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 Jehovah, that I should do this:'shall I drink the blood of the men that went in jeopardy of their lives? therefore he would not drink it. These things did the three mighty men.
Job 21:16
Lo, 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 took no heed to the sword that was in Joab's hand: so he smote him therewith in the body, and shed out his bowels to the ground, and struck him not again; and he died. And Joab and Abishai his brother pursued after Sheba the son of Bichri.
Proverbs 28:13
He that covereth his transgressions shall not prosper: But whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall obtain mercy.
Jeremiah 17:9
The heart is deceitful above all things, and it is exceedingly corrupt: who can know it?
Luke 10:29
But he, desiring to justify himself, said unto Jesus, And who is my neighbor?

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Genesis 44:7
And they said unto him, Wherefore speaketh my lord such words as these? Far be it from thy servants that they should do such a thing.

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