Thematic Bible: Millstone
Thematic Bible
Millstone » Probably used in executions by drowning
But whoever shall cause one of these little ones who believe in me, to sin, it were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea.
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And whoever shall cause one of these little ones that believe in me, to fall into sin, it is better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he were cast into the sea.
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It were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he cast into the sea, than that he should cause one of these little ones to fall into sin.
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Millstone » Figurative of a hard heart
His heart is as firm as a stone; yes, as hard as a piece of the nether millstone.
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Millstone » Abimelech killed by one being of hurled upon him
And a certain woman cast a piece of of a millstone upon Abimelech's head, and broke his skull.
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Millstone » Not to be taken as a pledge
No man shall take the nether or the upper millstone for a pledge: for he taketh a man's life for a pledge.
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