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.
Say now
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Bible References
Say now
Matthew 26:73
A few moments later, those who were near approached and said to Peter: Indeed, you are one of them, because the way you speak gives you away.
Mark 14:70
Peter denied it again. Later the bystanders accused Peter again saying: You cannot deny that you are one of them, because you, too, are from Galilee.
There fell
Proverbs 17:14
Starting a quarrel is like releasing water [from a floodgate]. Therefore stop contention before it begins.
Proverbs 18:19
A brother offended is harder to be won than a strong city. Their arguments are like the bars of a castle.
Ecclesiastes 10:12
The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself.
Matthew 12:25
Knowing their thoughts, he said to them: Every kingdom divided against itself is destroyed. Every city or house divided against itself will not stand.
Galatians 5:15
But if you continue to bite and devour one another, take care that you do not consume one another.
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Proverbs 26:4
Do not answer a fool according to his folly, or you will be like him.
Mark 3:24
When a kingdom is divided against itself that kingdom cannot stand.