2 Samuel 2:26
"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?"
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- Jeremiah 46:14
"Declare ye in Egypt, and publish in Migdol, and publish in Noph and in Tahpanhes: say ye, Stand fast, and prepare thee; for the sword shall devour round about thee."
Read in chapter → - Jeremiah 46:10
"For this is the day of the Lord GOD of hosts, a day of vengeance, that he may avenge him of his adversaries: and the sword shall devour, and it shall be satiate and made drunk with their blood: for the Lord GOD of hosts hath a sacrifice in the north country by the river Euphrates."
Read in chapter → - Acts 7:26
"And the next day he shewed himself unto them as they strove, and would have set them at one again, saying, Sirs, ye are brethren; why do ye wrong one to another?"
Read in chapter → - 2 Samuel 11:25
"Then David said unto the messenger, Thus shalt thou say unto Joab, Let not this thing displease thee, for the sword devoureth one as well as another: make thy battle more strong against the city, and overthrow it: and encourage thou him."
Read in chapter → - Jeremiah 12:12
"The spoilers are come upon all high places through the wilderness: for the sword of the LORD shall devour from the one end of the land even to the other end of the land: no flesh shall have peace."
Read in chapter → - Isaiah 1:20
"But if ye refuse and rebel, ye shall be devoured with the sword: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it."
Read in chapter → - Jeremiah 4:21
"How long shall I see the standard, and hear the sound of the trumpet?"
Read in chapter → - 2 Samuel 2:14
"And Abner said to Joab, Let the young men now arise, and play before us. And Joab said, Let them arise."
Read in chapter → - Hosea 11:6
"And the sword shall abide on his cities, and shall consume his branches, and devour them, because of their own counsels."
Read in chapter → - Job 19:2
"How long will ye vex my soul, and break me in pieces with words?"
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