Thematic Bible: Stones used in
Thematic Bible
Mills » Stones used in » Often thrown down on enemies during sieges
Who struck down Abimelech the son of Jerub-Besheth? Didn't a woman throw an upper millstone down on him from the wall so that he died in Thebez? Why did you go so close to the wall?' just say to him, 'Your servant Uriah the Hittite is also dead.'"
Mills » Stones used in » Not to be taken in 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.
Mills » Stones used in » Large
Then one powerful angel picked up a stone like a huge millstone, threw it into the sea, and said, "With this kind of sudden violent force Babylon the great city will be thrown down and it will never be found again!
Mills » Stones used in » Heavy
"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.