2 Kings 6:5
But one of them, while cutting a board, let the head of his axe go into the water; and he gave a cry, and said, This is a bad business, my master, for it is another's.
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- Rev 18:10 : 10 Watching from far away, for fear of her punishment, saying, Sorrow, sorrow for Babylon, the great town, the strong town! for in one hour you have been judged.
- Rev 18:16 : 16 Saying, Sorrow, sorrow for the great town, she who was clothed in delicate linen, and purple, and red; with ornaments of gold and stones of great price and jewels!
- Rev 18:19 : 19 And they put dust on their heads, and were sad, weeping and crying, and saying, Sorrow, sorrow for the great town, in which was increased the wealth of all who had their ships on the sea because of her great stores! for in one hour she is made waste.
- Exod 22:14-15 : 14 If a man gets from his neighbour the use of one of his beasts, and it is damaged or put to death when the owner is not with it, he will certainly have to make payment for the loss. 15 If the owner is with it, he will not have to make payment: if he gave money for the use of it, the loss is covered by the payment.
- 2 Kgs 3:10 : 10 And the king of Israel said, Here is trouble: for the Lord has got these three kings together to give them into the hands of Moab.
- 2 Kgs 4:7 : 7 So she came to the man of God and gave him word of what she had done. And he said, Go and get money for the oil and make payment of your debt, and let the rest be for the needs of yourself and your sons.
- 2 Kgs 6:15 : 15 Now the servant of the man of God, having got up early and gone out, saw an army with horses and carriages of war all round the town. And the servant said to him, O my master, what are we to do?
- Ps 37:21 : 21 The sinner takes money and does not give it back; but the upright man has mercy, and gives to others.
- Eccl 10:10 : 10 If the iron has no edge, and he does not make it sharp, then he has to put out more strength; but wisdom makes things go well.
- Isa 10:34 : 34 And he is cutting down the thick places of the wood with an axe, and Lebanon with its tall trees is coming down.
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- 2 Kgs 6:6-72 verses84%
6 And the man of God said, Where did it go in? and when he saw the place where it had gone into the water, cutting a stick, he put it into the water, and the iron came up to the top of the water.
7 Then he said, Take it up. So he put out his hand and took it.
- 2 Kgs 6:2-43 verses81%
2 So let us go to Jordan, and let everyone get to work cutting boards, and we will make a living-place for ourselves there. And he said to them, Go, then.
3 And one of them said, Be pleased to go with your servants. And he said, I will go.
4 So he went with them. And when they came to Jordan, they got to work cutting down trees.
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15 Will the axe say high-sounding words against him who is using it, or the blade be full of pride against him who is cutting with it? As if a rod had the power of shaking him who is using it, or as if a stick might take up him who is not wood.
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5 For example, if a man goes into the woods with his neighbour for the purpose of cutting down trees, and when he takes his axe to give a blow to the tree, the head of the axe comes off, and falling on to his neighbour gives him a wound causing his death; then the man may go in flight to one of these towns and be safe:
- Ps 74:5-62 verses68%
5 They are cutting down, like a man whose blade is lifted up against the thick trees.
6 Your doors are broken down with hammers and iron blades.
- Eccl 10:9-102 verses68%
9 He who gets out stones from the earth will be damaged by them, and in the cutting of wood there is danger.
10 If the iron has no edge, and he does not make it sharp, then he has to put out more strength; but wisdom makes things go well.
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3 Then he said, Go out to all your neighbours and get vessels, a very great number of them.
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13 The young men were crushing the grain, and the boys were falling under the wood.
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20 But all the Israelites had to go to the Philistines to get their ploughs and blades and axes and hooks made sharp;
21 For they had instruments for putting an edge on their ploughs and blades and forks and axes, and for putting iron points on their ox-driving rods.
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1 Now a certain woman, the wife of one of the sons of the prophets, came crying to Elisha and said, Your servant my husband is dead; and to your knowledge he was a worshipper of the Lord; but now, the creditor has come to take my two children as servants in payment of his debt.
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12 The iron-worker is heating the metal in the fire, giving it form with his hammers, and working on it with his strong arm: then for need of food his strength gives way, and for need of water he becomes feeble.
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4 We give money for a drink of water, we get our wood for a price.
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3 Will its wood be used for any work? do men make of it a pin for hanging any vessel on?
4 See, it is put into the fire for burning: the fire has made a meal of its two ends and the middle part of it is burned; is it good for any work?
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39 And when the king went by, crying out to him he said, Your servant went out into the fight; and a man came out to me with another man and said, Keep this man: if by any chance he gets away, your life will be the price of his life, or you will have to give a talent of silver in payment.
- 2 Kgs 2:13-142 verses65%
13 Then he took up Elijah's robe, which had been dropped from him, and went back till he came to the edge of Jordan.
14 And he took Elijah's robe, which had been dropped from him, and giving the water a blow with it, said, Where is the Lord, the God of Elijah? and at his blow the waters were parted this way and that; and Elisha went over.
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6 To the woodworkers and the builders and the stone-cutters; and for getting wood and cut stones for the building up of the house.
- 1 Kgs 13:5-62 verses65%
5 And the altar was broken and the burned waste on it overturned; this was the sign which the man of God had given by the word of the Lord.
6 Then the king made answer and said to the man of God, Make a prayer now for the grace of the Lord your God, and for me, that my hand may be made well. And in answer to the prayer of the man of God, the king's hand was made well again, as it was before.
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6 And I had two sons, and the two of them had a fight in the field, and there was no one to come between them, and one with a blow put the other to death.
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16 And we will have wood cut from Lebanon, as much as you have need of, and will send it to you on flat boats by sea to Joppa, and from there you may take it up to Jerusalem.
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11 For the stone will give a cry out of the wall, and it will be answered by the board out of the woodwork.
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6 And when all the vessels were full, she said to her son, Get me another vessel. And he said, There are no more. And the flow of oil was stopped.
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11 For see, at the order of the Lord the great house will be full of cracks and the little house will be broken.
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6 And when they came to Nacon's grain-floor, Uzzah put his hand on the ark of God to keep it safe in its place, for the oxen were out of control.
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6 And when they had done this, they got such a great number of fish that it seemed as if their nets would be broken;
7 And they made signs to their friends in the other boat to come to their help. And they came, and the two boats were so full that they were going down.
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21 And crying out to the man of God who came from Judah, he said, The Lord says, Because you have gone against the voice of the Lord, and have not done as you were ordered by the Lord,
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23 Now because of this you are cursed, and you will for ever be our servants, cutting wood and getting water for the house of my God.
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31 Then he said, May God's punishment come on me if Elisha, the son of Shaphat, keeps his head on his body after this day.
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7 Our bones are broken up at the mouth of the underworld, as the earth is broken by the plough.
- 2 Kgs 4:18-192 verses64%
18 Now one day, when the child was older, he went out to his father to where the grain was being cut.
19 And he said to his father, My head, my head! And the father said to a servant, Take him in to his mother.
- 2 Kgs 6:26-272 verses64%
26 And when the king of Israel was going by on the wall, a woman came crying out to him, and said, Help! my lord king.
27 And he said, If the Lord does not give you help, where am I to get help for you? from the grain-floor or the grape-crusher?
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1 Put out your bread on the face of the waters; for after a long time it will come back to you again.
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7 (And the stones used in the building of the house were squared at the place where they were cut out; there was no sound of hammer or axe or any iron instrument while they were building the house.)
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9 And even now the axe is put to the root of the trees; and every tree which does not have good fruit will be cut down and put into the fire.
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16 How, when anyone came to a store of twenty measures, there were only ten: when anyone went to the wine-store to get fifty vessels full, there were only twenty.
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6 So now, will you have cedar-trees from Lebanon cut down for me, and my servants will be with your servants; and I will give you payment for your servants at whatever rate you say; for it is common knowledge that we have no such wood-cutters among us as the men of Zidon.
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12 Is it possible for iron to be broken; even iron from the north, and brass?