2 Samuel 18:9
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9 Absalom happened to meet the servants of David. Absalom was riding on his mule, and the mule went under the thick branches of a great oak. His head caught fast in the oak, and he was left hanging[a] between heaven and earth, while the mule that was under him went on.(A)
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- 18.9 Gk Syr Tg: Heb was put
2 Samuel 14:26
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26 When he cut the hair of his head (for at the end of every year he used to cut it; when it was heavy on him, he cut it), he weighed the hair of his head, two hundred shekels by the king’s weight.(A)
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Proverbs 30:17
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17 The eye that mocks a father
and scorns to obey a mother
will be pecked out by the ravens of the valley
and eaten by the vultures.(A)
Job 31:3
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3 Does not calamity befall the unrighteous
and disaster the workers of iniquity?
Galatians 3:13
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13 Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us—for it is written, “Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree”(A)—
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Mark 7:10
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10 For Moses said, ‘Honor your father and your mother,’ and, ‘Whoever speaks evil of father or mother must surely die.’(A)
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Jeremiah 48:44
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44 Everyone who flees from the terror
shall fall into the pit,
and everyone who climbs out of the pit
shall be caught in the trap.
For I will bring these things[a] upon Moab
in the year of their punishment,
says the Lord.(A)
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- 48.44 Gk Syr: Heb bring upon it
Proverbs 20:20
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20 If you curse father or mother,
your lamp will go out in utter darkness.(A)
Psalm 63:9-10
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9 But those who seek to destroy my life
shall go down into the depths of the earth;(A)
10 they shall be given over to the power of the sword;
they shall be prey for jackals.
Job 18:8-10
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8 For they are thrust into a net by their own feet,
and they walk into a pitfall.(A)
9 A trap seizes them by the heel;
a snare lays hold of them.(B)
10 A rope is hid for them in the ground,
a trap for them in the path.(C)
2 Samuel 18:14
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14 Joab said, “I will not waste time like this with you.” He took three spears in his hand and thrust them into the heart of Absalom while he was still alive in the oak.(A)
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2 Samuel 17:23
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23 When Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled his donkey and went off home to his own city. He set his house in order and hanged himself; he died and was buried in the tomb of his father.(A)
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Deuteronomy 27:20
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20 “ ‘Cursed be anyone who lies with his father’s wife, because he has violated his father’s rights.’[a] All the people shall say, ‘Amen!’(A)
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- 27.20 Heb uncovered his father’s skirt
Deuteronomy 27:16
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16 “ ‘Cursed be anyone who dishonors father or mother.’ All the people shall say, ‘Amen!’(A)
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Deuteronomy 21:23
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23 his corpse must not remain all night upon the tree; you must bury him that same day, for anyone hung on a tree is under God’s curse. You must not defile the land that the Lord your God is giving you for possession.(A)
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Matthew 27:5
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5 Throwing down the pieces of silver in the temple, he departed, and he went and hanged himself.(A)
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