1 Chronicles 11:19
Saying, By my God, far be it from me to do this! How may I take as drink the life-blood of these men who have put their lives in danger? so he did not take it. These things did the three great men of war.
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- Lev 17:10 : 10 And if any man of Israel, or any other living among them, takes any sort of blood for food, my wrath will be turned against that man and he will be cut off from among his people.
- Judg 5:18 : 18 It was the people of Zebulun who put their lives in danger, even to death, with Naphtali on the high places of the field.
- Judg 9:17 : 17 (For my father made war for you, and put his life in danger, and made you free from the hands of Midian;
- 1 Sam 19:5 : 5 For he put his life in danger and overcame the Philistine, and the Lord gave all Israel salvation: you saw it and were glad: why then are you sinning against him who has done no wrong, desiring the death of David without cause?
- 2 Sam 23:17 : 17 And he said, Far be it from me, O Lord, to do this; how may I take as my drink the life-blood of men who have put their lives in danger? So he would not take it. These things did the three great men of war.
- 1 Kgs 21:3 : 3 But Naboth said to Ahab, By the Lord, far be it from me to give you the heritage of my fathers.
- Job 31:31 : 31 If the men of my tent did not say, Who has not had full measure of his meat?
- Ps 72:14 : 14 He will keep their souls free from evil designs and violent attacks; and their blood will be of value in his eyes.
- Mark 14:24 : 24 And he said to them, This is my blood of the testament, which is given for men.
- John 6:55 : 55 My flesh is true food and my blood is true drink.
- Rom 6:1-2 : 1 What may we say, then? are we to go on in sin so that there may be more grace? 2 In no way. How may we, who are dead to sin, be living in it any longer?
- Rom 16:4 : 4 Who for my life put their necks in danger; to whom not only I but all the churches of the Gentiles are in debt:
- 1 Cor 15:30 : 30 And why are we in danger every hour?
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15 And David, moved by a strong desire, said, If only someone would give me a drink of water from the water-hole of Beth-lehem, by the doorway into the town!
16 And the three men, forcing their way through the Philistine army, got water from the water-hole of Beth-lehem, by the doorway into the town, and took it back to David: but he would not take it, but, draining it out, made an offering of it to the Lord.
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18 And Abishai, the brother of Joab, the son of Zeruiah, was chief of the thirty. He put to death three hundred with his spear, and he got for himself a name among the thirty.
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