Thematic Bible: Millstone
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Millstone » Probably used in executions by drowning
"But if anyone causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him to have a huge millstone hung around his neck and to be drowned in the open sea.
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"If anyone causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him to have a huge millstone tied around his neck and to be thrown into the sea.
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It would be better for him to have a millstone tied around his neck and be thrown into the sea than for him to cause one of these little ones to sin.
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Millstone » Figurative of a hard heart
Its heart is hard as rock, hard as a lower millstone.
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Millstone » Abimelech killed by one being of hurled upon him
a woman threw an upper millstone down on his head and shattered his skull.
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Millstone » Not to be taken as a pledge
One must not take either lower or upper millstones as security on a loan, for that is like taking a life itself as security.
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