Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And Joab answered and said, Far be it, far be it from me, that I should swallow up or destroy.

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Bible References

Far be it

2 Samuel 23:17
and he said, “Be it far from me, O Lord, that I should do this. Shall I drink the blood of the men who went in jeopardy of their lives?” Therefore he would not drink it. These things the three mighty men did.
Job 21:16
“Behold, their prosperity is not in their hand;
The counsel of the wicked is far from me.
Job 22:18
“Yet He filled their houses with good things;
But the counsel of the wicked is far from me.

That i should

2 Samuel 20:10
But Amasa was not on guard against the sword which was in Joab’s hand so he struck him in the belly with it and poured out his inward parts on the ground, and did not strike him again, and he died. Then Joab and Abishai his brother pursued Sheba the son of Bichri.
Proverbs 28:13
He who conceals his transgressions will not prosper,
But he who confesses and forsakes them will find compassion.
Jeremiah 17:9
“The heart is more deceitful than all else
And is desperately sick;
Who can understand it?
Luke 10:29
But wishing to justify himself, he said to Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?”

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Genesis 44:7
They said to him, “Why does my lord speak such words as these? Far be it from your servants to do such a thing.