Judges 12:6
they said to him, “Then say ‘Shibboleth.’” And he said, “Sibboleth,” for he could not
Psalm 69:2
I have sunk in deep mire, where there is no foothold;
I have come into deep waters, where a flood overwhelms me.
Psalm 69:15
Do not let the floodwater overwhelm me,
Nor the deep waters swallow me up,
Nor the pit [of Sheol] shut its mouth over me.
Proverbs 17:14
The beginning of strife is like letting out water [as from a small break in a dam; first it trickles and then it gushes];
Therefore
Proverbs 18:19
A brother offended is harder to win over than a fortified city,
And contentions [separating families] are like the bars of a castle.
Ecclesiastes 10:12
The words of a wise man’s mouth are gracious and win him favor, but the lips of a fool consume him;
Isaiah 27:12
In that day the Lord will thresh [out His grain] from the flowing stream of the River [Euphrates] to the Brook of Egypt, and you will be gathered up one by one, O sons of Israel.
Matthew 12:25
Knowing their thoughts Jesus said to them,
Matthew 26:73
After a little while the bystanders came up and said to Peter, “Surely you are one of them too; for even your [Galilean] accent gives you away.”
Mark 14:70
But again he denied it. After a little while, the bystanders again said to Peter, “You are in fact one of them, for [it is clear from your accent, that] you are a Galilean, too.”
Galatians 5:15
But if you bite and devour one another [in bickering and strife], watch out that you [along with your entire fellowship] are not consumed by one another.
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There fell
The beginning of strife is like letting out water [as from a small break in a dam; first it trickles and then it gushes];
Therefore
A brother offended is harder to win over than a fortified city,
And contentions [separating families] are like the bars of a castle.
General references
Do not answer [nor pretend to agree with the frivolous comments of] a [closed-minded] fool according to his folly,
Otherwise you, even you, will be like him.