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2 Kings 6:5 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" But as one was cutting down a tree, the ax head fell into the water. Then he cried out and said, “Alas, my master! For it was borrowed.” "

2 Kings 6:5

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3 One said, “Please be pleased to go with your servants.” He answered, “I will go.”

4 So he went with them. When they came to the Jordan, they cut down wood.

5 But as one was cutting down a tree, the ax head fell into the water. Then he cried out and said, “Alas, my master! For it was borrowed.”

6 The man of God asked, “Where did it fall?” He showed him the place. He cut down a stick, threw it in there, and made the iron float.

7 He said, “Take it.” So he put out his hand and took it.

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Daniel 4:14

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"He cried aloud, and said this, ‘Cut down the tree and cut off its branches! Shake off its leaves and scatter its fruit! Let the animals get away from under it, and the fowls from its branches."

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Matthew 3:10

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"Even now the ax lies at the root of the trees. Therefore every tree that doesn’t produce good fruit is cut down, and cast into the fire."

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Luke 3:9

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"Even now the ax also lies at the root of the trees. Every tree therefore that doesn’t produce good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.”"

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Wisdom 10:4

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"When for his cause the earth was drowning with a flood, wisdom again saved it, guiding the righteous man’s course by a paltry piece of wood."

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Daniel 4:23

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"“Whereas the king saw a watcher and a holy one coming down from the sky, and saying, ‘Cut down the tree, and destroy it; nevertheless leave the stump of its roots in the earth, even with a band of iron and bronze, in the tender grass of the field, and let it be wet with the dew of the sky. Let his portion be with the animals of the field, until seven times pass over him.’"

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Deuteronomy 19:5

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"as when a man goes into the forest with his neighbor to chop wood and his hand swings the ax to cut down the tree, and the head slips from the handle and hits his neighbor so that he dies—he shall flee to one of these cities and live."

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2 Kings 6:1

"The sons of the prophets said to Elisha, “See now, the place where we live and meet with you is too small for us."

2 Kings 6:2

"Please let us go to the Jordan, and each man take a beam from there, and let’s make us a place there, where we may live.” He answered, “Go!”"

2 Kings 6:3

"One said, “Please be pleased to go with your servants.” He answered, “I will go.”"

2 Kings 6:4

"So he went with them. When they came to the Jordan, they cut down wood."

2 Kings 6:6

"The man of God asked, “Where did it fall?” He showed him the place. He cut down a stick, threw it in there, and made the iron float."

2 Kings 6:7

"He said, “Take it.” So he put out his hand and took it."

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