Judges 12:6

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

they said to him, “Then say Shibboleth,” and he said, “Sibboleth,” for he could not pronounce it right. Then they seized him and killed him at the fords of the Jordan. Forty-two thousand of the Ephraimites fell at that time.

Cross References

Psalm 69:15

Do not let the flood sweep over me or the deep swallow me up or the Pit close its mouth over me.

Psalm 69:2

I sink in deep mire, where there is no foothold; I have come into deep waters, and the flood sweeps over me.

Proverbs 17:14

The beginning of strife is like letting out water, so stop before the quarrel breaks out.

Proverbs 18:19

An ally offended is stronger than a city; such quarreling is like the bars of a castle.

Ecclesiastes 10:12

Words spoken by the wise bring them favor, but the lips of fools consume them.

Isaiah 27:12

On that day the Lord will thresh from the channel of the Euphrates to the Wadi of Egypt, and you will be gathered one by one, O people of Israel.

Matthew 12:25

He knew what they were thinking and said to them, “Every kingdom divided against itself is laid waste, and no city or house divided against itself will stand.

Matthew 26:73

After a little while the bystanders came up and said to Peter, “Certainly you are also one of them, for your accent betrays you.”

Mark 14:70

But again he denied it. Then after a little while the bystanders again said to Peter, “Certainly you are one of them, for you are a Galilean, and you talk like one.”

Galatians 5:15

If, however, you bite and devour one another, take care that you are not consumed by one another.

Judges 12:5

Then the Gileadites took the fords of the Jordan against the Ephraimites. Whenever one of the fugitives of Ephraim said, “Let me go over,” the men of Gilead would say to him, “Are you an Ephraimite?” When he said, “No,”

Judges 12:7

Jephthah judged Israel six years. Then Jephthah the Gileadite died and was buried in his town in Gilead.