Thematic Bible: Millstone
Thematic Bible
Millstone » Probably used in executions by drowning
He who causes one of my faithful little ones to stumble is in trouble. It would be better for him to end up in the deep sea with a great stone tied to his neck.
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Whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to stumble, it would be better for him if a great millstone were hanged about his neck and he were cast into the sea.
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It would be better for him to have a large 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 as hard as stone, as hard as the lower millstone.
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Millstone » Abimelech killed by one being of hurled upon him
A woman threw a millstone down on his head and fractured his skull.
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Millstone » Not to be taken as a pledge
Do not take a hand mill or an upper millstone as security for a debt. That would be taking away a man's livelihood.
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