5 occurrences

'Millstone' in the Bible

"Don't take a pair of millstones, especially the upper millstone, as collateral for a loan, because this means taking a man's livelihood.

Verse ConceptsCreditBorrowing, SuretyGuaranteeMillstonesCreditorsLaws About Pledges

But a certain woman threw an upper millstone down on Abimelech's head, fracturing his skull.

Verse ConceptsBeing Killed By A RockSkullscrushes

Who killed Jerubbesheth's son Abimelech? Didn't a woman kill him by throwing an upper millstone on him from the wall at Thebez? Why did you go so close to the wall?' then tell him, "Your servant Uriah the Hittite also died.'"

Verse ConceptsMillstonesBeing Killed By A RockKilling Named Individuals

His heart is as strong as stone, it is as hard as a lower millstone.

Verse ConceptsMillstonesRocksHardnessOther References To The Heart

Our young men must grind grain with a millstone; our youths stumble under the weight of wood.

Verse ConceptsHard LaborStaggeringGrinding FoodFirewoodYoung People Suffering

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