2 Samuel 2:14 Cross References - ERV

¹⁴ And Abner said to Joab, Let the young men, I pray thee, arise and play before us. And Joab said, Let them arise.

¹⁷ And the battle was very sore that day; and Abner was beaten, and the men of Israel, before the servants of David.

²⁶ Then Abner called to Joab, and said, Shall the sword devour for ever? knowest thou not that it will be bitterness in the latter end? how long shall it be then, ere thou bid the people return from following their brethren? ²⁷ And Joab said, As God liveth, if thou hadst not spoken, surely then in the morning the people had gone away, nor followed every one his brother.

²³ It is as sport to a fool to do wickedness: and [so is] wisdom to a man of understanding.

¹⁴ The beginning of strife is [as] when one letteth out water: therefore leave off contention, before there be quarrelling.

¹⁸ Every purpose is established by counsel: and by wise guidance make thou war,

⁸ Go not forth hastily to strive, lest [thou know not] what to do in the end thereof, when thy neighbour hath put thee to shame.

¹⁸ As a madman who casteth firebrands, arrows, and death; ¹⁹ So is the man that deceiveth his neighbour, and saith, Am not I in sport?