Joshua 6:18
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18 And you, (A)by all means abstain from the accursed things, lest you become accursed when you take of the accursed things, and make the camp of Israel a curse, (B)and trouble it.
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1 John 5:21
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21 Little children, keep yourselves from idols. Amen.
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Ephesians 5:11
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11 And have (A)no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather [a]expose them.
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- Ephesians 5:11 reprove
Joshua 7:11-12
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11 Israel has sinned, and they have also transgressed My covenant which I commanded them. (A)For they have even taken some of the [a]accursed things, and have both stolen and (B)deceived; and they have also put it among their own stuff. 12 (C)Therefore the children of Israel could not stand before their enemies, but turned their backs before their enemies, because (D)they have become doomed to destruction. Neither will I be with you anymore, unless you destroy the accursed from among you.
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- Joshua 7:11 devoted
Joshua 7:1
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Defeat at Ai
7 But the children of Israel [a]committed a (A)trespass regarding the (B)accursed[b] things, for (C)Achan the son of Carmi, the son of [c]Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took of the accursed things; so the anger of the Lord burned against the children of Israel.
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- Joshua 7:1 acted unfaithfully
- Joshua 7:1 devoted
- Joshua 7:1 Zimri, 1 Chr. 2:6
Joshua 7:25
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25 And Joshua said, (A)“Why have you troubled us? The Lord will trouble you this day.” (B)So all Israel stoned him with stones; and they burned them with fire after they had stoned them with stones.
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2 Corinthians 6:17
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17 Therefore
(A)“Come out from among them
And be separate, says the Lord.
Do not touch what is unclean,
And I will receive you.”
James 1:27
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27 (A)Pure and undefiled religion before God and the Father is this: (B)to visit orphans and widows in their trouble, (C)and to keep oneself unspotted from the world.
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Romans 12:9
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Behave Like a Christian
9 (A)Let love be without hypocrisy. (B)Abhor what is evil. Cling to what is good.
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Jonah 1:12
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12 And he said to them, (A)“Pick me up and [a]throw me into the sea; then the sea will become calm for you. For I know that this great tempest is because of me.”
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- Jonah 1:12 Lit. hurl
1 Kings 18:17-18
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17 Then it happened, when Ahab saw Elijah, that Ahab said to him, (A)“Is that you, O (B)troubler of Israel?”
18 And he answered, “I have not troubled Israel, but you and your father’s house have, (C)in that you have forsaken the commandments of the Lord and have followed the Baals.
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Ecclesiastes 9:18
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18 Wisdom is better than weapons of war;
But (A)one sinner destroys much good.”
2 Samuel 21:1
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David Avenges the Gibeonites
21 Now there was a famine in the days of David for three years, year after year; and David (A)inquired of the Lord. And the Lord answered, “It is because of Saul and his [a]bloodthirsty house, because he killed the Gibeonites.”
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- 2 Samuel 21:1 Lit. house of bloodshed
1 Samuel 14:28-42
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28 Then one of the people said, “Your father strictly charged the people with an oath, saying, ‘Cursed is the man who eats food this day.’ ” And the people were faint.
29 But Jonathan said, “My father has troubled the land. Look now, how my countenance has brightened because I tasted a little of this honey. 30 How much better if the people had eaten freely today of the spoil of their enemies which they found! For now would there not have been a much greater slaughter among the Philistines?”
31 Now they had [a]driven back the Philistines that day from Michmash to Aijalon. So the people were very faint. 32 And the people rushed on the [b]spoil, and took sheep, oxen, and calves, and slaughtered them on the ground; and the people ate them (A)with the blood. 33 Then they told Saul, saying, “Look, the people are sinning against the Lord by eating with the blood!”
So he said, “You have dealt treacherously; roll a large stone to me this day.” 34 Then Saul said, “Disperse yourselves among the people, and say to them, ‘Bring me here every man’s ox and every man’s sheep, slaughter them here, and eat; and do not sin against the Lord by eating with the blood.’ ” So every one of the people brought his ox with him that night, and slaughtered it there. 35 Then Saul (B)built an altar to the Lord. This was the first altar that he built to the Lord.
36 Now Saul said, “Let us go down after the Philistines by night, and plunder them until the morning light; and let us not leave a man of them.”
And they said, “Do whatever seems good to you.”
Then the priest said, “Let us draw near to God here.”
37 So Saul (C)asked counsel of God, “Shall I go down after the Philistines? Will You deliver them into the hand of Israel?” But (D)He did not answer him that day. 38 And Saul said, (E)“Come over here, all you chiefs of the people, and know and see what this sin was today. 39 For (F)as the Lord lives, who saves Israel, though it be in Jonathan my son, he shall surely die.” But not a man among all the people answered him. 40 Then he said to all Israel, “You be on one side, and my son Jonathan and I will be on the other side.”
And the people said to Saul, “Do what seems good to you.”
41 Therefore Saul said to the Lord God of Israel, (G)“Give[c] a perfect lot.” (H)So Saul and Jonathan were taken, but the people escaped. 42 And Saul said, “Cast lots between my son Jonathan and me.” So Jonathan was taken.
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- 1 Samuel 14:31 Lit. struck
- 1 Samuel 14:32 plunder
- 1 Samuel 14:41 So with MT, Tg.; LXX, Vg. Why do You not answer Your servant today? If the injustice is with me or Jonathan my son, O Lord God of Israel, give proof; and if You say it is with Your people Israel, give holiness.
Deuteronomy 7:26
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26 Nor shall you bring an abomination into your house, lest you be doomed to destruction like it. You shall utterly detest it and utterly abhor it, (A)for it is an [a]accursed thing.
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- Deuteronomy 7:26 devoted or banned
Joshua 22:18-20
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18 but that you must turn away this day from following the Lord? And it shall be, if you rebel today against the Lord, that tomorrow (A)He will be angry with the whole congregation of Israel. 19 [a]Nevertheless, if the land of your possession is unclean, then cross over to the land of the possession of the Lord, (B)where the Lord’s tabernacle stands, and take possession among us; but do not rebel against the Lord, nor rebel against us, by building yourselves an altar besides the altar of the Lord our God. 20 (C)Did not Achan the son of Zerah [b]commit a trespass in the [c]accursed thing, and wrath fell on all the congregation of Israel? And that man did not perish alone in his iniquity.’ ”
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- Joshua 22:19 However
- Joshua 22:20 act unfaithfully
- Joshua 22:20 devoted thing
Joshua 7:15
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15 (A)Then it shall be that he who is taken with the accursed thing shall be burned with fire, he and all that he has, because he has (B)transgressed[a] the covenant of the Lord, and because he (C)has done a disgraceful thing in Israel.’ ”
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- Joshua 7:15 overstepped
Deuteronomy 13:17
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17 (A)So none of the accursed things shall remain in your hand, that the Lord may (B)turn from the fierceness of His anger and show you mercy, have compassion on you and [a]multiply you, just as He swore to your fathers,
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- Deuteronomy 13:17 increase
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