Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Then said they unto him, Say now Shibboleth: and he said Sibboleth: for he could not frame to pronounce it right. Then they took him, and slew him at the passages of Jordan: and there fell at that time of the Ephraimites forty and two thousand.

General references

Bible References

Say now

Matthew 26:73
After a little while, those standing there came up to Peter and said, "You really are one of them too -- even your accent gives you away!"
Mark 14:70
But he denied it again. A short time later the bystanders again said to Peter, "You must be one of them, because you are also a Galilean."

There fell

Proverbs 17:14
Starting a quarrel is like letting out water; stop it before strife breaks out!
Proverbs 18:19
A relative offended is harder to reach than a strong city, and disputes are like the barred gates of a fortified citadel.
Ecclesiastes 10:12
The words of a wise person win him favor, but the words of a fool are self-destructive.
Matthew 12:25
Now when Jesus realized what they were thinking, he said to them, "Every kingdom divided against itself is destroyed, and no town or house divided against itself will stand.
Galatians 5:15
However, if you continually bite and devour one another, beware that you are not consumed by one another.

General references

Proverbs 26:4
Do not answer a fool according to his folly, lest you yourself also be like him.
Mark 3:24
If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom will not be able to stand.

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