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Judges 12

3 passages from 3 books in the Christian Reader library reference Judges 12.

Chapter 1: The Nature of Meekness and Quietness of Spirit
from Meekness and Quietness of Spirit by Matthew Henry · cites Judges 12:2-3

The angel of the Lord had pronounced him a mighty man of valor (Judges 6:12), and this his tame submission did not at all derogate from that part of his character. But Jephthah (who by many instances appears to be a man of a rough and hasty spirit, though enrolled among the emin…
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Chap. 6. Containing the Applicatory Part
from Religion Our True Interest by Thomas Watson · cites Judges 12:6

A lascivious Tongue shews a lustful heart, an earthly Tongue a covetous heart; a Gracious Tongue, a Gracious Heart. The Ephraimites were known by their Pronunciation, saying Sibboleth for Shiboleth, Judg. 12:6. So by the manner of our speech we may be known who we belong to.
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Chapter 28
from The Mystery of Self-Deceiving by Daniel Dyke · cites Judges 12:1

Indeed rather they grieve at those good works of others, if of any mark, wherein they have had no hand themselves. Like those Ephraimites, that said to Jephthah, Why did you go to fight against the children of Ammon, and did not call us (Judges 12:1)? But the sincere Christian,…
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