Deuteronomy 20:10

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When you approach a city to fight against it, offer it peace terms.

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  • 2 Sam 20:18-22 : 18 She continued, "In the past, people said, 'Seek advice in Abel,' and that is how matters were settled. 19 I am one of the peaceful and faithful in Israel. You are trying to destroy a city that is a mother in Israel. Why do you want to devour the LORD's inheritance?" 20 Joab replied, "Far be it from me to devour or destroy the city! 21 That is not the case. A man named Sheba, son of Bichri, from the hill country of Ephraim, has raised his hand against King David. Hand him over, and I will withdraw from the city." The woman said to Joab, "His head will be thrown to you from the wall." 22 Then the woman went to all the people with her wise counsel, and they cut off the head of Sheba son of Bichri and threw it to Joab. He blew the horn, and the troops dispersed from the city, each returning to his home. And Joab went back to the king in Jerusalem.
  • Isa 57:19 : 19 Creating praise on the lips: Peace, peace, to those far and near, says the LORD. And I will heal them.
  • Zech 9:10 : 10 I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim and the horse from Jerusalem. The battle bow will be broken, and he will proclaim peace to the nations. His dominion will extend from sea to sea, and from the River to the ends of the earth.
  • Luke 10:5-6 : 5 When you enter a house, first say, 'Peace to this house.' 6 If a peaceful person is there, your peace will rest on them; but if not, it will return to you.
  • Acts 10:36 : 36 He sent the message to the people of Israel, proclaiming the good news of peace through Jesus Christ, who is Lord of all.
  • 2 Cor 5:18-6:1 : 18 All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation: 19 that God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting people’s sins against them. And he has committed to us the message of reconciliation. 20 We are therefore Christ’s ambassadors, as though God were making his appeal through us. We implore you on Christ’s behalf: Be reconciled to God. 21 God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God. 1 As workers together with Him, we also urge you not to receive God’s grace in vain.
  • Eph 2:17 : 17 He came and proclaimed peace to you who were far away and peace to those who were near.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Deut 20:11-16
    6 verses
    84%

    11 If it accepts your offer of peace and opens its gates to you, then all the people found in it shall serve you and work for you.

    12 But if it does not make peace with you and wages war against you, then you shall besiege it.

    13 When the LORD your God delivers it into your hands, strike down every male there with the sword.

    14 However, you may take the women, children, livestock, and everything else in the city as your spoils. You may enjoy the plunder from your enemies that the LORD your God has given you.

    15 This is what you shall do to all the cities that are very far from you, which are not part of the cities of these nations.

    16 But in the cities of these peoples that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance, do not leave alive anything that breathes.

  • Deut 20:1-5
    5 verses
    78%

    1 When you go out to battle against your enemies and see horses, chariots, and a people more numerous than you, do not be afraid of them, for the LORD your God, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt, is with you.

    2 When you approach the battle, the priest shall come forward and address the people.

    3 He shall say to them: 'Hear, O Israel, you are about to go into battle against your enemies. Do not let your hearts be faint; do not be afraid, panic, or dread them.'

    4 For the LORD your God goes with you to fight for you against your enemies and to give you victory.

    5 The officers shall then say to the people: 'If anyone has built a new house and has not yet dedicated it, let him go back to his house, lest he die in battle and another dedicate it.'

  • Deut 20:9
    77%

    9 When the officers have finished speaking to the people, they shall appoint commanders to lead the armies at the head of the troops.

  • Deut 21:10
    74%

    10 When you go out to war against your enemies, and the LORD your God gives them into your hand and you take captives,

  • Deut 20:19-20
    2 verses
    73%

    19 When you lay siege to a city for a long time to capture it, do not destroy its trees by cutting them down with an axe, for you may eat from them. Do not cut them down, for is the tree of the field a human that it should face the siege with you?

    20 However, you may cut down only the trees that you know are not fruit-bearing. Use them to build siege works against the city that is at war with you, until it falls.

  • Luke 10:5-6
    2 verses
    72%

    5 When you enter a house, first say, 'Peace to this house.'

    6 If a peaceful person is there, your peace will rest on them; but if not, it will return to you.

  • Jer 29:7
    71%

    7 Seek the welfare of the city where I have exiled you and pray to the LORD on its behalf, because its welfare determines your welfare.

  • Deut 12:10
    71%

    10 But when you cross the Jordan and settle in the land that the Lord your God is giving you as an inheritance, and He gives you rest from all your enemies around you so that you live in safety,

  • 1 Sam 25:6
    71%

    6 Say this to him: ‘Peace to you! Peace to your household, and peace to all that you have!’

  • Matt 10:12-13
    2 verses
    70%

    12 As you enter the house, greet it.

    13 If the household is worthy, let your peace come upon it; but if it is not worthy, let your peace return to you.

  • Luke 14:31-32
    2 verses
    70%

    31 Or what king, going to war against another king, will not first sit down and consider whether he is able with ten thousand men to face the one coming against him with twenty thousand?

    32 If he is not able, he will send a delegation while the other is still far away and ask for terms of peace.

  • Ps 122:7-8
    2 verses
    70%

    7 May peace be within your walls, and prosperity within your citadels.

    8 For the sake of my brothers and friends, I will say, 'Peace be within you.'

  • 2 Sam 11:20
    70%

    20 if the king becomes angry and asks, "Why did you go so near the city to fight? Didn’t you know they would shoot arrows from the wall?

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

    15 He said: 'Listen, all you people of Judah and Jerusalem! Listen, King Jehoshaphat! This is what the LORD says: Do not be afraid or discouraged because of this vast army. For the battle is not yours, but God’s.'

    16 Tomorrow march down against them. They will be climbing up by the Pass of Ziz, and you will find them at the end of the gorge in the desert of Jeruel.

    17 You will not have to fight this battle. Take up your positions, stand firm, and see the deliverance the LORD will give you, Judah and Jerusalem. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged. Go out to face them tomorrow, and the LORD will be with you.'

  • Ps 120:7
    69%

    7 I am for peace; but when I speak, they are for war.

  • Exod 14:14
    69%

    14 The LORD will fight for you; you need only to remain silent.

  • Num 10:9
    69%

    9 When you go into battle in your land against an enemy who oppresses you, you shall sound an alarm with the trumpets, so that you might be remembered before the LORD your God and be saved from your enemies.

  • 1 Kgs 20:18
    69%

    18 He said, 'If they have come out for peace, capture them alive; and if they have come out for war, capture them alive.'

  • Luke 10:9-10
    2 verses
    68%

    9 Heal the sick who are there and tell them, 'The kingdom of God has come near to you.'

    10 But when you enter a town and they do not welcome you, go out into its streets and say,

  • Josh 20:4
    68%

    4 The one who flees to one of these cities must stand at the entrance of the city gate and explain their case to the elders of that city. They should take the person into the city, provide a place for them to stay, and allow them to live among them.

  • Zech 8:16
    68%

    16 These are the things you must do: Speak the truth to one another, render true and just judgments in your gates,

  • Josh 8:7-8
    2 verses
    68%

    7 "Then you shall rise from the ambush and seize the city, for the Lord your God will deliver it into your hands."

    8 "When you have taken the city, you shall set it on fire, as the Lord has commanded. See, I have commanded you."

  • Joel 3:9
    68%

    9 Proclaim this among the nations: Prepare for war! Arouse the warriors! Let all the fighting men draw near and advance.

  • Job 22:21
    67%

    21 Be reconciled with God now, and at peace with Him; this will bring good to you.

  • Num 32:20
    67%

    20 Moses said to them, "If you will do this—if you arm yourselves for battle before the Lord,

  • Deut 6:10
    67%

    10 When the LORD your God brings you into the land He swore to your ancestors—Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob—to give to you, with cities great and good that you did not build,

  • Josh 8:5
    67%

    5 "I and all the people with me will approach the city, and when they come out to meet us as they did before, we will flee before them."

  • Deut 13:15
    67%

    15 then you must inquire, investigate, and interrogate thoroughly. If the report is true and confirmed that such a detestable act has been done among you,

  • Zech 14:3
    67%

    3 Then the Lord will go out and fight against those nations, as He fights in a day of battle.

  • Lev 26:6
    67%

    6 I will give peace in the land, and you will lie down with no one to make you afraid. I will remove harmful beasts from the land, and no sword will go through your land.

  • Deut 6:19
    67%

    19 He will drive out all your enemies before you, as the LORD has promised.

  • Prov 16:7
    67%

    7 When the Lord is pleased with a person’s ways, He makes even their enemies to be at peace with them.

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