Jonah 1:12
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12 He said to them, “Pick me up and throw me into the sea; then the sea will quiet down for you, for I know it is because of me that this great storm has come upon you.”(A)
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2 Samuel 24:17
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17 When David saw the angel who was destroying the people, he said to the Lord, “I alone have sinned, and I, the shepherd, have done evil,[a] but these sheep, what have they done? Let your hand, I pray, be against me and against my father’s house.”(A)
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- 24.17 Q ms Gk: MT reads I alone have done wickedly
1 Chronicles 21:17
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17 And David said to God, “Was it not I who gave the command to count the people? It is I who have sinned and done very wickedly. But these sheep, what have they done? Let your hand, I pray, O Lord my God, be against me and against my father’s house, but do not let your people be plagued!”(A)
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Joshua 7:12
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12 Therefore the Israelites are unable to stand before their enemies; they turn their backs to their enemies because they have become a thing devoted for destruction themselves. I will be with you no more unless you destroy the devoted things from among you.
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Acts 27:24
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24 and he said, ‘Do not be afraid, Paul; you must stand before the emperor, and, indeed, God has granted safety to all those who are sailing with you.’(A)
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John 11:50
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50 You do not understand that it is better for you to have one man die for the people than to have the whole nation destroyed.”(A)
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Ecclesiastes 9:18
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18 Wisdom is better than weapons of war,
but one bungler destroys much good.(A)
Joshua 7:20-21
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20 And Achan answered Joshua, “It is true; I am the one who sinned against the Lord God of Israel. This is what I did:(A) 21 when I saw among the spoil a beautiful mantle from Shinar and two hundred shekels of silver and a bar of gold weighing fifty shekels, then I coveted them and took them. They now lie hidden in the ground inside my tent, with the silver underneath.”
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