2Sa 18:3, 21:17, Jer 12:3-4, Eze 33:24-29, Joh 11:50 | ESV | STEP | But the men said , You shall not go out . For if we flee , they will not care about us. If half of us die , they will not care about us. But you are worth ten thousand of us. Therefore it is better that you send us help from the city .

2 Samuel 18:3

3 ^aBut the men said, “You shall not go out. For if we flee, they will not care about us. If half of us die, they will not care about us. But you are worth ten thousand of us. Therefore it is better that you send us help from the city.”

2 Samuel 21:17

17 But Abishai the son of Zeruiah came to his aid and attacked the Philistine and killed him. Then David’s men swore to him, ^b“You shall no longer go out with us to battle, lest you quench ^cthe lamp of Israel.”

Jeremiah 12:3-4

3 ^dBut you, O Lord, know me;
^eyou see me, and test my heart toward you.
^fPull them out like sheep for the slaughter,
and set them apart for ^gthe day of slaughter.
4 ^hHow long will the land mourn
and the grass of every field wither?
ⁱFor the evil of those who dwell in it
^jthe beasts and the birds are swept away,
because they said, “He will not see our latter end.”

Ezekiel 33:24-29

24 ^k“Son of man, the inhabitants of these ^lwaste places in the land of Israel keep saying, ^m‘Abraham was only one man, yet he got possession of the land; but ⁿwe are many; the land is surely given us to possess.’ 25 Therefore say to them, Thus says the Lord God: ^oYou eat flesh with the blood and ^plift up your eyes to your idols and ^qshed blood; shall you then possess the land? 26 ^rYou rely on the sword, ^syou commit abominations, and ^teach of you defiles his neighbor’s wife; shall you then possess the land? 27 Say this to them, Thus says the Lord God: ^uAs I live, surely those who are in ^vthe waste places shall fall by ^wthe sword, and whoever is in the open field I will give to ^xthe beasts to be devoured, and those who are in ^ystrongholds and in caves shall die by ^zpestilence. 28 ^aaAnd I will make the land a desolation and a waste, and ^abher proud might shall come to an end, and ^acthe mountains of Israel shall be so desolate that none will pass through. 29 ^adThen they will know that I am the Lord, when I have made the land a desolation and a waste because of all their abominations that they have committed.

John 11:50

50 Nor do you understand that ^aeit is better for you that one man should die for the people, not that the whole nation should perish.”