2 Samuel 20:20
"Far be it!" Joab declared. "Far be it from me to swallow up or destroy!
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Far be it

2 Samuel 23:17
saying, "Far be it from me, O LORD, to do this! Is this not the blood of the men who risked their lives?" So he refused to drink it. Such were the exploits of the three mighty men.

Job 21:16
Yet their prosperity is not in their own hands, so I stay far from the counsel of the wicked.

Job 22:18
But it was He who filled their houses with good things; so I stay far from the counsel of the wicked.

that I should

2 Samuel 20:10
Amasa was not on guard against the dagger in Joab's hand, and Joab stabbed him in the stomach and spilled out his intestines on the ground. And Joab did not need to strike him again, for Amasa was dead. Then Joab and his brother Abishai pursued Sheba son of Bichri.

Proverbs 28:13
He who conceals his sins will not prosper, but whoever confesses and renounces them will find mercy.

Jeremiah 17:9
The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure--who can understand it?

Luke 10:29
But wanting to justify himself, he asked Jesus, "And who is my neighbor?"

Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
Joab replied, "Far be it, far be it from me that I should swallow up or destroy!

King James Bible
And Joab answered and said, Far be it, far be it from me, that I should swallow up or destroy.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Joab protested: "Never! I do not want to destroy!

International Standard Version
But Joab replied, "No way! No way! I'm not here to devour or destroy!

NET Bible
Joab answered, "Get serious! I don't want to swallow up or destroy anything!
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