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Summary
But as one was felling a beam, the axe head fell into the water: and he cried, and said, Alas, master! for it was borrowed.
Axe head
Alas, master
For it was borrowed
Bible References
Axe head
Ecclesiastes 10:10
If the iron be blunt, and he does not whet the edge, then he must increase strength. But wisdom is advantageous to make right.
Isaiah 10:34
And he will cut down the thickets of the forest with iron, and Lebanon shall fall by a mighty one.
Alas, master
2 Kings 6:15
And when the servant of the man of God was risen early, and gone forth, behold, an army with horses and chariots was round about the city. And his servant said to him, Alas, my master! What shall we do?
2 Kings 3:10
And the king of Israel said, Alas! For LORD has called these three kings together to deliver them into the hand of Moab.
Revelation 18:10
having stood from afar because of the fear of her torment, saying, Alas, alas, the great city, Babylon, the mighty city! Because thy judgment has come in one hour.
For it was borrowed
2 Kings 4:7
Then she came and told the man of God. And he said, Go, sell the oil, and pay thy debt, and live thou and thy sons from the rest.
Exodus 22:14
And if a man borrows anything of his neighbor, and it be hurt, or die, the owner of it not being with it, he shall surely make restitution.
Psalm 37:21
The wicked man borrows, and pays not again, but the righteous man deals graciously, and gives.