Joab answered, “Far be it from me, far be it, that I should swallow up or destroy!
But he, desiring to justify himself, said to Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?”
The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately sick; who can understand it?
Whoever conceals his transgressions will not prosper, but he who confesses and forsakes them will obtain mercy.
Yet he filled their houses with good things— but the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
Behold, is not their prosperity in their hand? The counsel of the wicked is far from me.
and said, “Far be it from me, O Lord, that I should do this. Shall I drink the blood of the men who went at the risk of their lives?” Therefore he would not drink it. These things the three mighty men did.
But Amasa did not observe the sword that was in Joab's hand. So Joab struck him with it in the stomach and spilled his entrails to the ground without striking a second blow, and he died. Then Joab and Abishai his brother pursued Sheba the son of Bichri.
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