2 Samuel 2:27
And Joab said, "As God lives, if you had not spoken, surely the men would not have given up the pursuit of their brothers until the morning."
2 Samuel 2:14
And Abner said to Joab, "Let the young men arise and compete before us." And Joab said, "Let them arise."
Proverbs 17:14
The beginning of strife is like letting out water, so quit before the quarrel breaks out.
1 Samuel 25:26
Now then, my lord, as the LORD lives, and as your soul lives, because the LORD has restrained you from bloodguilt and from saving with your own hand, now then let your enemies and those who seek to do evil to my lord be as Nabal.
Job 27:2
"As God lives, who has taken away my right, and the Almighty, who has made my soul bitter,
Proverbs 15:1
A soft answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.
Proverbs 20:18
Plans are established by counsel; by wise guidance wage war.
Proverbs 25:8
do not hastily bring into court, for what will you do in the end, when your neighbor puts you to shame?
Isaiah 47:7
You said, "I shall be mistress forever," so that you did not lay these things to heart or remember their end.
Luke 14:31-32
Or what king, going out to encounter another king in war, will not sit down first and deliberate whether he is able with ten thousand to meet him who comes against him with twenty thousand?