2 Samuel 2:27

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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

Bible References

As god

Now, therefore, my lord, as the LORD lives and as thy soul lives, seeing the LORD has withheld thee from coming to shed blood and from avenging thyself with thy own hand, now let thy enemies and those that seek evil to my lord be as Nabal.

As God lives, who has taken away my rights; and the Almighty, who has made my soul bitter,

Unless

And Abner said to Joab, Let the young men now arise and sport before us. And Joab said, Let them arise.

A soft answer turns away wrath, but grievous words stir up anger.

To release the waters (to speak rashly) is the beginning of contention; therefore, leave off strife before it gets started.

Every thought must be ordered by counsel, and with intelligence war is made.

Do not go forth hastily to strive lest thou know not what to do in the end thereof when thy neighbour has put thee to shame.

And thou didst say, I shall be a lady for ever. Until now thou hast not laid these things to heart, neither didst thou remember thy latter end.

Or what king going to make war against another king does not sit down first and consult whether he is able with ten thousand to meet him that comes against him with twenty thousand?

General references

Then Zebul said unto him, Where is now thy mouth, with which thou didst say, Who is Abimelech that we should serve him? Is not this the people that thou hast despised? Go out now and fight with them.

But if ye bite and devour one another, take heed that ye are not consumed one of another.