)

“Joseph collected all the money that was to be found in Egypt and Canaan in payment for the grain they bought.” – Genesis 47:14

“As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good, to bring it about that many people should be kept alive, as they are today.” – Genesis 50:20

“God sent me before you to preserve life.” – Genesis 45:5

“It was not you who sent me here, but God.” – Genesis 45:8

“And God sent me ahead of you to preserve a remnant on earth and to save your lives by a great deliver ance.” – Genesis 45:7

“But God caused the dreams to be fulfilled, just as Joseph had interpreted them.” – Genesis 41:32

“The matter has been firmly decided by God, and God will do it soon.” – Genesis 41:32

“God has shown Pharaoh what he is about to do.” – Genesis 41:25

“The dream itself and its interpretation are one.” – Genesis 41:25

“Therefore, let Pharaoh look for a discerning and wise man and put him in charge of the land of Egypt.” – Genesis 41:33

“This is a matter decreed by God, and God will carry it out swiftly.” – Genesis 41:32

“God has revealed to Pharaoh what he is about to do.” – Genesis 41:25

“Behold, seven years of great plenty are coming throughout the land of Egypt.” – Genesis 41:29

“How then could I do such a wicked thing and sin against God?” – Genesis 39:9

“His master saw that the Lord was with him and that the Lord gave him success in everything he did.” – Genesis 39:3

“Joseph was handsome and well-built.” – Genesis 39:6

“After a while his master’s wife took notice of Joseph and said, ‘Come to bed with me!’” – Genesis 39:7

“But he refused and said to his master’s wife, ‘With me here, my master has no concern about anything in the house.’” – Genesis 39:8

“No one is greater in this house than I am.” – Genesis 39:8

“My master has withheld nothing from me except you.” – Genesis 39:9

“How then could I do such a great evil and sin against God?” – Genesis 39:9

“And although she spoke to Joseph day after day, he refused to go to bed with her.” – Genesis 39:10

“One day he went into the house to attend to his duties.” – Genesis 39:11

“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.” – Genesis 39:12

“When she saw that he had left his cloak in her hand, she called her household servants.” – Genesis 39:14

“Joseph recognized his brothers, but they did not recognize him.” – Genesis 42:8

“He remembered his dreams about them.” – Genesis 42:9

“They said to one another, ‘Surely we are being punished because of our brother.’” – Genesis 42:21

“We saw how distressed he was when he pleaded with us for his life, but we would not listen.” – Genesis 42:21

“Reuben said to them, ‘Didn’t I tell you not to sin against the boy?’” – Genesis 42:22

“Then Joseph turned away from them and wept.” – Genesis 42:24

“He returned the money each man had paid into the mouth of his sack.” – Genesis 42:25

“Bring your youngest brother to me, so that your words may be verified.” – Genesis 42:20

“Jacob their father said to them, ‘You have deprived me of my children: Joseph is no more and Simeon is no more, and now you want to take Benjamin.’” – Genesis 42:36

“All these things are against me,” he said. – Genesis 42:36

“Reuben said to his father, ‘You may put both of my sons to death if I do not bring him back to you.’” – Genesis 42:37

“If I am bereaved, I am bereaved.” – Genesis 42:38

“Joseph answered Pharaoh, ‘I cannot do it, but God will give Pharaoh the answer he desires.’” – Genesis 41:16

“Then Joseph said to Pharaoh, ‘God has revealed to you what he is about to do.’” – Genesis 41:25

“The seven good cows are seven years, and the seven good heads of grain are seven years; it is one dream.” – Genesis 41:26

“I am not God,” Joseph said. “But God will surely remember you and restore you to your family.” – Genesis 50:19 (paraphrased)

“Am I in the place of God?” – Genesis 50:19

“You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good.” – Genesis 50:20

“Joseph provided food for his father and his brothers and all his father’s household.” – Genesis 47:12

“Joseph settled his father and his brothers in Egypt and gave them property in the best part of the land.” – Genesis 47:11

“He sustained them and provided food for them during the famine.” – Genesis 47:12

“Joseph lived in Egypt, and he and his father’s household remained there.” – Genesis 50:22

“Joseph said to his brothers, ‘Come close to me.’ So they came close. Then he said, ‘I am your brother Joseph, the one you sold into Egypt!’” – Genesis 45:4

“Do not be distressed and do not be angry with yourselves for selling me here.” – Genesis 45:5

“Joseph said to his brothers, ‘I am about to die. But God will surely come to your aid and take you up out of this land to the land he promised on oath to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.’” – Genesis 50:24

“And Joseph made the sons of Israel swear, saying, ‘God will surely come to your aid, and then you must carry my bones up from this place.’” – Genesis 50:25

“So Joseph died at the age of 110.” – Genesis 50:26

“And after they embalmed him, he was placed in a coffin in Egypt.” – Genesis 50:26

“Joseph lived to see Ephraim’s third-generation descendants.” – Genesis 50:23

“Also the children of Makir son of Manasseh were born on Joseph’s knees.” – Genesis 50:23

“Joseph reassured them and spoke kindly to them.” – Genesis 50:21

“He said, ‘Do not fear, for am I in the place of God?’” – Genesis 50:19

“You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good.” – Genesis 50:20

“God will surely come to your aid and take you up out of this land.” – Genesis 50:24

“Then Joseph made the sons of Israel swear by an oath: ‘God will surely come to your aid, and you must carry my bones up from this place.’” – Exodus 13:19

“Moses took the bones of Joseph with him because Joseph had made the sons of Israel swear an oath.” – Exodus 13:19