2 Samuel 20:20

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

And Joab {H3097} answered {H6030} and said {H559}, Far be it {H2486}, far be it {H2486} from me, that I should swallow up {H1104} or destroy {H7843}.

Yo'av answered, "Heaven forbid! Heaven forbid that I should swallow or destroy anything!

“Far be it!” Joab declared. “Far be it from me to swallow up or destroy!

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

Note: Commentary was generated by an advanced AI, utilizing a prompt that emphasized Biblical fidelity over bias. We've found these insights to be consistently reliable, yet we always encourage prayerful discernment through the Holy Spirit. The Scripture text and cross-references are from verified, non-AI sources.

  • Proverbs 28:13

    ¶ He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh [them] shall have mercy.

  • Job 21:16

    Lo, their good [is] not in their hand: the counsel of the wicked is far from me.

  • 2 Samuel 23:17

    And 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.

  • Luke 10:29

    But he, willing to justify himself, said unto Jesus, And who is my neighbour?

  • 2 Samuel 20:10

    But Amasa took no heed to the sword that [was] in Joab's hand: so he smote him therewith in the fifth [rib], and shed out his bowels to the ground, and struck him not again; and he died. So Joab and Abishai his brother pursued after Sheba the son of Bichri.

  • Job 22:18

    Yet he filled their houses with good [things]: but the counsel of the wicked is far from me.

  • Jeremiah 17:9

    The heart [is] deceitful above all [things], and desperately wicked: who can know it?

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