2 Samuel 2:26

Catholic Public Domain Version

And Abner cried out to Joab, and he said: "Will your sword rage unto utter destruction? Are you ignorant that it is perilous to act in desperation? How long will you not tell the people to cease from the pursuit of their brothers?"

Cross References

2 Samuel 11:25

And David said to the messenger: "You shall say these things to Joab: 'Do not let this matter dishearten you. For varied are the events of war. Now this one, and now that one, is consumed by the sword. Encourage your warriors against the city and exhort them, so that you may destroy it.' "

2 Samuel 2:14

And Abner said to Joab, "Let the youths rise up and play before us." And Joab answered, "Let them rise up."

2 Samuel 2:16

And each one, taking hold of his peer by the head, fixed a sword into the side of his adversary, and they fell down together. And the name of that place was called: The Field of the Valiant in Gibeon.

2 Samuel 2:25

And the sons of Benjamin gathered themselves to Abner. And being joined in one battle line, they stood at the summit of a hill.

2 Samuel 2:27

And Joab said: "As the Lord lives, if you had spoken in the morning, the people would have withdrawn from pursuing their brothers."

Job 18:2

How long will you throw around words? Understand first, and then let us speak.

Job 19:2

How long will you afflict my soul and wear me down with words?

Psalm 4:2

When I called upon him, the God of my justice heeded me. In tribulation, you have enlarged me. Have mercy on me, and heed my prayer.

Proverbs 17:14

Whoever releases the water is the head of the conflict. And just before he suffers contempt, he abandons judgment.

Isaiah 1:20

But if you are not willing, and you provoke me to anger, then the sword will devour you. For the mouth of the Lord has spoken.

Jeremiah 12:12

The devastators have arrived, over all the ways of the wilderness. For the sword of the Lord will devour, from one end of the earth even to its furthest limits. There is no peace for all that is flesh.

Jeremiah 2:30

I have struck your children to no effect; they have not accepted discipline. Your own sword has devoured your prophets. Your generation is like a raging lion.

Jeremiah 4:21

How long shall I watch those who are fleeing, and listen to the voice of the trumpet?

Jeremiah 46:10

For this is the day of the Lord, the God of hosts, a day of vengeance, so that he may vindicate himself of his enemies. The sword will devour, and be satiated, and be inebriated with their blood. For there is a victim of the Lord, the God of hosts, in the land of the north, beside the river Euphrates.

Jeremiah 46:14

"Announce it to Egypt, and make it heard in Migdol, and let it resonate in Memphis and in Tahpanhes. Say this: Stand and prepare yourself! For the sword will devour everything around you.

Hosea 11:6

The sword has begun in his cities, and it will consume his elect and devour their heads.

Acts 7:26

So truly, on the following day, he appeared before those who were arguing, and he would have reconciled them in peace, saying, 'Men, you are brothers. So why would you harm one another?'