2 Samuel 2:14
And Abner said to Joab, Let the young men, I pray thee, arise and play before us. And Joab said, Let them arise.
2 Samuel 2:17
And the battle was very severe that day. And Abner was beaten, and the men of Israel, before the servants of David.
2 Samuel 2:26-27
Then Abner called to Joab, and said, Shall the sword devour for ever? Know thou not that it will be bitterness in the latter end? How long shall it be then, before thou bid the people return from following their brothers?
Proverbs 10:23
It is as sport to a fool to do mischief, and [so is] wisdom to a man of understanding.
Proverbs 17:14
The beginning of strife is [like] letting out water. Therefore leave off contention, before there is quarrelling.
Proverbs 20:18
Every purpose is established by counsel, and by wise guidance make thou war.
Proverbs 25:8
Go not forth hastily to strive. What will thou do in the end of it when thy neighbor has put thee to shame?
Proverbs 26:18-19
As a madman who casts firebrands, arrows, and death,