2 Samuel 2:14 Cross References - MLV

¹⁴ And Abner said to Joab, I beseech you, let the young men arise and play before us. And Joab said, Let them arise.

¹⁷ And the battle was very severe 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? Do you not know that it will be bitterness in the latter end? How long will it be then, before you bid the people return from following their brothers? ²⁷ And Joab said, As God lives unless you had spoken, surely then in the morning the people would have gone up every man from following his brother.

²³ It is as sport to a fool to do mischief and so is wisdom to a man of understanding.

¹⁴ The beginning of strife is like letting out water. Therefore leave off contention, before there is quarreling.

¹⁸ Every purpose is established by counsel and make war with wise guidance.

⁸ Do not go forth hastily to strive. What will you do in the end of it when your neighbor has put you to shame?

¹⁸ As a madman who casts firebrands, arrows and death, ¹⁹ so is the man who deceives his neighbor and says, Am I not amusing?