Quotes about Engagement
Then Abner said to Joab, “Let us have the young men get up and compete before us.” “Let them get up,” Joab replied.
— 2 Samuel 2:14
So Abner told him, “Turn to your right or to your left, seize one of the young men, and take his equipment for yourself.” But Asahel would not stop chasing him.
— 2 Samuel 2:21
When Uriah came to him, David asked how Joab and the troops were doing with the war.
— 2 Samuel 11:7
So David’s army marched into the field to engage Israel in the battle, which took place in the forest of Ephraim.
— 2 Samuel 18:6
When this was reported to David, he gathered all Israel, crossed the Jordan, advanced toward the Arameans, and arrayed for battle against them. When David lined up to engage them in battle, they fought against him.
— 1 Chronicles 19:17
Josiah, however, did not turn away from him; instead, in order to engage him in battle, he disguised himself. He did not listen to Neco’s words from the mouth of God, but went to fight him on the Plain of Megiddo.
— 2 Chronicles 35:22
Then call me, and I will answer, or let me speak, and You can reply.
— Job 13:22
‘We played the flute for you, and you did not dance; we sang a dirge, and you did not mourn.’
— Matthew 11:17
But they paid no attention and went away, one to his field, another to his business.
— Matthew 22:5
Another said, ‘I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I am going to try them out. Please excuse me.’
— Luke 14:19
Still another said, ‘I have married a wife, so I cannot come.’
— Luke 14:20
When he heard the crowd going by, he asked what was happening.
— Luke 18:36