2 Kings 6:5

World English Bible (2000)

But as one was felling a beam, the axe head fell into the water. Then he cried, and said, "Alas, my master! For it was borrowed."

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  • Rev 18:10 : 10 standing far away for the fear of her torment, saying, 'Woe, woe, the great city, Babylon, the strong city! For your judgment has come in one hour.'
  • Rev 18:16 : 16 saying, 'Woe, woe, the great city, she who was dressed in fine linen, purple, and scarlet, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls!
  • Rev 18:19 : 19 They cast dust on their heads, and cried, weeping and mourning, saying, 'Woe, woe, the great city, in which all who had their ships in the sea were made rich by reason of her great wealth!' For in one hour is she made desolate.
  • Exod 22:14-15 : 14 "If a man borrows anything of his neighbor's, and it is injured, or dies, its owner not being with it, he shall surely make restitution. 15 If its owner is with it, he shall not make it good. If it is a leased thing, it came for its lease.
  • 2 Kgs 3:10 : 10 The king of Israel said, "Alas! For Yahweh has called these three kings together to deliver them into the hand of Moab."
  • 2 Kgs 4:7 : 7 Then she came and told the man of God. He said, "Go, sell the oil, and pay your debt; and you and your sons live on the rest."
  • 2 Kgs 6:15 : 15 When the servant of the man of God had risen early, and gone out, behold, an army with horses and chariots was around the city. His servant said to him, "Alas, my master! What shall we do?"
  • Ps 37:21 : 21 The wicked borrow, and don't pay back, but the righteous give generously.
  • Eccl 10:10 : 10 If the axe is blunt, and one doesn't sharpen the edge, then he must use more strength; but skill brings success.
  • Isa 10:34 : 34 He will cut down the thickets of the forest with iron, and Lebanon will fall by the Mighty One.

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  • Isa 10:15
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