Thou hast indeed smitten Edom, and thine heart hath lifted thee up: glory of this, and tarry at home: for why shouldest thou meddle to thy hurt, that thou shouldest fall, even thou, and Judah with thee?

And Judah was put to the worse before Israel; and they fled every man to their tents.

He, that being often reproved hardeneth his neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy.

That which hath been is named already, and it is known that it is man: neither may he contend with him that is mightier than he.

And when Abner was returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside in the gate to speak with him quietly, and smote him there under the fifth rib, that he died, for the blood of Asahel his brother.