2 Samuel 2:26

New Century Version

Abner shouted to Joab, “Must the sword kill forever? Surely you must know this will only end in sadness! Tell the people to stop chasing their own brothers!”

Cross References

2 Samuel 11:25

David said to the messenger, “Say this to Joab: ‘Don’t be upset about this. The sword kills everyone the same. Make a stronger attack against the city and capture it.’ Encourage Joab with these words.”

2 Samuel 2:14

Abner said to Joab, “Let the young men have a contest here.” Joab said, “Yes, let them have a contest.”

2 Samuel 2:16

Each man grabbed the one opposite him by the head and stabbed him in the side with a knife. So the men fell down together. For that reason, that place in Gibeon is called the Field of Knives.

2 Samuel 2:25

The men of Benjamin came to Abner, and all stood together at the top of the hill.

2 Samuel 2:27

Then Joab said, “As surely as God lives, if you had not said anything, the people would have chased their brothers until morning.”

Job 18:2

“When will you stop these speeches? Be sensible, and then we can talk.

Job 19:2

“How long will you hurt me and crush me with your words?

Psalm 4:2

People, how long will you turn my honor into shame? How long will you love what is false and look for new lies?Selah

Proverbs 17:14

Starting a quarrel is like a leak in a dam, so stop it before a fight breaks out.

Isaiah 1:20

But if you refuse to obey and if you turn against me, you will be destroyed by your enemies’ swords.” The Lord himself said these things.

Jeremiah 12:12

Many soldiers have marched over those barren hills. The Lord is using the armies to punish that land from one end to the other. No one is safe.

Jeremiah 2:30

“I punished your people, but it did not help. They didn’t come back when they were punished. With your swords you killed your prophets like a hungry lion.

Jeremiah 4:21

How long must I look at the war flag? How long must I listen to the war trumpet?

Jeremiah 46:10

“But that day belongs to the Lord God All-Powerful. At that time he will give those people the punishment they deserve. The sword will kill until it is finished, until it satisfies its thirst for their blood. The Lord God All-Powerful will offer a sacrifice in the land of the north, by the Euphrates River.

Jeremiah 46:14

“Announce this message in Egypt, and preach it in Migdol. Preach it also in the cities of Memphis and Tahpanhes: ‘Get ready for war, because the battle is all around you.’

Hosea 11:6

War will sweep through their cities and will destroy them and kill them because of their wicked plans.

Acts 7:26

The next day when Moses saw two men of Israel fighting, he tried to make peace between them. He said, ‘Men, you are brothers. Why are you hurting each other?’