2 Samuel 2:26

Modern King James Version

Then Abner called to Joab and said, Shall the sword devour forever? Do you not know that it will be bitter in the end? How long shall it be then before you command the people to return from chasing their brothers?

Cross References

2 Samuel 11:25

Then David said to the messenger, So you shall say to Joab, Do not let this thing displease you, for the sword devours one as well as another. Make your battle stronger against the city and overthrow it. And you encourage him.

2 Samuel 2:14

And Abner said to Joab, Let the young men now arise and play before us. And Joab said, Let them arise.

2 Samuel 2:16

And each one lay hold on the head, of his companion and thrust his sword in his companion's side, so that they fell together. And one called that place The Field of Rocks, which is in Gibeon.

2 Samuel 2:25

And the sons of Benjamin gathered themselves together after Abner, and became one troop, and stood on the top of a hill.

2 Samuel 2:27

And Joab said, As God lives, unless you had spoken, surely then in the morning the people would have gone up each one from following his brother.

Job 18:2

Until when will you set a snare for words? Understand, and afterwards we will speak.

Job 19:2

How long will you torment my soul and break me in pieces with words?

Psalm 4:2

O sons of men, how long will you turn My glory into shame? Will you love vanity and seek after a lie? Selah.

Proverbs 17:14

The beginning of strife is like letting out water; therefore leave off fighting, before it breaks out.

Isaiah 1:20

but if you refuse and rebel, you shall be devoured with the sword; for the mouth of Jehovah has spoken.

Jeremiah 12:12

The ravagers have come on all high places through the wilderness; for the sword of Jehovah shall devour from the one end of the land even to the other end of the land. No flesh shall have peace.

Jeremiah 2:30

In vain I have stricken your sons; they received no correction. Your own sword has devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion.

Jeremiah 4:21

How long shall I see the banner and hear the sound of the ram's horn?

Jeremiah 46:10

For this is the day of the Lord Jehovah of Hosts, a day of vengeance, that He may avenge Himself of His foes. And the sword shall devour, and it shall be filled and made drunk with their blood, for the Lord Jehovah of Hosts has a sacrifice in the north country by the river Euphrates.

Jeremiah 46:14

Declare it in Egypt, and cry it in Migdol, and make it heard in Noph and in Tahpanhes. Say, Stand fast and get ready, the sword shall devour all around you.

Hosea 11:6

And the sword shall remain on his cities, and shall destroy his branches, and devour them, because of their own counsels.

Acts 7:26

And the next day he appeared to them while fighting. And he urged them to peace, saying, Men, you are brothers, why do you wrong one another?