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14 I will take my flesh in my teeth
    and put my life in my hand.[a](A)

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  1. 13.14 Gk: Heb Why should I take . . . in my hand?

When I saw that you would not deliver me, I took my life in my hand and crossed over against the Ammonites, and the Lord gave them into my hand. Why then have you come up to me this day, to fight against me?”(A)

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Fools fold their hands
    and consume their own flesh.(A)

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109 I hold my life in my hand continually,
    but I do not forget your law.(A)

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21 The woman came to Saul, and when she saw that he was terrified, she said to him, “Your servant has listened to you; I have taken my life in my hand and have listened to what you have said to me.(A)

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for he took his life in his hand when he attacked the Philistine, and the Lord brought about a great victory for all Israel. You saw it and rejoiced; why then will you sin against an innocent person by killing David without cause?”(A)

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26 I will make your oppressors eat their own flesh,
    and they shall be drunk with their own blood as with wine.
Then all flesh shall know
    that I am the Lord your Savior
    and your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.(A)

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20 They gorged on the right but still were hungry,
    and they devoured on the left but were not satisfied;
they devoured the flesh of their own kindred;[a](A)

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  1. 9.20 Or arm

You who tear yourself in your anger—
    shall the earth be forsaken because of you
    or the rock be removed out of its place?(A)

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