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

And on the next day he appeared to them as they were fighting, and [tried to] reconcile them to peace, saying, 'Men, you are brothers; why do you wrong one another?'

And David said to the messenger, Thus shall you say to Joab, Let not the matter be grievous in your eyes, for the sword devours one way at one time and another way at another: strengthen your array against the city, and destroy it, and strengthen him.

but if you be not willing, nor hearken to Me, a sword shall devour you; for the mouth of the Lord has spoken this.

In vain have I smitten your children; you have not received correction. A sword has devoured your prophets as a destroying lion; yet you feared not.

The ravagers have come to every passage in the wilderness: for the sword of the Lord will devour from one end of the land to the other- 8no flesh has any peace.

And that day [shall be] to the Lord our God a day of vengeance, to take vengeance on His enemies. And the sword of the Lord shall devour, and be glutted, and be drunken with their blood; for the Lord [has] a sacrifice from the land of the north at the River Euphrates.

Proclaim [it] at Migdol, and declare [it] at Memphis. Say, Stand up, and prepare; for the sword has devoured your yew tree.

And in his cities he prevailed not with the sword, and he ceased [to war] with his hands; and they shall eat [of the fruit] of their own devices.

And each one grasped the head of his neighbor with his hand, and his sword [was thrust] into the side of his neighbor, and they fell down together: and the name of that place was called The Portion of the Treacherous Ones, which is in Gibeon.

Rightful rule gives power to words, but sedition and strife precede poverty.

How long will you continue? Gain understanding, and afterward we also may speak.

How long will you torment my soul, and destroy me with words? Only know that the Lord has dealt with me thus.

O you sons of men, how long [will you be] slow to hear? Why do you love vanity, and seek falsehood? Pause.

How long shall I see fugitives, and hear the sound of the trumpet?