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2 Samuel 2:14

WEB

14Abner said to Joab, “Please let the young men arise and compete before us!” Joab said, “Let them arise!”

KJV

14And Abner[+] said to Joab, Let the young men now arise, and play before us. And Joab said, Let them arise.

BSB

14Then Abner said to Joab, “Let us have the young men get up and compete before us.” Let them get up,” Joab replied.

FBV

14Abner said to Joab, “Let's have some of the men fight in hand-to-hand combat before us.” “Fine,” Joab agreed.

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Extra References

2 Samuel 2:17

17[+] The battle was very severe that day; and Abner was beaten, and the men of Israel, before David’s servants.


2 Samuel 2:26-27

26Then Abner called to Joab, and said, “Shall the sword devour forever? Don’t you know that it will be bitterness in the latter end? How long will it be then, before you ask the people to return from following their brothers?”

27Joab said, “As God [+] lives, if you had not spoken, surely then in the morning the people would have gone away, and not each followed his brother.”


Proverbs 25:8

8Don’t be hasty in bringing charges to court. What will you do in the end when your neighbor shames you?


Proverbs 10:23

23It is a fool’s pleasure to do wickedness, but wisdom is a man of understanding’s pleasure.


Proverbs 20:18

18Plans are established by advice; by wise guidance you wage war!


Proverbs 17:14

14The beginning of strife is like breaching a dam, therefore stop contention before quarreling breaks out.


Proverbs 26:18-19

18Like a madman who shoots torches, arrows, and death, 19is the man who deceives his neighbor and says, “Am I not joking?”