2 Samuel 2:26

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

Then Abner called to Joab, Shall the sword devour forever? Do you not know that bitterness will be the result? How long will it be then before you bid the people to stop pursuing their brethren?

Cross References

Jeremiah 46:14

Declare in Egypt and proclaim in Migdol; and publish in Memphis and in Tahpanhes; say, Stand forth and get yourself ready, for the sword devours round about you.

Acts 7:26

Then on the next day he suddenly appeared to some who were quarreling and fighting among themselves, and he urged them to make peace and become reconciled, saying, Men, you are brethren; why do you abuse and wrong one another?

Jeremiah 46:10

But that day is a day of the Lord, the Lord of hosts–a day of vengeance, that He may avenge Himself on His adversaries. And the sword shall devour, and it shall be satiated and shall drink its fill of their blood; for the Lord, the Lord of hosts has a sacrifice [like that of a great sin offering] in the north country by the river Euphrates.

Hosea 11:6

And the sword shall rage against and fall upon their cities and shall consume the bars of their gates and shall make an end [of their defenses], because of their own counsels and devices.

Jeremiah 12:12

Destroyers have come upon all the bare heights in the desert, for the sword of the Lord devours from one end of the land even to the other; no flesh has peace or can find the means to escape.

Jeremiah 4:21

[O Lord] how long must I see the flag [marking the route for flight] and hear the sound of the trumpet [urging the people to flee for refuge]?

Jeremiah 2:30

In vain have I stricken your children (your people); they received no discipline (no correction). Your own sword devoured your prophets like a destroying lion.

Isaiah 1:20

But if you refuse and rebel, you will be devoured by the sword. For the mouth of the Lord has spoken it.

Proverbs 17:14

The beginning of strife is as when water first trickles [from a crack in a dam]; therefore stop contention before it becomes worse and quarreling breaks out.

Psalm 4:2

O you sons of men, how long will you turn my honor and glory into shame? How long will you love vanity and futility and seek after lies? Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]!

Job 19:2

How long will you vex and torment me and break me in pieces with words?

Job 18:2

How long will you lay snares for words and have to hunt for your argument? Do some clear thinking, and then we will reply.

2 Samuel 11:25

Then David said to the messenger, Say to Joab, Let not this thing disturb you, for the sword devours one as well as another. Strengthen your attack upon the city and overthrow it. And encourage Joab.

2 Samuel 2:16

And each caught his opponent by the head and thrust his sword into his side; so they all fell together. Therefore that place was called the Field of Sharp Knives, which is at Gibeon.

2 Samuel 2:14

And Abner said to Joab, Let the young men now arise and have a contest before us. And Joab said, Let them arise.

2 Samuel 2:25

And the Benjamites gathered together behind Abner and became one troop and took their stand on the top of a hill.

2 Samuel 2:27

Joab said, As God lives, if you had not spoken, surely the men would have stopped pursuing their brethren in the morning.