they said to him, “Then say Shibboleth,” and he said, “Sibboleth,” for he could not pronounce it right. Then they seized him and slaughtered him at the fords of the Jordan. At that time 42,000 of the Ephraimites fell.
But if you bite and devour one another, watch out that you are not consumed by one another.
But again he denied it. And after a little while the bystanders again said to Peter, “Certainly you are one of them, for you are a Galilean.”
After a little while the bystanders came up and said to Peter, “Certainly you too are one of them, for your accent betrays you.”
Knowing their thoughts, he said to them, “Every kingdom divided against itself is laid waste, and no city or house divided against itself will stand.
In that day from the river Euphrates to the Brook of Egypt the Lord will thresh out the grain, and you will be gleaned one by one, O people of Israel.
The words of a wise man's mouth win him favor, but the lips of a fool consume him.
A brother offended is more unyielding than a strong city, and quarreling is like the bars of a castle.
The beginning of strife is like letting out water, so quit before the quarrel breaks out.
Let not the flood sweep over me, or the deep swallow me up, or the pit close its mouth over me.
I sink in deep mire, where there is no foothold; I have come into deep waters, and the flood sweeps over me.
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