Deuteronomy 20:10

King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

When thou comest nigh unto a city to fight against it, then proclaim peace unto it.

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  • 2 Sam 20:18-22 : 18 Then she spake, saying, They were wont to speak in old time, saying, They shall surely ask counsel at Abel: and so they ended the matter. 19 I am one of them that are peaceable and faithful in Israel: thou seekest to destroy a city and a mother in Israel: why wilt thou swallow up the inheritance of the LORD? 20 And Joab answered and said, Far be it, far be it from me, that I should swallow up or destroy. 21 The matter is not so: but a man of mount Ephraim, Sheba the son of Bichri by name, hath lifted up his hand against the king, even against David: deliver him only, and I will depart from the city. And the woman said unto Joab, Behold, his head shall be thrown to thee over the wall. 22 Then the woman went unto all the people in her wisdom. And they cut off the head of Sheba the son of Bichri, and cast it out to Joab. And he blew a trumpet, and they retired from the city, every man to his tent. And Joab returned to Jerusalem unto the king.
  • Isa 57:19 : 19 I create the fruit of the lips; Peace, peace to him that is far off, and to him that is near, saith the LORD; and I will heal him.
  • Zech 9:10 : 10 And I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim, and the horse from Jerusalem, and the battle bow shall be cut off: and he shall speak peace unto the heathen: and his dominion shall be from sea even to sea, and from the river even to the ends of the earth.
  • Luke 10:5-6 : 5 And into whatsoever house ye enter, first say, Peace be to this house. 6 And if the son of peace be there, your peace shall rest upon it: if not, it shall turn to you again.
  • Acts 10:36 : 36 The word which God sent unto the children of Israel, prehing pee by Jesus Christ: (he is Lord of all:)
  • 2 Cor 5:18-6:1 : 18 And all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation; 19 To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation. 20 Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us: we pray you in Christ's stead, be ye reconciled to God. 21 For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him. 1 We then, as workers together with him, beseech you also that ye receive not the grace of God in vain.
  • Eph 2:17 : 17 And came and preached peace to you which were afar off, and to them that were nigh.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Deut 20:11-16
    6 verses
    84%

    11And it shall be, if it make thee answer of peace, and open unto thee, then it shall be, that all the people that is found therein shall be tributaries unto thee, and they shall serve thee.

    12And if it will make no peace with thee, but will make war against thee, then thou shalt besiege it:

    13And when the LORD thy God hath livered it into thine hands, thou shalt smite every male thereof with the edge of the sword:

    14But the women, and the little ones, and the cattle, and all that is in the city, even all the spoil thereof, shalt thou take unto thyself; and thou shalt eat the spoil of thine enemies, which the LORD thy God hath given thee.

    15Thus shalt thou do unto all the cities which are very far off from thee, which are not of the cities of these nations.

    16But of the cities of these people, which the LORD thy God doth give thee for an inheritance, thou shalt save alive nothing that breatheth:

  • Deut 20:1-5
    5 verses
    78%

    1When thou goest out to battle against thine enemies, and seest horses, and chariots, and a people more than thou, be not afraid of them: for the LORD thy God is with thee, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.

    2And it shall be, when ye are come nigh unto the battle, that the priest shall approach and speak unto the people,

    3And shall say unto them, Hear, O Israel, ye approach this day unto battle against your enemies: let not your hearts faint, fear not, and do not tremble, neither be ye terrified because of them;

    4For the LORD your God is he that goeth with you, to fight for you against your enemies, to save you.

    5And the officers shall speak unto the people, saying, What man is there that hath built a new house, and hath not dicated it? let him go and return to his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man dicate it.

  • Deut 20:9
    77%

    9And it shall be, when the officers have ma an end of speaking unto the people, that they shall make captains of the armies to lead the people.

  • Deut 21:10
    74%

    10When thou goest forth to war against thine enemies, and the LORD thy God hath livered them into thine hands, and thou hast taken them captive,

  • Deut 20:19-20
    2 verses
    73%

    19When thou shalt besiege a city a long time, in making war against it to take it, thou shalt not stroy the trees thereof by forcing an axe against them: for thou mayest eat of them, and thou shalt not cut them down (for the tree of the field is man's life) to employ them in the siege:

    20Only the trees which thou knowest that they be not trees for meat, thou shalt stroy and cut them down; and thou shalt build bulwarks against the city that maketh war with thee, until it be subdued.

  • Luke 10:5-6
    2 verses
    72%

    5And into whatsoever house ye enter, first say, Peace be to this house.

    6And if the son of peace be there, your peace shall rest upon it: if not, it shall turn to you again.

  • Jer 29:7
    71%

    7And seek the peace of the city whither I have caused you to be carried away captives, and pray unto the LORD for it: for in the peace thereof shall ye have peace.

  • Deut 12:10
    71%

    10But when ye go over Jordan, and dwell in the land which the LORD your God giveth you to inherit, and when he giveth you rest from all your enemies round about, so that ye dwell in safety;

  • 1 Sam 25:6
    71%

    6And thus shall ye say to him that liveth in prosperity, Peace be both to thee, and peace be to thine house, and peace be unto all that thou hast.

  • Matt 10:12-13
    2 verses
    70%

    12And when ye come into an house, salute it.

    13And if the house be worthy, let your peace come upon it: but if it be not worthy, let your peace return to you.

  • Luke 14:31-32
    2 verses
    70%

    31Or what king, going to make war against another king, sitteth not down first, and consulteth whether he be able with ten thousand to meet him that cometh against him with twenty thousand?

    32Or else, while the other is yet a great way off, he sendeth an ambassage, and desireth conditions of peace.

  • Ps 122:7-8
    2 verses
    70%

    7Peace be within thy walls, and prosperity within thy palaces.

    8For my brethren and companions' sakes, I will now say, Peace be within thee.

  • 2 Sam 11:20
    70%

    20And if so be that the king's wrath arise, and he say unto thee, Wherefore approached ye so nigh unto the city when ye did fight? knew ye not that they would shoot from the wall?

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

    15And he said, Hearken ye, all Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem, and thou king Jehoshaphat, Thus saith the LORD unto you, Be not afraid nor dismayed by reason of this great multitude; for the battle is not yours, but God's.

    16To morrow go ye down against them: behold, they come up by the cliff of Ziz; and ye shall find them at the end of the brook, before the wilderness of Jeruel.

    17Ye shall not need to fight in this battle: set yourselves, stand ye still, and see the salvation of the LORD with you, O Judah and Jerusalem: fear not, nor be dismayed; to morrow go out against them: for the LORD will be with you.

  • Ps 120:7
    69%

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

  • Exod 14:14
    69%

    14The LORD shall fight for you, and ye shall hold your peace.

  • Num 10:9
    69%

    9And if ye go to war in your land against the enemy that oppresseth you, then ye shall blow an alarm with the trumpets; and ye shall be remembered before the LORD your God, and ye shall be saved from your enemies.

  • 1 Kgs 20:18
    69%

    18And he said, Whether they be come out for peace, take them alive; or whether they be come out for war, take them alive.

  • Luke 10:9-10
    2 verses
    68%

    9And heal the sick that are therein, and say unto them, The kingdom of God is come nigh unto you.

    10But into whatsoever city ye enter, and they receive you not, go your ways out into the streets of the same, and say,

  • Josh 20:4
    68%

    4And when he that doth flee unto one of those cities shall stand at the entering of the gate of the city, and shall declare his cause in the ears of the elders of that city, they shall take him into the city unto them, and give him a place, that he may dwell among them.

  • Zech 8:16
    68%

    16These are the things that ye shall do; Speak ye every man the truth to his neighbour; execute the judgment of truth and peace in your gates:

  • Josh 8:7-8
    2 verses
    68%

    7Then ye shall rise up from the ambush, and seize upon the city: for the LORD your God will deliver it into your hand.

    8And it shall be, when ye have taken the city, that ye shall set the city on fire: according to the commandment of the LORD shall ye do. See, I have commanded you.

  • Joel 3:9
    68%

    9Proclaim ye this among the Gentiles; Prepare war, wake up the mighty men, let all the men of war draw near; let them come up:

  • Job 22:21
    67%

    21Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace: thereby good shall come unto thee.

  • Num 32:20
    67%

    20And Moses said unto them, If ye will do this thing, if ye will go armed before the LORD to war,

  • Deut 6:10
    67%

    10And it shall be, when the LORD thy God shall have brought thee into the land which he sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give thee great and goodly cities, which thou buildst not,

  • Josh 8:5
    67%

    5And I, and all the people that are with me, will approach unto the city: and it shall come to pass, when they come out against us, as at the first, that we will flee before them,

  • Deut 13:15
    67%

    15Thou shalt surely smite the inhabitants of that city with the edge of the sword, stroying it utterly, and all that is therein, and the cattle thereof, with the edge of the sword.

  • Zech 14:3
    67%

    3Then shall the LORD go forth, and fight against those nations, as when he fought in the day of battle.

  • Lev 26:6
    67%

    6And I will give peace in the land, and ye shall lie down, and none shall make you afraid: and I will rid evil beasts out of the land, neither shall the sword go through your land.

  • Deut 6:19
    67%

    19To cast out all thine enemies from before thee, as the LORD hath spoken.

  • Prov 16:7
    67%

    7When a man's ways please the LORD, he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him.