II Samuel 20:20
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“Far be it!” Joab declared. “Far be it from me to swallow up or destroy!
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Amasa was not on guard against the dagger in Joab’s hand, and Joab stabbed him in the stomach and spilled out his intestines on the ground. And Joab did not need to strike him again, for Amasa was dead. Then Joab and his brother Abishai pursued Sheba son of Bichri.
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But it was He who filled their houses with good things; so I stay far from the counsel of the wicked.
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saying, “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.
The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it?