2 Samuel 2:26

New 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 latter end? How long will it be then until you tell the people to return from pursuing their brethren?”

Cross References

2 Samuel 11:25

Then David said to the messenger, “Thus you shall say to Joab: ‘Do not let this thing displease you, for the sword devours one as well as another. Strengthen your attack against the city, and overthrow it.’ So encourage him.”

2 Samuel 2:14

Then Abner said to Joab, “Let the young men now arise and compete before us.” And Joab said, “Let them arise.”

2 Samuel 2:16

And each one grasped his opponent by the head and thrust his sword in his opponent’s side; so they fell down together. Therefore that place was called the Field of Sharp Swords, which is in Gibeon.

2 Samuel 2:25

Now the children of Benjamin gathered together behind Abner and became a unit, and took their stand on top of a hill.

2 Samuel 2:27

And Joab said, “As God lives, unless you had spoken, surely then by morning all the people would have given up pursuing their brethren.”

Job 18:2

“How long till you put an end to words? Gain understanding, and afterward we will speak.

Job 19:2

“How long will you torment my soul, And break me in pieces with words?

Psalm 4:2

How long, O you sons of men, Will you turn my glory to shame? How long will you love worthlessness And seek falsehood? Selah

Proverbs 17:14

The beginning of strife is like releasing water; Therefore stop contention before a quarrel starts.

Isaiah 1:20

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

Jeremiah 12:12

The plunderers have come On all the desolate heights in the wilderness, For the sword of the Lord shall devour From one end of the land to the other end of the land; No flesh shall have peace.

Jeremiah 2:30

“In vain I have chastened your children; They received no correction. Your sword has devoured your prophets Like a destroying lion.

Jeremiah 4:21

How long will I see the standard, And hear the sound of the trumpet?

Jeremiah 46:10

For this is the day of the Lord God of hosts, A day of vengeance, That He may avenge Himself on His adversaries. The sword shall devour; It shall be satiated and made drunk with their blood; For the Lord God of hosts has a sacrifice In the north country by the River Euphrates.

Jeremiah 46:14

“Declare in Egypt, and proclaim in Migdol; Proclaim in Noph and in Tahpanhes; Say, ‘Stand fast and prepare yourselves, For the sword devours all around you.’

Hosea 11:6

And the sword shall slash in his cities, Devour his districts, And consume them, Because of their own counsels.

Acts 7:26

And the next day he appeared to two of them as they were fighting, and tried to reconcile them, saying, ‘Men, you are brethren; why do you wrong one another?’