2 Samuel 23:17

WEB

¹⁷He said, “Be it far from me, LORD, that I should do this! Isn’t this the blood of the men who risked their lives to go?” Therefore he would not drink it. The three mighty men did these things.

KJV

¹⁷And he said, Be it far from me, O LORD, that I should do this: is not this the blood of the men that went in jeopardy of their lives? therefore he would not drink it. These things did these three mighty men.

BSB

¹⁷saying, “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.

FBV

¹⁷“Lord, never let me do this!” he said. “Isn't it like drinking the blood of these men who risked their lives?” So he did not drink it. These are just some of the things the Three leading warriors did.

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Leviticus 17:10

¹⁰“‘Any man of the house of Israel, or of the strangers who live as foreigners among them, who eats any kind of blood, I will set my face against that soul who eats blood, and will cut him off from among his people.

Mark 14:24

²⁴He said to them, “This is my blood of the new covenant, which is poured out for many.

1 Kings 21:3

³Naboth said to Ahab, “May the LORD forbid me, that I should give the inheritance of my fathers to you!”

Judges 5:18

¹⁸Zebulun was a people that jeopardized their lives to the death; Naphtali also, on the high places of the field.

1 Samuel 26:11

¹¹The LORD forbid that I should stretch out my hand against the LORD’s anointed; but now please take the spear that is at his head and the jar of water, and let’s go.”

2 Samuel 20:20

²⁰Joab answered, “Far be it, far be it from me, that I should swallow up or destroy.

John 6:52-54

⁵²The Jews therefore contended with one another, saying, “How can this man give us his flesh to eat?”

⁵³Jesus therefore said to them, “Most certainly I tell you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you don’t have life in yourselves. ⁵⁴He who eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day.

Genesis 44:17

¹⁷He said, “Far be it from me that I should do so. The man in whose hand the cup is found, he will be my slave; but as for you, go up in peace to your father.”

1 Samuel 2:30

³⁰“Therefore the LORD, the God of Israel, says, ‘I said indeed that your house and the house of your father should walk before me forever.’ But now the LORD says, ‘Far be it from me; for those who honor me I will honor, and those who despise me will be cursed.

Matthew 26:28

²⁸for this is my blood of the new covenant, which is poured out for many for the remission of sins.