Judges 12:6

New King James Version

then they would say to him, “Then say, ‘Shibboleth’!” And he would say, “Sibboleth,” for he could not pronounce it right. Then they would take him and kill him at the fords of the Jordan. There fell at that time forty-two thousand Ephraimites.

Cross References

Psalm 69:15

Let not the floodwater overflow me, Nor let the deep swallow me up; And let not the pit shut its mouth on me.

Psalm 69:2

I sink in deep mire, Where there is no standing; I have come into deep waters, Where the floods overflow me.

Proverbs 17:14

The beginning of strife is like releasing water; Therefore stop contention before a quarrel starts.

Proverbs 18:19

A brother offended is harder to win than a strong city, And contentions are like the bars of a castle.

Ecclesiastes 10:12

The words of a wise man’s mouth are gracious, But the lips of a fool shall swallow him up;

Isaiah 27:12

And it shall come to pass in that day That the Lord will thresh, From the channel of the River to the Brook of Egypt; And you will be gathered one by one, O you children of Israel.

Matthew 12:25

But Jesus knew their thoughts, and said to them: “Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation, and every city or house divided against itself will not stand.

Matthew 26:73

And a little later those who stood by came up and said to Peter, “Surely you also are one of them, for your speech betrays you.”

Mark 14:70

But he denied it again. And a little later those who stood by said to Peter again, “Surely you are one of them; for you are a Galilean, and your speech shows it.”

Galatians 5:15

But if you bite and devour one another, beware lest you be consumed by one another!

Judges 12:5

The Gileadites seized the fords of the Jordan before the Ephraimites arrived. And when any Ephraimite who escaped said, “Let me cross over,” the men of Gilead would say to him, “Are you an Ephraimite?” If he said, “No,”

Judges 12:7

And Jephthah judged Israel six years. Then Jephthah the Gileadite died and was buried in among the cities of Gilead.