2 Samuel 2:26

Holman Christian Standard Bible

Then Abner called out to Joab: “Must the sword devour forever? Don’t you realize this will only end in bitterness? How long before you tell the troops to stop pursuing their brothers? ”

Cross References

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 2:14

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 2:16

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 2:25

The Benjaminites rallied to Abner; they formed a single 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.”

Job 18:2

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

Job 19:2

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

Psalm 4:2

How long, exalted men, will my honor be insulted? How long will you love what is worthless and pursue a lie?Selah

Proverbs 17:14

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

Isaiah 1:20

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

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 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.

Jeremiah 4:21

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

Jeremiah 46:10

That day belongs to the Lord, the God of Hosts, 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 Hosts, in the northern land by the Euphrates River.

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.

Hosea 11:6

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

Acts 7:26

The next day he showed up while they were fighting and tried to reconcile them peacefully, saying, ‘Men, you are brothers. Why are you mistreating each other? ’