Topic
Far; Farther
30 passages cited, from 1 classic reference work.
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The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Genesis 18:25ISBE
That be far from thee to do after this manner, to slay the righteous with the wicked: and that the righteous should be as the wicked, that be far from thee: Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?
- Genesis 44:7ISBE
And they said unto him, Wherefore saith my lord these words? God forbid that thy servants should do according to this thing:
- Genesis 44:17ISBE
And he said, God forbid that I should do so: but the man in whose hand the cup is found, he shall be my servant; and as for you, get you up in peace unto your father.
- Judges 9:17ISBE
(For my father fought for you, and adventured his life far, and delivered you out of the hand of Midian:
- 1 Samuel 2:30ISBE
Wherefore the LORD God of Israel saith, I said indeed that thy house, and the house of thy father, should walk before me for ever: but now the LORD saith, Be it far from me; for them that honour me I will honour, and they that despise me shall be lightly…
- 1 Samuel 12:23ISBE
Moreover as for me, God forbid that I should sin against the LORD in ceasing to pray for you: but I will teach you the good and the right way:
- 1 Samuel 20:9ISBE
And Jonathan said, Far be it from thee: for if I knew certainly that evil were determined by my father to come upon thee, then would not I tell it thee?
- 1 Samuel 22:15ISBE
Did I then begin to enquire of God for him? be it far from me: let not the king impute any thing unto his servant, nor to all the house of my father: for thy servant knew nothing of all this, less or more.
- 2 Samuel 20:20ISBE
And Joab answered and said, Far be it, far be it from me, that I should swallow up or destroy.
- 2 Samuel 23:17ISBE
And he said, Be it far from me, O LORD, that I should do this: is not this the blood of the men that went in jeopardy of their lives? therefore he would not drink it. These things did these three mighty men.
- 2 Kings 19:23ISBE
By thy messengers thou hast reproached the Lord, and hast said, With the multitude of my chariots I am come up to the height of the mountains, to the sides of Lebanon, and will cut down the tall cedar trees thereof, and the choice fir trees thereof: and I…
- Job 27:5ISBE
God forbid that I should justify you: till I die I will not remove mine integrity from me.
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- Job 30:10 ISBE
- Job 34:10 ISBE
- Psalms 27:9 ISBE
- Psalms 119:155 ISBE
- Proverbs 15:29 ISBE
- Ecclesiastes 8:17 ISBE
- Isaiah 19:6 ISBE
- Isaiah 26:15 ISBE
- Isaiah 37:24 ISBE
- Isaiah 46:12 ISBE
- Matthew 21:33 ISBE
- Matthew 25:14 ISBE
- Matthew 26:39 ISBE
- Mark 1:19 ISBE
- Mark 10:1 ISBE
- Mark 12:34 ISBE
- Mark 13:34 ISBE
- Galatians 6:14 ISBE
In the reference works
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 31 references
far, far'-ther: "Far" (adj.), distant, remote; (advb.) widely removed, is most frequently in the Old Testament the translation of rachoq, and in the New Testament of makran, but also of other Hebrew and Greek words. The word chalilah, an exclamation of abhorrence or aversion Septuagint me genoito; see FORBID), is rendered "far from me," "far from thee," etc. (Ge 18:25; 1Sa 2:30; 20:9; 22:15; 2Sa 20:20; 23:17; Job 34:10). Besides its literal sense, distance in a spiritual sense is expressed by "far," as "Salvation is far from the wicked" (Ps 119:155; compare Pr 15:29), "far from righteousness" (Isa 46:12), "not far from the kingdom of God" (Mr 12:34), etc. For "far" the Revised Version (British and American) has "aloof" in Job 30:10; in several places the word in the King James Version is omitted (Jud 9:17; Ps 27:9; Isa 19:6; 26:15; Mr 13:34); "a far country" is changed to "another" (Mt 21:33; 25:14; Mr 13:34), etc. For "God forbid" the Revised Version (British and American) has "far be it," "far be it from me" (Ga 6:14; in the American Standard Revised Version, Ge 44:7,17; 1Sa 12:23; Job 27:5, etc.).
The comparative "farther" occurs only once in the Old Testament (Ec 8:17), and thrice in the New Testament (Mt 26:39; Mr 1:19; 10:1), and in each case is replaced in the Revised Version (British and American) by another word or phrase. The Revised Version (British and American), on the other hand, has "its farthest height" for "the height of his border" (Isa 37:24), and "his farthest lodging-place" for "the lodgings of his borders" (2Ki 19:23).
W. L. Walker
Texts: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.