Now therefore, my lord, as Jehovah lives and as your soul lives, since Jehovah has held you back from coming to blood and from delivering yourself with your own hand, now then, let your enemies and those who seek evil upon my lord be as Nabal.

As the Mighty God lives, who has taken away my justice, and the Almighty, who has made my soul bitter,

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

A soft answer turns away wrath, but grievous words stir up anger.

The beginning of strife is like letting out water; therefore leave off contention, before it breaks out.

Plans are established by counsel; and wage war with good advice.

Do not be quick to start a quarrel, lest you know not what to do in the end of it, when your neighbor has put you to shame.

And you said, I shall be a queen forever; so you did not lay these things to heart, nor remember the latter end of it.

Or what king, going to make war against another king, does not sit down first and take counsel whether he is able with ten thousand to meet him who comes against him with twenty thousand?

Or else, while the other is still a great way off, he sends a delegation and asks terms of peace.