2 Samuel 2:27

Bible in Basic English 1965

And Joab said, By the living God, if you had not given the word, the people would have gone on attacking their countrymen till the morning.

Cross References

2 Samuel 2:14

And Abner said to Joab, Let the young men give a test of their strength before us. And Joab said, Let them do so.

2 Samuel 2:26

Then crying out to Joab, Abner said, Are fighting and destruction to go on for ever? do you not see that the end will only be bitter? how long will it be before you send the people back and make them give up attacking their countrymen?

2 Samuel 2:28

So Joab had a horn sounded, and all the people came to a stop, and gave up going after Israel and fighting them.

Job 27:2

By the life of God, who has taken away my right; and of the Ruler of all, who has made my soul bitter;

Proverbs 15:1

By a soft answer wrath is turned away, but a bitter word is a cause of angry feelings.

Proverbs 17:14

The start of fighting is like the letting out of water: so give up before it comes to blows.

Proverbs 20:18

Every purpose is put into effect by wise help: and by wise guiding make war.

Proverbs 25:8

Do not be quick to go to law about what you have seen, for what will you do in the end, when your neighbour has put you to shame?

Isaiah 47:7

And you said, I will be a queen for ever: you did not give attention to these things, and did not keep in mind what would come after.

1 Samuel 25:26

So now, my lord, by the living God and by your living soul, seeing that the Lord has kept you from the crime of blood and from taking into your hands the punishment for your wrongs, may all your haters, and those who would do evil to my lord, be like Nabal.