2 Samuel 23:17

World English Bible (2000)

He said, "Be it far from me, Yahweh, that I should do this! Isn't it the blood of the men who went in jeopardy of their lives?" Therefore he would not drink it. The three mighty men did these things.

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  • Lev 17:10 : 10 "'Any man of the house of Israel, or of the strangers who live as foreigners among them, who eats any kind of blood, I will set my face against that soul who eats blood, and will cut him off from among his people.
  • Judg 5:18 : 18 Zebulun was a people that jeopardized their lives to the deaths; Naphtali also, on the high places of the field.
  • 1 Sam 2:30 : 30 "Therefore Yahweh, the God of Israel, says, 'I said indeed that your house, and the house of your father, should walk before me forever.' But now Yahweh says, 'Be it far from me; for those who honor me I will honor, and those who despise me shall be lightly esteemed.
  • 1 Sam 26:11 : 11 Yahweh forbid that I should put forth my hand against Yahweh's anointed; but now please take the spear that is at his head, and the jar of water, and let us go."
  • 2 Sam 20:20 : 20 Joab answered, "Far be it, far be it from me, that I should swallow up or destroy.
  • 1 Kgs 21:3 : 3 Naboth said to Ahab, "May Yahweh forbid me, that I should give the inheritance of my fathers to you!"
  • 1 Chr 11:19 : 19 and said, "My God forbid it me, that I should do this! Shall I drink the blood of these men who have put their lives in jeopardy?" For they risked their lives to bring it. Therefore he would not drink it. The three mighty men did these things.
  • Ps 72:14 : 14 He will redeem their soul from oppression and violence. Their blood will be precious in his sight.
  • Matt 26:28 : 28 for this is my blood of the new covenant, which is poured out for many for the remission of sins.
  • Mark 14:24 : 24 He said to them, "This is my blood of the new covenant, which is poured out for many.
  • John 6:52-54 : 52 The Jews therefore contended with one another, saying, "How can this man give us his flesh to eat?" 53 Jesus therefore said to them, "Most certainly I tell you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you don't have life in yourselves. 54 He who eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day.
  • 1 Cor 15:30 : 30 Why do we also stand in jeopardy every hour?
  • Gen 9:4 : 4 But flesh with its life, its blood, you shall not eat.
  • Gen 44:17 : 17 He said, "Far be it from me that I should do so. The man in whose hand the cup is found, he will be my bondservant; but as for you, go up in peace to your father."

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  • 2 Sam 23:15-16
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    15 David longed, and said, "Oh that one would give me water to drink of the well of Bethlehem, which is by the gate!"

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  • 1 Sam 30:23
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  • Judg 15:18
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    18 He was very thirsty, and called on Yahweh, and said, "You have given this great deliverance by the hand of your servant; and now shall I die for thirst, and fall into the hand of the uncircumcised?"

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