2 Samuel 2:26

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

Then Abner called out to Joab, ‘Must the sword devour for ever? Don’t you realise this will only end in bitterness? How long before you tell the troops to stop pursuing their brothers? ’

Cross References

Jeremiah 46:14

Announce it in Egypt, and proclaim it in Migdol! Proclaim it in Memphis and in Tahpanhes! Say, ‘Take positions! Prepare yourself, for the sword devours all around you.’

Acts 7:26

The next day he appeared while they were fighting and tried to reconcile them peacefully, saying, “Men, you are brothers. Why are you mistreating each other? ”

Jeremiah 46:10

That day belongs to the Lord, the  God of Armies, a day of vengeance to avenge himself against his adversaries. The sword will devour and be satisfied; it will drink its fill of their blood, because it will be a sacrifice  to the Lord, the  God of Armies, in the northern land by the River Euphrates.

Hosea 11:6

A sword will whirl through his cities; it will destroy and devour the bars of his gates,  , because of their schemes.

Jeremiah 12:12

Over all the barren heights in the wilderness the destroyers have come, for the Lord has a sword that devours from one end of the earth to the other. No one has peace.

Jeremiah 4:21

How long must I see the signal flag and hear the sound of the ram’s horn?

Jeremiah 2:30

I have struck down your children in vain; they would not accept discipline. Your own sword has devoured your prophets like a ravaging 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.

Proverbs 17:14

To start a conflict is to release a flood; stop the dispute before it breaks out.

Job 19:2

How long will you torment me and crush me with words?

Job 18:2

How long until you stop talking? Show some sense, and then we can talk.

2 Samuel 11:25

David told the messenger, ‘Say this to Joab: “Don’t let this matter upset you because the sword devours all alike. Intensify your fight against the city and demolish it.” Encourage him.’

2 Samuel 2:16

Then each man grabbed his opponent by the head and thrust his sword into his opponent’s side so that they all died together. So this place, which is in Gibeon, is named Field of Blades.

2 Samuel 2:14

Then Abner said to Joab, ‘Let’s have the young men get up and compete in front of us.’ ‘Let them get up,’ Joab replied.

2 Samuel 2:25

The Benjaminites rallied to Abner; they formed a unit and took their stand on top of a hill.

2 Samuel 2:27

‘As God lives,’ Joab replied, ‘if you had not spoken up, the troops wouldn’t have stopped pursuing their brothers until morning.’