2 Samuel 20:20

Modern English Version

Joab responded, “Far be it, far be it from me to swallow up or destroy.

Cross References

2 Samuel 20:10

Amasa was not on guard against the sword in the hand of Joab, and he struck him in the midsection spilling his entrails on the ground. He died without being struck a second time. Then Joab and Abishai his brother pursued after Sheba the son of Bichri.

2 Samuel 20:19

I am a trustworthy and faithful one of Israel. You are attempting to destroy a city, even a mother, in Israel. Why do you swallow up the inheritance of the Lord?”

2 Samuel 20:21

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

2 Samuel 23:17

He said, “Far be it from me, O  Lord, to drink this, the blood of the men who risked their lives.” So he was not willing to drink it. These things the three warriors did.

Job 21:16

Indeed, 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 sins will not prosper, but he who confesses and forsakes them will find mercy.

Jeremiah 17:9

The heart is more deceitful than all things and desperately wicked; who can understand it?

Luke 10:29

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