2 Samuel 2:27

Catholic Public Domain Version

And Joab said: "As the Lord lives, if you had spoken in the morning, the people would have withdrawn from pursuing their brothers."

Cross References

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 2:26

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?"

2 Samuel 2:28

Therefore, Joab sounded the trumpet, and the entire army stood still, and they did not pursue after Israel any more, and they did not engage in conflict.

Job 27:2

As God lives, who has taken away my judgment, and the Almighty, who has led my soul to bitterness,

Proverbs 15:1

A mild response shatters anger. But a harsh word stirs up fury.

Proverbs 17:14

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

Proverbs 20:18

Plans are strengthened by counsels. And wars are to be handled by governments.

Proverbs 25:8

The things that your eyes have seen, do not offer hastily in a quarrel, lest afterward you may not be able to make amends, when you have dishonored your friend.

Isaiah 47:7

And you have said: "I will be a noblewoman forever." You have not set these things upon your heart, and you have not remembered your end.

1 Samuel 25:26

Now therefore, my lord, as your soul lives, and as the Lord lives, who has kept your hand to yourself, and has prevented you from coming to blood: now, let your enemies be like Nabal, and like all those who are seeking evil for my lord.