2 Samuel 2:27

World Messianic Bible British Edition

Joab said, “As God lives, if you had not spoken, surely then in the morning the people would have gone away, and not each followed his brother.”

Cross References

2 Samuel 2:14

Abner said to Joab, “Please let the young men arise and compete before us!” Joab said, “Let them arise!”

2 Samuel 2:26

Then Abner called to Joab, and said, “Shall the sword devour forever? Don’t you know that it will be bitterness in the latter end? How long will it be then, before you ask the people to return from following their brothers?”

2 Samuel 2:28

So Joab blew the shofar; and all the people stood still and pursued Israel no more, and they fought no more.

Job 27:2

“As God lives, who has taken away my right, the Almighty, who has made my soul bitter

Proverbs 15:1

A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.

Proverbs 17:14

The beginning of strife is like breaching a dam, therefore stop contention before quarrelling breaks out.

Proverbs 20:18

Plans are established by advice; by wise guidance you wage war!

Proverbs 25:8

Don’t be hasty in bringing charges to court. What will you do in the end when your neighbour shames you?

Isaiah 47:7

You said, ‘I will be a princess forever,’ so that you didn’t lay these things to your heart, nor did you remember the results.

1 Samuel 25:26

Now therefore, my lord, as the LORD lives and as your soul lives, since the LORD has withheld you from blood guiltiness and from avenging yourself with your own hand, now therefore let your enemies and those who seek evil to my lord be as Nabal.