2 Samuel 2:27
And Joab said, As God lives, unless you had spoken, surely then in the morning the people would have gone up each one from following his brother.
2 Samuel 2:14
And Abner said to Joab, Let the young men now arise and play before us. And Joab said, Let them arise.
Proverbs 17:14
The beginning of strife is like letting out water; therefore leave off fighting, before it breaks out.
1 Samuel 25:26
And now, my lord, as Jehovah lives and as your soul lives, since Jehovah has withheld you from coming to shed blood, and from avenging yourself with your own hand, now let your enemies, and those that seek to do evil to my lord, be as Nabal.
Job 27:2
As God lives, He has taken away my judgment; and the Almighty has made my soul bitter.
Proverbs 15:1
A soft answer turns away wrath, but grievous words stir up anger.
Proverbs 20:18
Purposes are established by counsel; and with good advice make war.
Proverbs 25:8
Do not go forth quickly to fight, lest you know not what to do in the end of it, when your neighbor has put you to shame.
Isaiah 47:7
And you said, I shall be a mistress forever; so you did not lay these things to your heart, nor remembered the latter end of it.
Luke 14:31-32
Or what king, going to make war against another king, does not first sit down and consult whether he is able with ten thousand to meet him who comes against him with twenty thousand?