Contradiction with Proverbs 16:7
While 2 Samuel 17:3 suggests using strategies to reconcile or bring back people, Proverbs 16:7 indicates that when a man's ways please the Lord, he makes even his enemies to be at peace with him, implying divine intervention rather than human strategy.
Proverbs 16:7: When a man's ways please the LORD, he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him.
Contradiction with Matthew 5:9
2 Samuel 17:3 involves a plan that may include force and deception to achieve peace, whereas Matthew 5:9 blesses the peacemakers, those who pursue peace through sincere and genuine means.
Matthew 5:9: Blessed [are] the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God.
Contradiction with Romans 12:18
In 2 Samuel 17:3, peace is achieved through coercive strategies, while Romans 12:18 encourages living peaceably with all men when it is within one's power, denoting a more voluntary and personal approach to peace.
Romans 12:18: If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men.
Contradiction with James 3:17
2 Samuel 17:3 involves strategic and potentially cunning actions to achieve an end, whereas James 3:17 highlights that wisdom from above is pure, peaceable, and gentle, promoting peace through wisdom and truth.
James 3:17: But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, [and] easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy. [partiality: or, wrangling]
Contradiction with Proverbs 12:20
The plan in 2 Samuel 17:3 might involve deceit to foster unity, contrasting with Proverbs 12:20, which says deceit is in the heart of those who plot evil, but counselors of peace have joy, indicating a contradiction in the methods of achieving peace.
Proverbs 12:20: Deceit [is] in the heart of them that imagine evil: but to the counsellors of peace [is] joy.