2 Samuel 20:20

Legacy Standard Bible

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

Cross References

2 Samuel 20:10

But Amasa was not on guard against the sword which was in Joab’s hand so he struck him in the belly with it and poured out his inward parts on the ground, and did not strike him again, and he died. Then Joab and Abishai his brother pursued Sheba the son of Bichri.

2 Samuel 20:19

I am of those who are peaceable and faithful in Israel. You are seeking to put to death a city, even a mother in Israel. Why would you swallow up the inheritance of Yahweh?”

2 Samuel 20:21

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

2 Samuel 23:17

and he said, “Be it far from me, O Yahweh, that I should do this. Shall I drink the blood of the men who went at the risk of their lives?” Therefore he was not willing to drink it. These things the three mighty men did.

Job 21:16

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

Job 22:18

“Yet He filled their houses with good things, But the counsel of the wicked is far from me.

Proverbs 28:13

He who conceals his transgressions will not prosper, But he who confesses and forsakes them will receive compassion.

Jeremiah 17:9

¶“The heart is more deceitful than all else And is desperately sick; Who can know it?

Luke 10:29

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