Judges 17:2

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Summary

And he said unto his mother, The eleven hundred shekels of silver that were taken from thee, about which thou cursedst, and spakest of also in mine ears, behold, the silver is with me; I took it. And his mother said, Blessed be thou of the LORD, my son.

Cursedst

I took it

Proverbs 28:24

General references

1 Samuel 23:21

Bible References

Cursedst

'Curse Meroz,' says the angel of Yahweh; 'curse bitterly its inhabitants, because they did not come to the help of Yahweh, to the help of Yahweh against the mighty.'

'Cursed be the one who dishonors his father or his mother.' And all of the people shall say, 'Amen.'

Now the men of Israel were hard pressed on that day, because Saul had made the army take an oath, saying, "Cursed be the man who eats [any] food until evening, when I will have avenged myself on my enemies!" So none of the army tasted [any] food.

And so then, please let my lord the king listen to the words of his servant: If Yahweh has incited you against me, may he delight in an offering; but if {it is mortals}, [may] they be accursed {before} Yahweh, for they have driven me away today from sharing in the inheritance of Yahweh, saying, 'Go, serve other gods!'

So I quarreled with them and cursed them and beat some of their men and pulled out their hair. I made them take an oath by God: "Do not give your daughters to their sons or take their daughters for your sons or for yourselves.

[The one who] does the work of Yahweh [with] slackness [is] cursed, and [the one who] keeps away blood from his sword [is] cursed.

Then he began to curse and to swear with an oath, "I do not know the man!" And immediately a rooster crowed.

For I could wish myself to be accursed from Christ for the sake of my brothers, my fellow countrymen according to the flesh,

If anyone does not love the Lord, let him be accursed. O Lord, come!

I took it

He who robs his father and his mother and says, "There is no crime," is partner to a man who corrupts.

General references

And Saul said to them, "May you be blessed by Yahweh, for you have shown me compassion