2 Samuel 2:14

Agree with your adversary quickly, while you are with him on the way; lest perhaps the prosecutor deliver you to the judge, and the judge deliver you to the officer, and you be cast into prison.

So, then, my beloved brothers, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, and slow to anger;

Folly is joy to one who is void of wisdom, but a man of understanding keeps his way straight.

Where there is no counsel, plans fail; but in a multitude of counselors they are established.

It is an honor for a man to keep aloof from strife, but every fool will be quarreling.

for by wise guidance you wage your war; and victory is in many advisors.

“Declare in Egypt, publish in Migdol, and publish in Memphis and in Tahpanhes: say, ‘Stand up, and prepare; for the sword has devoured around you.’

Now there was long war between Saul’s house and David’s house. David grew stronger and stronger, but Saul’s house grew weaker and weaker.

There is a way which seems right to a man, but in the end it leads to death.

A fool’s lips come into strife, and his mouth invites beatings.

For as the churning of milk produces butter, and the wringing of the nose produces blood; so the forcing of wrath produces strife.”

Or what king, as he goes to encounter another king in war, will not sit down first and consider whether he is able with ten thousand to meet him who comes against him with twenty thousand?

and that you make it your ambition to lead a quiet life, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, even as we instructed you;

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

Joab 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.”

The king said, “Divide the living child in two, and give half to the one, and half to the other.”

who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the perverseness of evil,

Where there is no wise guidance, the nation falls, but in the multitude of counselors there is victory.

It isn’t good to have zeal without knowledge, nor being hasty with one’s feet and missing the way.

is the man who deceives his neighbor and says, “Am I not joking?”

The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests rule by their own authority; and my people love to have it so. What will you do in the end of it?

For that day is of the Lord, Yahweh of Armies, a day of vengeance, that he may avenge himself of his adversaries. The sword will devour and be satiated, and will drink its fill of their blood; for the Lord, Yahweh of Armies, has a sacrifice in the north country by the river Euphrates.

“The day following, he appeared to them as they fought, and urged them to be at peace again, saying, ‘Sirs, you are brothers. Why do you wrong one another?’

Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which is beside Beth Aven, on the east side of Bethel, and spoke to them, saying, “Go up and spy out the land.” The men went up and spied out Ai.

The children of Israel sent to the children of Reuben, and to the children of Gad, and to the half-tribe of Manasseh, into the land of Gilead, Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest.

I wish that this people were under my hand! Then I would remove Abimelech.” He said to Abimelech, “Increase your army and come out!”

The children of Dan sent five men of their family from their whole number, men of valor, from Zorah and from Eshtaol, to spy out the land and to search it. They said to them, “Go, explore the land!” They came to the hill country of Ephraim, to the house of Micah, and lodged there.

It was so, that all who saw it said, “Such a deed has not been done or seen from the day that the children of Israel came up out of the land of Egypt to this day! Consider it, take counsel, and speak.”

Behold, you children of Israel, all of you, give here your advice and counsel.”

The children of Israel arose, went up to Bethel, and asked counsel of God. They asked, “Who shall go up for us first to battle against the children of Benjamin?” Yahweh said, “Judah first.”

The children of Israel went up and wept before Yahweh until evening; and they asked of Yahweh, saying, “Shall I again draw near to battle against the children of Benjamin my brother?” Yahweh said, “Go up against him.”

David said to his men, “Every man put on his sword!” Every man put on his sword. David also put on his sword. About four hundred men followed David, and two hundred stayed by the baggage.

Then 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?”

Now therefore come, please let me give you counsel, that you may save your own life, and your son Solomon’s life.

The prophet came near to the king of Israel, and said to him, “Go, strengthen yourself, and mark, and see what you do; for at the return of the year the king of Syria will come up against you.”

Now the king of Syria was at war against Israel; and he took counsel with his servants, saying, “My camp will be in such and such a place.”

Then Amaziah sent messengers to Jehoash, the son of Jehoahaz son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, “Come, let’s look one another in the face.”

You have indeed struck Edom, and your heart has lifted you up. Enjoy the glory of it, and stay at home; for why should you meddle to your harm, that you fall, even you, and Judah with you?’ ”

and spoke to them after the counsel of the young men, saying, “My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add to it. My father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.”

Abijah and his people killed them with a great slaughter, so five hundred thousand chosen men of Israel fell down slain.

But the men of the army whom Amaziah sent back, that they should not go with him to battle, fell on the cities of Judah, from Samaria even to Beth Horon, and struck of them three thousand, and took much plunder.

Then Amaziah king of Judah consulted his advisers, and sent to Joash, the son of Jehoahaz the son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, “Come! Let’s look one another in the face.”

For Pekah the son of Remaliah killed in Judah one hundred twenty thousand in one day, all of them valiant men, because they had forsaken Yahweh, the God of their fathers.

he took counsel with his princes and his mighty men to stop the waters of the springs which were outside of the city, and they helped him.

“How long will you hunt for words? Consider, and afterwards we will speak.

“How long will you torment me, and crush me with words?

“As God lives, who has taken away my right, the Almighty, who has made my soul bitter

You sons of men, how long shall my glory be turned into dishonor? Will you love vanity and seek after falsehood?

Don’t strive with a man without cause, if he has done you no harm.

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

Pride only breeds quarrels, but wisdom is with people who take advice.

Fools mock at making atonement for sins, but among the upright there is good will.

He who is slow to anger has great understanding, but he who has a quick temper displays folly.

A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.

It is an abomination for kings to do wrong, for the throne is established by righteousness.

One who is slow to anger is better than the mighty; one who rules his spirit, than he who takes a city.

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

He who loves disobedience loves strife. One who builds a high gate seeks destruction.

A man who isolates himself pursues selfishness, and defies all sound judgment.

The discretion of a man makes him slow to anger. It is his glory to overlook an offense.

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

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

Don’t answer a fool according to his folly, lest you also be like him.

As coals are to hot embers, and wood to fire, so is a contentious man to kindling strife.

An angry man stirs up strife, and a wrathful man abounds in sin.

Rejoice, young man, in your youth, and let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth, and walk in the ways of your heart, and in the sight of your eyes; but know that for all these things God will bring you into judgment.

How long will I see the standard and hear the sound of the trumpet?

The princes of Judah are like those who remove a landmark. I will pour out my wrath on them like water.

The sword will fall on their cities, and will destroy the bars of their gates, and will put an end to their plans.

Now Herod was very angry with the people of Tyre and Sidon. They came with one accord to him, and, having made Blastus, the king’s personal aide, their friend, they asked for peace, because their country depended on the king’s country for food.

If it is possible, as much as it is up to you, be at peace with all men.

Love is patient and is kind. Love doesn’t envy. Love doesn’t brag, is not proud,

but now you also put them all away: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and shameful speaking out of your mouth.

Follow after peace with all men, and the sanctification without which no man will see the Lord,