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1 Corinthians 1 10-1 Corinthians 1 13
Now I plead with you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment.For it has been declared to me concerning you, my brethren, by those of Chloe’s household, that there are contentions among you.Now I say this, that each of you says,“ I am of Paul,” or“ I am of Apollos,” or“ I am of Cephas,” or“ I am of Christ.”Is Christ divided? Was Paul crucified for you? Or were you baptized in the name of Paul?
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Ephesians 4:3-6
endeavoring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called in one hope of your calling;one Lord, one faith, one baptism;one God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all.
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Zechariah 11:14
Then I cut in two my other staff, Bonds, that I might break the brotherhood between Judah and Israel.
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2 Samuel 20 6
And David said to Abishai,“ Now Sheba the son of Bichri will do us more harm than Absalom. Take your lord’s servants and pursue him, lest he find for himself fortified cities, and escape us.”
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Judges 12:1-6
Then the men of Ephraim gathered together, crossed over toward Zaphon, and said to Jephthah,“ Why did you cross over to fight against the people of Ammon, and did not call us to go with you? We will burn your house down on you with fire!”And Jephthah said to them,“ My people and I were in a great struggle with the people of Ammon; and when I called you, you did not deliver me out of their hands.So when I saw that you would not deliver me, I took my life in my hands and crossed over against the people of Ammon; and the Lord delivered them into my hand. Why then have you come up to me this day to fight against me?”Now Jephthah gathered together all the men of Gilead and fought against Ephraim. And the men of Gilead defeated Ephraim, because they said,“ You Gileadites are fugitives of Ephraim among the Ephraimites and among the Manassites.”The Gileadites seized the fords of the Jordan before the Ephraimites arrived. And when any Ephraimite who escaped said,“ Let me cross over,” the men of Gilead would say to him,“ Are you an Ephraimite?” If he said,“ No,”then they would say to him,“ Then say,‘ shibboleth’!” And he would say,“ Sibboleth,” for he could not pronounce it right. Then they would take him and kill him at the fords of the Jordan. There fell at that time forty-two thousand Ephraimites.
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John 17:21
that they all may be one, as You, Father, are in Me, and I in You; that they also may be one in Us, that the world may believe that You sent Me.
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1 Kings 12 16-1 Kings 12 20
Now when all Israel saw that the king did not listen to them, the people answered the king, saying:“ What share have we in David? We have no inheritance in the son of Jesse. To your tents, O Israel! Now, see to your own house, O David!” So Israel departed to their tents.But Rehoboam reigned over the children of Israel who dwelt in the cities of Judah.Then King Rehoboam sent Adoram, who was in charge of the revenue; but all Israel stoned him with stones, and he died. Therefore King Rehoboam mounted his chariot in haste to flee to Jerusalem.So Israel has been in rebellion against the house of David to this day.Now it came to pass when all Israel heard that Jeroboam had come back, they sent for him and called him to the congregation, and made him king over all Israel. There was none who followed the house of David, but the tribe of Judah only.
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2 Samuel 20 1
And there happened to be there a rebel, whose name was Sheba the son of Bichri, a Benjamite. And he blew a trumpet, and said:“ We have no share in David, Nor do we have inheritance in the son of Jesse; Every man to his tents, O Israel!”
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Judges 9:23-57
God sent a spirit of ill will between Abimelech and the men of Shechem; and the men of Shechem dealt treacherously with Abimelech,that the crime done to the seventy sons of Jerubbaal might be settled and their blood be laid on Abimelech their brother, who killed them, and on the men of Shechem, who aided him in the killing of his brothers.And the men of Shechem set men in ambush against him on the tops of the mountains, and they robbed all who passed by them along that way; and it was told Abimelech.Now Gaal the son of Ebed came with his brothers and went over to Shechem; and the men of Shechem put their confidence in him.So they went out into the fields, and gathered grapes from their vineyards and trod them, and made merry. And they went into the house of their god, and ate and drank, and cursed Abimelech.Then Gaal the son of Ebed said,“ Who is Abimelech, and who is Shechem, that we should serve him? Is he not the son of Jerubbaal, and is not Zebul his officer? Serve the men of Hamor the father of Shechem; but why should we serve him?If only this people were under my authority! Then I would remove Abimelech.” So he said to Abimelech,“ Increase your army and come out!”When Zebul, the ruler of the city, heard the words of Gaal the son of Ebed, his anger was aroused.And he sent messengers to Abimelech secretly, saying,“ Take note! Gaal the son of Ebed and his brothers have come to Shechem; and here they are, fortifying the city against you.Now therefore, get up by night, you and the people who are with you, and lie in wait in the field.And it shall be, as soon as the sun is up in the morning, that you shall rise early and rush upon the city; and when he and the people who are with him come out against you, you may then do to them as you find opportunity.”So Abimelech and all the people who were with him rose by night, and lay in wait against Shechem in four companies.When Gaal the son of Ebed went out and stood in the entrance to the city gate, Abimelech and the people who were with him rose from lying in wait.And when Gaal saw the people, he said to Zebul,“ Look, people are coming down from the tops of the mountains!” But Zebul said to him,“ You see the shadows of the mountains as if they were men.”So Gaal spoke again and said,“ See, people are coming down from the center of the land, and another company is coming from the Diviners’ Terebinth Tree.”Then Zebul said to him,“ Where indeed is your mouth now, with which you said,‘ Who is Abimelech, that we should serve him?’ Are not these the people whom you despised? Go out, if you will, and fight with them now.”So Gaal went out, leading the men of Shechem, and fought with Abimelech.And Abimelech chased him, and he fled from him; and many fell wounded, to the very entrance of the gate.Then Abimelech dwelt at Arumah, and Zebul drove out Gaal and his brothers, so that they would not dwell in Shechem.And it came about on the next day that the people went out into the field, and they told Abimelech.So he took his people, divided them into three companies, and lay in wait in the field. And he looked, and there were the people, coming out of the city; and he rose against them and attacked them.Then Abimelech and the company that was with him rushed forward and stood at the entrance of the gate of the city; and the other two companies rushed upon all who were in the fields and killed them.So Abimelech fought against the city all that day; he took the city and killed the people who were in it; and he demolished the city and sowed it with salt.Now when all the men of the tower of Shechem had heard that, they entered the stronghold of the temple of the god Berith.And it was told Abimelech that all the men of the tower of Shechem were gathered together.Then Abimelech went up to Mount Zalmon, he and all the people who were with him. And Abimelech took an ax in his hand and cut down a bough from the trees, and took it and laid it on his shoulder; then he said to the people who were with him,“ What you have seen me do, make haste and do as I have done.”So each of the people likewise cut down his own bough and followed Abimelech, put them against the stronghold, and set the stronghold on fire above them, so that all the people of the tower of Shechem died, about a thousand men and women.Then Abimelech went to Thebez, and he encamped against Thebez and took it.But there was a strong tower in the city, and all the men and women— all the people of the city— fled there and shut themselves in; then they went up to the top of the tower.So Abimelech came as far as the tower and fought against it; and he drew near the door of the tower to burn it with fire.But a certain woman dropped an upper millstone on Abimelech’s head and crushed his skull.Then he called quickly to the young man, his armorbearer, and said to him,“ Draw your sword and kill me, lest men say of me,‘ A woman killed him.’” So his young man thrust him through, and he died.And when the men of Israel saw that Abimelech was dead, they departed, every man to his place.Thus God repaid the wickedness of Abimelech, which he had done to his father by killing his seventy brothers.And all the evil of the men of Shechem God returned on their own heads, and on them came the curse of Jotham the son of Jerubbaal.
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Isaiah 19:2-3
“ I will set Egyptians against Egyptians; Everyone will fight against his brother, And everyone against his neighbor, City against city, kingdom against kingdom.The spirit of Egypt will fail in its midst; I will destroy their counsel, And they will consult the idols and the charmers, The mediums and the sorcerers.
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Ezekiel 37:22
and I will make them one nation in the land, on the mountains of Israel; and one king shall be king over them all; they shall no longer be two nations, nor shall they ever be divided into two kingdoms again.
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Isaiah 9:20-21
And he shall snatch on the right hand And be hungry; He shall devour on the left hand And not be satisfied; Every man shall eat the flesh of his own arm.Manasseh shall devour Ephraim, and Ephraim Manasseh; Together they shall be against Judah. For all this His anger is not turned away, But His hand is stretched out still.
