2 Samuel 18:9
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9 And 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,[a] (A)and his head caught fast in the oak, and he was suspended between heaven and earth, while the mule that was under him went on.
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- 2 Samuel 18:9 Or terebinth; also verses 10, 14
2 Samuel 14:26
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26 And 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 (A)cut it), he weighed the hair of his head, two hundred shekels[a] by the king's weight.
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- 2 Samuel 14:26 A shekel was about 2/5 ounce or 11 grams
Proverbs 30:17
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17 The eye that (A)mocks a father
and (B)scorns to obey a mother
will (C)be picked out by (D)the ravens of the valley
and eaten by the vultures.
Job 31:3
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3 Is not calamity for the unrighteous,
and disaster for the workers of iniquity?
Galatians 3:13
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13 Christ (A)redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us—for it is written, (B)“Cursed is everyone who is hanged (C)on a tree”—
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Mark 7:10
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10 For Moses said, (A)‘Honor your father and your mother’; and, (B)‘Whoever reviles father or mother must surely die.’
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Jeremiah 48:44
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44 He who flees from the terror
shall fall into the pit,
and he who climbs out of the pit
shall be caught in the snare.
(A)For I will bring these things upon Moab,
the year of their punishment,
declares the Lord.
Proverbs 20:20
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Psalm 63:9-10
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9 But those who seek to destroy my life
(A)shall go down into (B)the depths of the earth;
10 they shall be given over to the power of the sword;
they shall be a portion for jackals.
Job 18:8-10
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8 For he is cast into a net by his own feet,
and he walks on its mesh.
9 (A)A trap seizes him by the heel;
a snare lays hold of him.
10 A rope is hidden for him in the ground,
a trap for him in the path.
2 Samuel 18:14
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14 Joab said, “I will not waste time like this with you.” And he took three javelins in his hand and thrust them into the heart of Absalom while he was still alive in the oak.
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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 (A)his own city. He (B)set his house in order and (C)hanged himself, and he died and was buried in the tomb of his father.
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Deuteronomy 27:20
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20 (A)“‘Cursed be anyone who lies with his father's wife, because he has (B)uncovered his father's nakedness.’[a] And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.’
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- Deuteronomy 27:20 Hebrew uncovered his father's skirt
Deuteronomy 27:16
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16 (A)“‘Cursed be anyone who dishonors his father or his mother.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.’
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Deuteronomy 21:23
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23 (A)his body shall not remain all night on the tree, but you shall bury him the same day, for (B)a hanged man is cursed by God. (C)You shall not defile your land that the Lord your God is giving you for an inheritance.
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Matthew 27:5
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5 And throwing down the pieces of silver into the temple, (A)he departed, and he went and hanged himself.
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