Then Abner called to Joab, and said, Shall the sword devour for ever? Do you not know that it will be bitterness in the latter end? how long shall it be then, before you tell the people to return from following their brethren?
Now therefore, my lord, as the LORD lives, and as your soul lives, seeing the LORD has withheld you from coming to shed blood, and from avenging yourself with your own hand, now let your enemies, and those who seek evil to my lord, be as Nabal.