"And Joab answered and said, Far be it, far be it from me, that I should swallow up or destroy."
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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.
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.
Lo, their good is not in their hand: the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
Yet he filled their houses with good things: but the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
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The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?
But he, willing to justify himself, said unto Jesus, And who is my neighbour?
And Joab, answering her, said, Far, far be it from me to be a cause of death or destruction;
And Joab answered and said, Far be it, far be it from me, that I should swallow up or destroy.
And Joab answered and said, Far be it, far be it from me, that I should swallow up or destroy.
And Joab answered and said, Far be it, far be it from me, that I should swallow up or destroy.
Joab answered, Far be it, far be it from me, that I should swallow up or destroy.
And Joab answereth and saith, `Far be it -- far be it from me; I do not swallow up nor destroy.