Deuteronomy 20:10

Bible in Basic English (1941)

When you come to a town, before attacking it, make an offer of peace.

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  • 2 Sam 20:18-22 : 18 Then she said, In the old days, there was a saying, Let them put the question in Abel and in Dan, saying, Has what was ordered by men of good faith in Israel ever come to an end? 19 Your purpose is the destruction of a mother-town in Israel: why would you put an end to the heritage of the Lord? 20 And Joab, answering her, said, Far, far be it from me to be a cause of death or destruction; 21 Not so: but a man of the hill-country of Ephraim, Sheba, son of Bichri, by name, has taken up arms against the king, against David: give up this man only, and I will go away from the town. And the woman said to Joab, His head will be dropped over the wall to you. 22 Then the woman in her wisdom had talk with all the town. And they had Sheba's head cut off and sent out to Joab. And he had the horn sounded, and sent them all away from the town, every man to his tent. And Joab went back to Jerusalem to the king.
  • Isa 57:19 : 19 I will give the fruit of the lips: Peace, peace, to him who is near and to him who is far off, says the Lord; and I will make him well.
  • Zech 9:10 : 10 And he will have the war-carriage cut off from Ephraim, and the horse from Jerusalem, and the bow of war will be cut off: and he will say words of peace to the nations: and his rule will be from sea to sea, and from the River to the ends of the earth.
  • Luke 10:5-6 : 5 And whenever you go into a house, first say, Peace be to this house. 6 And if a son of peace is there, your peace will be with him: but if not, it will come back to you again.
  • Acts 10:36 : 36 The word which he sent to the children of Israel, giving the good news of peace through Jesus Christ (who is Lord of all)--
  • 2 Cor 5:18-6:1 : 18 But all things are of God, who has made us at peace with himself through Christ, and has given to us the work of making peace; 19 That is, that God was in Christ making peace between the world and himself, not putting their sins to their account, and having given to us the preaching of this news of peace. 20 So we are the representatives of Christ, as if God was making a request to you through us: we make our request to you, in the name of Christ, be at peace with God. 21 For him who had no knowledge of sin God made to be sin for us; so that we might become the righteousness of God in him. 1 We then, working together with God, make our request to you not to take the grace of God to no purpose.
  • Eph 2:17 : 17 And he came preaching peace to you who were far off, and to those who were near;

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Deut 20:11-16
    6 verses
    84%

    11 And if it gives you back an answer of peace, opening its doors to you, then all the people in it may be put to forced work as your servants.

    12 If however it will not make peace with you, but war, then let it be shut in on all sides:

    13 And when the Lord your God has given it into your hands, let every male in it be put to death without mercy.

    14 But the women and the children and the cattle and everything in the town and all its wealth, you may take for yourselves: the wealth of your haters, which the Lord your God has given you, will be your food.

    15 So you are to do to all the towns far away, which are not the towns of these nations.

    16 But in the towns of these peoples whose land the Lord your God is giving you for your heritage, let no living thing be kept from death:

  • Deut 20:1-5
    5 verses
    78%

    1 When you go out to war against other nations, and come face to face with horses and war-carriages and armies greater in number than yourselves, have no fear of them: for the Lord your God is with you, who took you up out of the land of Egypt.

    2 And when you are on the point of attacking, let the priest come forward and say to the people,

    3 Give ear, O Israel: today you are going forward to the fight; let your heart be strong; do not let uncontrolled fear overcome you because of those who are against you;

    4 For the Lord your God goes with you, fighting for you to give you salvation from those who are against you.

    5 And let the overseers say to the people, If there is any man who has made for himself a new house and has not gone into it, let him go back to his house, so that in the event of his death in the fight, another may not take his house for himself.

  • Deut 20:9
    77%

    9 Then, after saying these words to the people, let the overseers put captains over the army.

  • Deut 21:10
    74%

    10 When you go out to war against other nations, and the Lord your God gives them up into your hands and you take them as prisoners;

  • Deut 20:19-20
    2 verses
    73%

    19 If in war a town is shut in by your armies for a long time, do not let its trees be cut down and made waste; for their fruit will be your food; are the trees of the countryside men for you to take up arms against them?

    20 Only those trees which you are certain are not used for food may be cut down and put to destruction: and you are to make walls of attack against the town till it is taken.

  • Luke 10:5-6
    2 verses
    72%

    5 And whenever you go into a house, first say, Peace be to this house.

    6 And if a son of peace is there, your peace will be with him: but if not, it will come back to you again.

  • Jer 29:7
    71%

    7 And be working for the peace of the land to which I have had you taken away prisoners, and make prayer to the Lord for it: for in its peace you will have peace.

  • Deut 12:10
    71%

    10 But when you have gone over Jordan and are living in the land which the Lord your God is giving you as your heritage, and when he has given you rest from all those on every side who are fighting against you, and you are living there safely;

  • 1 Sam 25:6
    71%

    6 And say this to my brother, May all be well for you: peace be to you and your house and all you have.

  • Matt 10:12-13
    2 verses
    70%

    12 And when you go in, say, May peace be on this house.

    13 And if the house is good enough, let your peace come on it: but if not, let your peace come back to you.

  • Luke 14:31-32
    2 verses
    70%

    31 Or what king, going to war with another king, will not first take thought if he will be strong enough, with ten thousand men, to keep off him who comes against him with twenty thousand?

    32 Or while the other is still a great distance away, he sends representatives requesting conditions of peace.

  • Ps 122:7-8
    2 verses
    70%

    7 May peace be inside your walls, and wealth in your noble houses.

    8 Because of my brothers and friends, I will now say, Let peace be with you.

  • 2 Sam 11:20
    70%

    20 If the king is angry and says, Why did you go so near the town for the fight? was it not certain that their archers would be on the wall?

  • 2 Chr 20:15-17
    3 verses
    70%

    15 And he said, Give ear, O Judah, and you people of Jerusalem, and you, King Jehoshaphat: the Lord says to you, Have no fear and do not be troubled on account of this great army; for the fight is not yours but God's.

    16 Go down against them tomorrow: see, they are coming up by the slope of Ziz; at the end of the valley, before the waste land of Jeruel, you will come face to face with them.

    17 There will be no need for you to take up arms in this fight; put yourselves in position, and keep where you are, and you will see the salvation of the Lord with you, O Judah and Jerusalem: have no fear and do not be troubled: go out against them tomorrow, for the Lord is with you.

  • Ps 120:7
    69%

    7 I am for peace: but when I say so, they are for war.

  • Exod 14:14
    69%

    14 The Lord will make war for you, you have only to keep quiet.

  • Num 10:9
    69%

    9 And if you go to war in your land against any who do you wrong, then let the loud note of the horn be sounded; and the Lord your God will keep you in mind and give you salvation from those who are against you.

  • 1 Kgs 20:18
    69%

    18 And he said, If they have come out for peace, take them living, and if they have come out for war, take them living.

  • Luke 10:9-10
    2 verses
    68%

    9 And make well those in it who are ill and say to them, The kingdom of God is near to you.

    10 But if you go into a town where they will not have you, go out into the streets of it and say,

  • Josh 20:4
    68%

    4 And if anyone goes in flight to one of those towns, and comes into the public place of the town, and puts his cause before the responsible men of the town, they will take him into the town and give him a place among them where he may be safe.

  • Zech 8:16
    68%

    16 These are the things which you are to do: Let every man say what is true to his neighbour; and let your judging give peace in your towns.

  • Josh 8:7-8
    2 verses
    68%

    7 Then you will get up from your secret position and take the town, for the Lord your God will give it up into your hands.

    8 And when you have taken the town, put fire to it, as the Lord has said: see, I have given you your orders.

  • Joel 3:9
    68%

    9 And further, what are you to me, O Tyre and Zidon and all the circle of Philistia? will you give me back any payment? and if you do, quickly and suddenly I will send it back on your head,

  • Job 22:21
    67%

    21 Put yourself now in a right relation with him and be at peace: so will you do well in your undertakings.

  • Num 32:20
    67%

    20 Then Moses said to them, If you will do this, arming yourselves to go before the Lord to the war,

  • Deut 6:10
    67%

    10 And when the Lord your God has taken you into the land which he gave his oath to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, that he would give you; with great and fair towns which were not of your building;

  • Josh 8:5
    67%

    5 And I and all the people with me will come near the town, and when they come out against us as they did before, we will go in flight from them;

  • Deut 13:15
    67%

    15 Then take up arms against the people of that town and give it up to the curse, with all its cattle and everything in it.

  • Zech 14:3
    67%

    3 Then the Lord will go out and make war against those nations, as he did in the day of the fight.

  • Lev 26:6
    67%

    6 And I will give you peace in the land, and you will take your rest and no one will give you cause for fear; and I will put an end to all evil beasts in the land, and no sword of war will go through your land.

  • Deut 6:19
    67%

    19 To send out from before you all those who are against you.

  • Prov 16:7
    67%

    7 When a man's ways are pleasing to the Lord, he makes even his haters be at peace with him.