Judges 12:1

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Summary

And the men of Ephraim gathered themselves together, and went northward, and said unto Jephthah, Wherefore passedst thou over to fight against the children of Ammon, and didst not call us to go with thee? we will burn thine house upon thee with fire.

Wherefore

John 10:32

We will burn

James 4:1

General references

Proverbs 26:4

Mark 3:24

Bible References

Wherefore

And the men of Ephraim said unto him, Why hast thou served us thus, that thou calledst us not, when thou wentest to fight with Midian? And they did chide with him sharply.

And, behold, all the men of Israel came to the king, and said unto the king, Why have our brethren the men of Judah stolen thee away, and brought the king, and his household, over the Jordan, and all David's men with him?

For my love they are my adversaries: But I give myself unto prayer.

Then I saw all labor and every skilful work, that for this a man is envied of his neighbor. This also is vanity and a striving after wind.

Jesus answered them, Many good works have I showed you from the Father; for which of those works do ye stone me?

We will burn

And it came to pass on the seventh day, that they said unto Samson's wife, Entice thy husband, that he may declare unto us the riddle, lest we burn thee and thy father's house with fire: have ye called us to impoverish us? is it not'so ?

Then the Philistines said, Who hath done this? And they said, Samson, the son-in-law of the Timnite, because he hath taken his wife, and given her to his companion. And the Philistines came up, and burnt her and her father with fire.

A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; But a fool's vexation is heavier than they both.

For where jealousy and faction are, there is confusion and every vile deed.

Whence come wars and whence come fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your pleasures that war in your members?

General references

Answer not a fool according to his folly, Lest thou also be like unto him.

And if a kingdom be divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand.