2 Samuel 18:9
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9 Then Absalom met the servants of David. Absalom rode on a mule. The mule went under the thick boughs of a great terebinth tree, and (A)his head caught in the terebinth; so he was left hanging between heaven and earth. And the mule which was under him went on.
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2 Samuel 14:26
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26 And when he cut the hair of his head—at the end of every year he cut it because it was heavy on him—when he cut it, he weighed the hair of his head at two hundred shekels according to the king’s standard.
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Proverbs 30:17
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17 (A)The eye that mocks his father,
And scorns obedience to his mother,
The ravens of the valley will pick it out,
And the young eagles will eat it.
Galatians 3:13
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13 (A)Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us (for it is written, (B)“Cursed is everyone who hangs 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)‘He who curses father or mother, let him be put to death.’
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Jeremiah 48:44
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44 “He who flees from the fear shall fall into the pit,
And he who gets out of the pit shall be caught in the (A)snare.
For upon Moab, upon it (B)I will bring
The year of their punishment,” says the Lord.
Proverbs 20:20
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Psalm 63:9-10
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9 But those who seek my life, to destroy it,
Shall go into the lower parts of the earth.
10 They shall [a]fall by the sword;
They shall be [b]a portion for jackals.
Footnotes
- Psalm 63:10 Lit. pour him out by the hand of the sword
- Psalm 63:10 Prey
Job 31:3
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3 Is it not destruction for the wicked,
And disaster for the workers of iniquity?
Job 18:8-10
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8 For (A)he is cast into a net by his own feet,
And he walks into a snare.
9 The net takes him by the heel,
And (B)a snare lays hold of him.
10 A noose is hidden for him on the ground,
And a trap for him in the road.
2 Samuel 18:14
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14 Then Joab said, “I cannot linger with you.” And he took three spears in his hand and thrust them through Absalom’s heart, while he was still alive in the midst of the terebinth tree.
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2 Samuel 17:23
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23 Now when Ahithophel saw that his advice was not followed, he saddled a donkey, and arose and went home to (A)his house, to his city. Then he [a]put his (B)household in order, and (C)hanged himself, and died; and he was buried in his father’s tomb.
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- 2 Samuel 17:23 Lit. gave charge concerning his house
Deuteronomy 27:20
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20 (A)‘Cursed is the one who lies with his father’s wife, because he has uncovered his father’s bed.’
“And all the people shall say, ‘Amen!’
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Deuteronomy 27:16
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16 (A)‘Cursed is the one who treats his father or his mother with contempt.’
“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 overnight on the tree, but you shall surely bury him that day, so that (B)you do not defile the land which the Lord your God is giving you as an inheritance; for (C)he who is hanged is accursed of God.
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Matthew 27:5
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5 Then he threw down the pieces of silver in the temple and (A)departed, and went and hanged himself.
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