2 Samuel 20:20

English Standard Version 2016

Joab answered, “Far be it from me, far be it, that I should swallow up or destroy!

Cross References

Luke 10:29

But he, desiring to justify himself, said to Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?”

Jeremiah 17:9

The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately sick; who can understand it?

Proverbs 28:13

Whoever conceals his transgressions will not prosper, but he who confesses and forsakes them will obtain mercy.

Job 22:18

Yet he filled their houses with good things— but the counsel of the wicked is far from me.

Job 21:16

Behold, is not their prosperity in their hand? The counsel of the wicked is far from me.

2 Samuel 23:17

and said, “Far be it from me, O Lord, that I should do this. Shall I drink the blood of the men who went at the risk of their lives?” Therefore he would not drink it. These things the three mighty men did.

2 Samuel 20:10

But Amasa did not observe the sword that was in Joab’s hand. So Joab struck him with it in the stomach and spilled his entrails to the ground without striking a second blow, and he died. Then Joab and Abishai his brother pursued Sheba the son of Bichri.

2 Samuel 20:19

I am one of those who are peaceable and faithful in Israel. You seek to destroy a city that is a mother in Israel. Why will you swallow up the heritage of the Lord?”

2 Samuel 20:21

That is not true. But a man of the hill country of Ephraim, called Sheba the son of Bichri, has lifted up his hand against King David. Give up him alone, and I will withdraw from the city.” And the woman said to Joab, “Behold, his head shall be thrown to you over the wall.”