2 Samuel 2:26

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

Then Abner called to Joab, “Shall the sword devour for ever? Do you not know that the end will be bitter? How long will it be before you bid your people turn from the pursuit of their brethren?”

Cross References

2 Samuel 11:25

David said to the messenger, “Thus shall you say to Joab, ‘Do not let this matter trouble you, for the sword devours now one and now another; strengthen your attack upon the city, and overthrow it.’ And encourage him.”

2 Samuel 2:14

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

2 Samuel 2:16

And each caught his opponent by the head, and thrust his sword in his opponent's side; so they fell down together. Therefore that place was called Helkath-hazzurim, which is at Gibeon.

2 Samuel 2:25

And the Benjaminites gathered themselves together behind Abner, and became one band, and took their stand on the top of a hill.

2 Samuel 2:27

And Joab said, “As God lives, if you had not spoken, surely the men would have given up the pursuit of their brethren in the morning.”

Job 18:2

“How long will you hunt for words? Consider, and then we will speak.

Job 19:2

“How long will you torment me, and break me in pieces with words?

Psalm 4:2

O men, how long shall my honor suffer shame? How long will you love vain words, and seek after lies? Selah

Proverbs 17:14

The beginning of strife is like letting out water; so quit before the quarrel breaks out.

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

Upon all the bare heights in the desert destroyers have come; for the sword of the Lord devours from one end of the land to the other; no flesh has peace.

Jeremiah 2:30

In vain have I smitten your children, they took no correction; your own sword devoured your prophets like a ravening lion.

Jeremiah 4:21

How long must I see the standard, and hear the sound of the trumpet?

Jeremiah 46:10

That day is the day of the Lord God of hosts, a day of vengeance, to avenge himself on his foes. The sword shall devour and be sated, and drink its fill of their blood. For the Lord God of hosts holds a sacrifice in the north country by the river Euphrates.

Jeremiah 46:14

“Declare in Egypt, and proclaim in Migdol; proclaim in Memphis and Tahpanhes; Say, ‘Stand ready and be prepared, for the sword shall devour round about you.’

Hosea 11:6

The sword shall rage against their cities, consume the bars of their gates, and devour them in their fortresses.

Acts 7:26

And on the following day he appeared to them as they were quarreling and would have reconciled them, saying, ‘Men, you are brethren, why do you wrong each other?’