Deuteronomy 20:13

KJV1611 – Modern English

And when the LORD your God has delivered it into your hands, you shall strike every male of it with the edge of the sword:

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  • Num 31:7-9 : 7 And they warred against the Midianites, as the LORD commanded Moses, and they killed all the males. 8 And they killed the kings of Midian, besides the rest of those who were slain; namely, Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba, five kings of Midian: Balaam also the son of Beor they killed with the sword. 9 And the children of Israel took all the women of Midian captives, and their little ones, and took the spoil of all their cattle, all their flocks, and all their goods.
  • Num 31:17-18 : 17 Now therefore, kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman who has known man by lying with him. 18 But all the young women who have not known a man by lying with him, keep alive for yourselves.
  • 1 Kgs 11:15-16 : 15 For it came to pass, when David was in Edom, and Joab the captain of the army had gone up to bury the slain, after he had killed every male in Edom. 16 (For six months Joab remained there with all Israel, until he had cut off every male in Edom.)
  • Ps 2:6-9 : 6 Yet I have set my king upon my holy hill of Zion. 7 I will declare the decree: the LORD has said to me, 'You are my Son; this day I have begotten you.' 8 Ask of me, and I shall give you the nations for your inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for your possession. 9 You shall break them with a rod of iron; you shall dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel. 10 Be wise now therefore, O you kings: be instructed, you judges of the earth. 11 Serve the LORD with fear, and rejoice with trembling. 12 Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and you perish from the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all they that put their trust in him.
  • Ps 21:8-9 : 8 Your hand shall find all your enemies: your right hand shall find those who hate you. 9 You shall make them as a fiery oven in the time of your anger: the LORD shall swallow them up in his wrath, and the fire shall consume them.
  • Ps 110:1 : 1 The LORD said to my Lord, Sit at my right hand until I make your enemies your footstool.
  • Luke 19:27 : 27 But those my enemies, who did not want me to reign over them, bring them here and slay them before me.
  • 2 Thess 1:7-9 : 7 And to you who are troubled, rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels, 8 In flaming fire taking vengeance on those who do not know God, and who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ: 9 Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power;

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Deut 20:14-17
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    86%

    14 But the women, and the little ones, and the cattle, and all that is in the city, even all the spoil of it, you shall take for yourself; and you shall eat the spoil of your enemies, which the LORD your God has given you.

    15 Thus shall you do to all the cities which are very far from you, which are not of the cities of these nations.

    16 But of the cities of these people, which the LORD your God gives you for an inheritance, you shall save alive nothing that breathes:

    17 But you shall utterly destroy them; namely, the Hittites, and the Amorites, the Canaanites, and the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites; as the LORD your God has commanded you:

  • Deut 13:15-16
    2 verses
    85%

    15 You shall surely strike the inhabitants of that city with the edge of the sword, destroying it utterly, and all that is therein, and the cattle thereof, with the edge of the sword.

    16 And you shall gather all the spoil of it into the midst of the street thereof, and shall burn with fire the city, and all the spoil thereof every bit, for the LORD your God: and it shall be a heap forever; it shall not be built again.

  • Deut 21:10
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    10 When you go forth to war against your enemies, and the LORD your God has delivered them into your hands, and you have taken them captive,

  • Deut 20:10-12
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    10 When you come near a city to fight against it, then proclaim peace to it.

    11 And it shall be, if it makes you answer of peace, and opens to you, then it shall be, that all the people that are found within shall be tributaries to you, and they shall serve you.

    12 And if it will not make peace with you, but will make war against you, then you shall besiege it:

  • Deut 7:2
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    2 And when the LORD your God shall deliver them before you; you shall strike them, and utterly destroy them; you shall make no covenant with them, nor show mercy to them:

  • Judg 21:10-11
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    79%

    10 And the congregation sent there twelve thousand of their best men, and commanded them, saying, Go and strike the inhabitants of Jabesh Gilead with the edge of the sword, including the women and the children.

    11 And this is what you shall do: You shall utterly destroy every male, and every woman who has lain with a man.

  • Num 31:17-18
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    78%

    17 Now therefore, kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman who has known man by lying with him.

    18 But all the young women who have not known a man by lying with him, keep alive for yourselves.

  • 1 Sam 15:3
    76%

    3 Now go and strike Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not; but kill both man and woman, infant and nursing child, ox and sheep, camel and donkey.

  • Josh 6:21
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    21 And they utterly destroyed all that was in the city, both man and woman, young and old, and ox, and sheep, and donkey, with the edge of the sword.

  • Deut 31:4-5
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    4 And the LORD shall do to them as he did to Sihon and to Og, kings of the Amorites, and to the land of them, whom he destroyed.

    5 And the LORD shall give them up before your face, that you may do to them according to all the commandments which I have commanded you.

  • Deut 19:1
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    1 When the LORD your God has cut off the nations whose land the LORD your God gives you, and you succeed them and dwell in their cities and houses;

  • Deut 2:33-34
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    33 And the LORD our God delivered him before us, and we struck him and his sons and all his people.

    34 And we took all his cities at that time and utterly destroyed the men, women, and little ones of every city; we left none remaining.

  • Deut 7:23-24
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    23 But the LORD your God shall deliver them to you, and shall destroy them with a mighty destruction, until they are destroyed.

    24 And he shall deliver their kings into your hand, and you shall destroy their name from under heaven: no man will be able to stand before you, until you have destroyed them.

  • Jer 18:21
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    21 Therefore deliver up their children to the famine, and pour out their blood by the force of the sword; and let their wives be bereaved of their children, and be widows; and let their men be put to death; let their young men be slain by the sword in battle.

  • Num 31:7
    74%

    7 And they warred against the Midianites, as the LORD commanded Moses, and they killed all the males.

  • Deut 7:16
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    16 And you shall consume all the people which the LORD your God shall deliver to you; your eye shall have no pity on them: neither shall you serve their gods; for that will be a snare to you.

  • 2 Kgs 3:19
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    19 And you shall attack every fortified city and every choice city, and shall cut down every good tree, and stop up all the springs of water, and ruin every good piece of land with stones."

  • Deut 3:6
    74%

    6 And we utterly destroyed them, as we did to Sihon, king of Heshbon, utterly destroying the men, women, and children, of every city.

  • Josh 11:12
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    12 And all the cities of those kings, and all the kings of them, Joshua took, and struck them with the edge of the sword, and he utterly destroyed them, as Moses the servant of the LORD had commanded.

  • Josh 10:19-20
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    74%

    19 And do not stay there, but pursue your enemies, and attack their rear guard. Do not allow them to enter their cities, for the LORD your God has delivered them into your hand.

    20 And it happened, when Joshua and the children of Israel finished slaying them with a very great slaughter, until they were consumed, that the rest who remained entered into fortified cities.

  • Exod 32:27
    74%

    27 He said to them, "Thus says the LORD God of Israel: 'Let every man put his sword on his side, and go in and out from gate to gate throughout the camp, and slay every man his brother, every man his companion, and every man his neighbor.'"

  • Exod 22:24
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    24 and my wrath shall grow hot, and I will kill you with the sword; your wives shall be widows and your children fatherless.

  • Deut 6:19
    74%

    19 To cast out all your enemies from before you, as the LORD has spoken.

  • Josh 11:14
    74%

    14 And all the spoil of these cities, and the livestock, the children of Israel took for a prey to themselves; but every man they struck with the edge of the sword, until they had destroyed them, leaving none that breathed.

  • Num 25:17
    74%

    17 Harass the Midianites, and strike them:

  • Deut 13:9
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    9 But you shall surely kill him; your hand shall be first upon him to put him to death, and afterwards the hand of all the people.

  • Ezek 9:5-6
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    5 And to the others he said in my hearing, Go after him through the city and strike: let not your eye spare, neither have any pity:

    6 Utterly slay old and young, both maidens, and little children, and women: but do not come near any man upon whom is the mark; and begin at my sanctuary. Then they began with the elders who were before the house.

  • Josh 10:39
    73%

    39 And he took it and its king and all its cities; they struck them with the edge of the sword and utterly destroyed all the people who were in it. He left none remaining, as he had done to Hebron, so he did to Debir and its king, as he had done to Libnah and its king.

  • Isa 13:15
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    15 Everyone who is found will be thrust through; and everyone who is joined to them will fall by the sword.

  • Lev 26:7
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    7 And you shall chase your enemies, and they shall fall before you by the sword.

  • Deut 20:20
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    20 Only the trees which you know are not trees for food, you shall destroy and cut them down; and you shall build bulwarks against the city that makes war with you, until it is subdued.

  • Deut 12:29
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    29 When the LORD your God cuts off the nations from before you, where you go to dispossess them, and you take their place and dwell in their land;

  • Deut 25:19
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    19 Therefore it shall be, when the LORD your God has given you rest from all your enemies all around, in the land which the LORD your God gives you for an inheritance to possess, that you shall blot out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven; you shall not forget it.

  • Deut 3:18
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    18 And I commanded you at that time, saying, The LORD your God has given you this land to possess; all you who are able shall pass over armed before your brethren the children of Israel.

  • Josh 10:30
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    30 And the LORD delivered it and its king into the hand of Israel; he struck it with the edge of the sword, and all the people who were in it; he left none remaining in it, but did to its king as he had done to the king of Jericho.

  • Josh 10:35
    72%

    35 They took it on that day and struck it with the edge of the sword, and all the people who were in it he utterly destroyed that day, according to all that he had done to Lachish.