2Sa 2:14, Pro 15:1, 17:14, 20:18, 25:8, Isa 47:7, Luk 14:31-32 | ESV | STEP | And Abner said to Joab , Let the young men arise and compete before us. And Joab said , Let them arise .

2 Samuel 2:14

14 And Abner said to Joab, “Let the young men arise and compete before us.” And Joab said, “Let them arise.”

Proverbs 15:1

1 ^aA soft answer turns away wrath,
but ^ba harsh word stirs up anger.

Proverbs 17:14

14 The beginning of strife is like letting out water,
so ^cquit before the quarrel breaks out.

Proverbs 20:18

18 ^dPlans are established by counsel;
by ^ewise guidance ^fwage war.

Proverbs 25:8

8 ^gdo not hastily bring into court,
for ^{▼▼Hebrew or else} what will you do in the end,
when your neighbor puts you to shame?

Isaiah 47:7

7 You said, “I shall be ⁱmistress forever,”
so that you did not lay these things to heart
or remember their end.

Luke 14:31-32

31 Or what king, going out to encounter another king in war, will not ^jsit down first and deliberate whether he is able with ten thousand to meet him who comes against him with twenty thousand? 32 And if not, while the other is yet a great way off, he sends a delegation and asks for terms of peace.