2 Samuel 2:27

“As God lives,” Joab replied, “if you had not spoken up, the troops wouldn’t have stopped pursuing their brothers until morning.”

2 Samuel 2:14

Then Abner said to Joab, “Let’s have the young men get up and compete in front of us.”

“Let them get up,” Joab replied.

Proverbs 17:14

To start a conflict is to release a flood;
stop the dispute before it breaks out.

Now my lord, as surely as the Lord lives and as you yourself live, it is the Lord who kept you from participating in bloodshed and avenging yourself by your own hand. May your enemies and those who want trouble for my lord be like Nabal.

Job 27:2

As God lives, who has deprived me of justice,
and the Almighty who has made me bitter,

Proverbs 15:1

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

Proverbs 20:18

Finalize plans with counsel,
and wage war with sound guidance.

Proverbs 25:8

Don’t take a matter to court hastily.
Otherwise, what will you do afterward
if your opponent humiliates you?

Isaiah 47:7

You said, ‘I will be the mistress forever.’
You did not take these things to heart
or think about their outcome.

Luke 14:31-32

“Or what king, going to war against another king, will not first sit down and decide if he is able with 10,000 to oppose the one who comes against him with 20,000?

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Summary

2 Samuel 2:27

And Joab said, As God liveth, unless thou hadst spoken, surely then in the morning the people had gone up every one from following his brother.

As god

1 Samuel 25:26

Job 27:2

Unless

Luke 14:31

General references

Judges 9:38

Galatians 5:15

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