Millstone

No man shall take the nether or the upper millstone to pledge: for he taketh a man's life to pledge.   Deuteronomy 24:6 

And a certain woman cast a piece of a millstone upon Abimelech's head, and all to brake his skull.   Judges 9:53 

Who smote Abimelech the son of Jerubbesheth? did not a woman cast a piece of a millstone upon him from the wall, that he died in Thebez? why went ye nigh the wall? then say thou, Thy servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also.   2 Samuel 11:21 

His heart is as firm as a stone; yea, as hard as a piece of the nether millstone.   Job 41:24 

Take the millstones, and grind meal: uncover thy locks, make bare the leg, uncover the thigh, pass over the rivers.   Isaiah 47:2 

Moreover I will take from them the voice of mirth, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, the sound of the millstones, and the light of the candle.   Jeremiah 25:10 

But whoso shall offend one of these little ones which believe in me, it were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea.   Matthew 18:6 

And whosoever shall offend one of these little ones that believe in me, it is better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he were cast into the sea.   Mark 9:42 

It were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he cast into the sea, than that he should offend one of these little ones.   Luke 17:2 

And a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone, and cast it into the sea, saying, Thus with violence shall that great city Babylon be thrown down, and shall be found no more at all.
And the voice of harpers, and musicians, and of pipers, and trumpeters, shall be heard no more at all in thee; and no craftsman, of whatsoever craft he be, shall be found any more in thee; and the sound of a millstone shall be heard no more at all in thee;   Revelation 18:21, 22 

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