Verse 31

And Joash{H3101} said{H559} unto all that stood{H5975} against him, Will ye contend{H7378} for Baal?{H1168} Or will ye save{H3467} him? he that will contend{H7378} for him, let him be put to death{H4191} whilst [it is yet] morning:{H1242} if he be a god,{H430} let him contend{H7378} for himself, because one hath broken down{H5422} his altar.{H4196}

Referenced Verses

  • Exod 23:2 : 2 Thou shalt not follow{H310} a multitude{H7227} to do evil;{H7451} neither shalt thou speak{H6030} in a cause{H7379} to turn aside{H5186} after{H310} a multitude{H7227} to wrest{H5186} [justice]:
  • Num 14:6 : 6 And Joshua{H3091} the son{H1121} of Nun{H5126} and Caleb{H3612} the son{H1121} of Jephunneh,{H3312} who were of them that spied{H8446} out the land,{H776} rent{H7167} their clothes:{H899}
  • Deut 13:5-9 : 5 And that prophet,{H5030} or that dreamer{H2492} of dreams,{H2472} shall be put to death,{H4191} because he has spoken{H1696} rebellion{H5627} against Jehovah{H3068} your God,{H430} who brought you out{H3318} of the land{H776} of Egypt,{H4714} and redeemed{H6299} you out of the house{H1004} of bondage,{H5650} to draw{H5080} you aside out of the way{H1870} which Jehovah{H3068} your God{H430} commanded{H6680} you to walk in.{H3212} So shall you put{H1197} away{H1197} the evil{H7451} from the middle{H7130} of you. 6 If your brother,{H251} the son{H1121} of your mother,{H517} or your son,{H1121} or your daughter,{H1323} or the wife{H802} of your bosom,{H2436} or your friend,{H7453} that is as your own soul,{H5315} entice{H5496} you secretly,{H5643} saying,{H559} Let us go{H3212} and serve{H5647} other{H312} gods,{H430} which you have not known,{H3045} you, nor your fathers;{H1} 7 of the gods{H430} of the peoples{H5971} that are round about{H5439} you, near{H7138} unto you, or far off{H7350} from you, from the one end{H7097} of the earth{H776} even unto the other end{H7097} of the earth;{H776} 8 you shall not consent{H14} unto him, nor listen{H8085} unto him; neither shall your eye{H5869} pity{H2347} him, neither shall you spare,{H2550} neither shall you conceal{H3680} him: 9 but you shall surely{H2026} kill{H2026} him; your hand{H3027} shall be first{H7223} upon him to put him to death,{H4191} and afterwards{H314} the hand{H3027} of all the people.{H5971} 10 And you shall stone{H5619} him to death with stones,{H68} because he has sought{H1245} to draw you away{H5080} from Jehovah{H3068} your God,{H430} who brought you out{H3318} of the land{H776} of Egypt,{H4714} out{H3318} of the house{H1004} of bondage.{H5650} 11 And all Israel{H3478} shall hear,{H8085} and fear,{H3372} and shall do{H6213} not more{H3254} any{H1697} such wickedness{H7451} as this is in the middle{H7130} of you. 12 If you shall hear{H8085} tell concerning one{H259} of your cities,{H5892} which Jehovah{H3068} your God{H430} gives{H5414} you to live{H3427} there, saying,{H559} 13 Certain{H1121} base{H1100} fellows{H582} are gone out{H3318} from the middle{H7130} of you, and have drawn{H5080} away the inhabitants{H3427} of their city,{H5892} saying,{H559} Let us go{H3212} and serve{H5647} other{H312} gods,{H430} which you have not known;{H3045} 14 then shall you inquire,{H1875} and make search,{H2713} and ask{H7592} diligently;{H3190} and, behold, if it be truth,{H571} and the thing{H1697} certain,{H3559} that such{H2063} abomination{H8441} is worked{H6213} in the middle{H7130} of you, 15 you shall surely{H5221} strike{H5221} the inhabitants{H3427} of that city{H5892} with the edge{H6310} of the sword,{H2719} destroying it utterly,{H2763} and all that is in it and the cattle{H929} there, with the edge{H6310} of the sword.{H2719} 16 And you shall gather{H6908} all the plunder{H7998} of it into the middle{H8432} of the street{H7339} there, and shall burn{H8313} with fire{H784} the city,{H5892} and all the plunder{H7998} there every whit,{H3632} unto Jehovah{H3068} your God:{H430} and it shall be a heap{H8510} for ever;{H5769} it shall not be built again.{H1129} 17 And there shall cleave{H1692} nothing{H3972} of the devoted thing{H2764} to your hand;{H3027} that Jehovah{H3068} may turn{H7725} from the fierceness{H2740} of his anger,{H639} and show{H5414} you mercy,{H7356} and have compassion{H7355} upon you, and multiply{H7235} you, as he has sworn{H7650} unto your fathers;{H1} 18 when you shall listen{H8085} to the voice{H6963} of Jehovah{H3068} your God,{H430} to keep{H8104} all his commandments{H4687} which I command{H6680} you this day,{H3117} to do{H6213} that which is right{H3477} in the eyes{H5869} of Jehovah{H3068} your God.{H430}
  • Deut 17:2-7 : 2 If there be found{H4672} in the midst{H7130} of thee, within any{H259} of thy gates{H8179} which Jehovah{H3068} thy God{H430} giveth{H5414} thee, man{H376} or woman,{H802} that doeth{H6213} that which is evil{H7451} in the sight{H5869} of Jehovah{H3068} thy God,{H430} in transgressing{H5674} his covenant,{H1285} 3 and hath gone{H3212} and served{H5647} other{H312} gods,{H430} and worshipped{H7812} them, or the sun,{H8121} or the moon,{H3394} or any of the host{H6635} of heaven,{H8064} which I have not commanded;{H6680} 4 and it be told{H5046} thee, and thou hast heard{H8085} of it, then shalt thou inquire{H1875} diligently;{H3190} and, behold, if it be true,{H571} and the thing{H1697} certain,{H3559} that such abomination{H8441} is wrought{H6213} in Israel,{H3478} 5 then shalt thou bring forth{H3318} that man{H376} or that woman,{H802} who hath done{H6213} this evil{H7451} thing,{H1697} unto thy gates,{H8179} even the man{H376} or the woman;{H802} and thou shalt stone{H5619} them to death{H4191} with stones.{H5619} 6 At the mouth{H6310} of two{H8147} witnesses,{H5707} or three{H7969} witnesses,{H5707} shall he that is to die{H4191} be put to death;{H4191} at the mouth{H6310} of one{H259} witness{H5707} he shall not be put to death.{H4191} 7 The hand{H3027} of the witnesses{H5707} shall be first{H7223} upon him to put him to death,{H4191} and afterward{H314} the hand{H3027} of all the people.{H5971} So thou shalt put{H1197} away{H1197} the evil{H7451} from the midst{H7130} of thee.
  • 1 Kgs 18:27 : 27 And it came to pass at noon,{H6672} that Elijah{H452} mocked{H2048} them, and said,{H559} Cry{H7121} aloud;{H1419} for he is a god:{H430} either he is musing,{H7879} or he is gone aside,{H7873} or he is on a journey,{H1870} or peradventure{H194} he sleepeth{H3463} and must be awaked.{H3364}
  • 1 Kgs 18:29 : 29 And it was so, when midday{H6672} was past,{H5674} that they prophesied{H5012} until the time of the offering{H5927} of the [evening] oblation;{H5927} but there was neither voice,{H6963} nor any to answer,{H6030} nor any that regarded.{H7182}
  • 1 Kgs 18:40 : 40 and Elijah{H452} said{H559} unto them, Take{H8610} the prophets{H5030} of Baal;{H1168} let not one{H376} of them escape.{H4422} And they took{H8610} them; and Elijah{H452} brought them down{H3381} to the brook{H5158} Kishon,{H7028} and slew{H7819} them there.
  • Ps 115:4-7 : 4 Their idols{H6091} are silver{H3701} and gold,{H2091} The work{H4639} of men's{H120} hands.{H3027} 5 They have mouths,{H6310} but they speak{H1696} not; Eyes{H5869} have they, but they see{H7200} not; 6 They have ears,{H241} but they hear{H8085} not; Noses{H639} have they, but they smell{H7306} not; 7 They have hands,{H3027} but they handle{H4184} not; Feet{H7272} have they, but they walk{H1980} not; Neither speak{H1897} they through their throat.{H1627}
  • Isa 41:23 : 23 Declare{H5046} the things that are to come{H857} hereafter,{H268} that we may know{H3045} that ye are gods:{H430} yea, do good,{H3190} or do evil,{H7489} that we may be dismayed,{H8159} and behold{H7200} it together.{H3162}
  • Isa 46:1 : 1 Bel{H1078} boweth down,{H3766} Nebo{H5015} stoopeth;{H7164} their idols{H6091} are upon the beasts,{H2416} and upon the cattle:{H929} the things that ye carried{H5385} about are made a load,{H6006} a burden{H4853} to the weary{H5889} [beast].
  • Isa 46:7 : 7 They bear{H5375} it upon the shoulder,{H3802} they carry{H5445} it, and set it in its place,{H3240} and it standeth,{H5975} from its place{H4725} shall it not remove:{H4185} yea, one may cry{H6817} unto it, yet can it not answer,{H6030} nor save{H3467} him out of his trouble.{H6869}
  • Jer 10:5 : 5 They are like{H4749} a palm-tree,{H8560} of turned work, and speak{H1696} not: they must needs{H5375} be borne,{H5375} because they cannot go.{H6805} Be not afraid{H3372} of them; for they cannot do evil,{H7489} neither is it in them to do good.{H3190}
  • Jer 10:11 : 11 Thus{H1836} shall ye say{H560} unto them, The gods{H426} that have not{H3809} made{H5648} the heavens{H8065} and the earth,{H778} these shall perish{H7} from the earth,{H772} and from under{H8460} the{H429} heavens.{H8065}
  • 1 Cor 8:4 : 4 Concerning{G4012} therefore{G3767} the eating{G1035} of things sacrificed to idols,{G1494} we know{G1492} that{G3754} no idol{G1497} is [anything]{G3762} in{G1722} the world,{G2889} and{G2532} that{G3754} there is no{G3762} {G2087} God{G2316} but{G1487} {G3361} one.{G1520}
  • Eph 5:11 : 11 and{G2532} have{G4790} no{G3361} fellowship{G4790} with the unfruitful{G175} works{G2041} of darkness,{G4655} but{G1161} rather{G3123} even{G2532} reprove{G1651} them;