Verse 14

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

Referenced Verses

• 2 Sam 2:17 : 17 And the battle was very sore that day: and Abner was beaten, and the men of Israel, before the servants of David.
• 2 Sam 2:26-27 : 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.
• Prov 10:23 : 23 It is as sport to a fool to do wickedness; And [so is] wisdom to a man of understanding.
• Prov 17:14 : 14 The beginning of strife is [as] when one letteth out water: Therefore leave off contention, before there is quarrelling.
• Prov 20:18 : 18 Every purpose is established by counsel; And by wise guidance make thou war.
• Prov 25:8 : 8 Go not forth hastily to strive, Lest [thou know not] what to do in the end thereof, When thy neighbor hath put thee to shame.
• Prov 26:18-19 : 18 As a madman who casteth firebrands, Arrows, and death, 19 So is the man that deceiveth his neighbor, And saith, Am not I in sport?