Deuteronomy 20:10

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When you approach a city to wage war against it, offer it terms of peace.

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  • 2 Sam 20:18-22 : 18 She said,“In the past they would always say,‘Let them inquire in Abel,’ and that is how they settled things. 19 I represent the peaceful and the faithful in Israel. You are attempting to destroy an important city in Israel. Why should you swallow up the LORD’s inheritance?” 20 Joab answered,“Get serious! I don’t want to swallow up or destroy anything! 21 That’s not the way things are. There is a man from the hill country of Ephraim named Sheba son of Bicri. He has rebelled against King David. Give me just this one man, and I will leave the city.” The woman said to Joab,“This very minute his head will be thrown over the wall to you!” 22 Then the woman went to all the people with her wise advice and they cut off Sheba’s head and threw it out to Joab. Joab blew the trumpet, and his men dispersed from the city, each going to his own home. Joab returned to the king in Jerusalem.
  • Isa 57:19 : 19 I am the one who gives them reason to celebrate. Complete prosperity is available both to those who are far away and those who are nearby,” says the LORD,“and I will heal them.
  • Zech 9:10 : 10 I will remove the chariot from Ephraim and the warhorse from Jerusalem, and the battle bow will be removed. Then he will announce peace to the nations. His dominion will be from sea to sea and from the Euphrates River to the ends of the earth.
  • Luke 10:5-6 : 5 Whenever you enter a house, first say,‘May peace be on this house!’ 6 And if a peace-loving person is there, your peace will remain on him, but if not, it will return to you.
  • Acts 10:36 : 36 You know the message he sent to the people of Israel, proclaiming the good news of peace through Jesus Christ(he is Lord of all)–
  • 2 Cor 5:18-6:1 : 18 And all these things are from God who reconciled us to himself through Christ, and who has given us the ministry of reconciliation. 19 In other words, in Christ God was reconciling the world to himself, not counting people’s trespasses against them, and he has given us the message of reconciliation. 20 Therefore we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were making his plea through us. We plead with you on Christ’s behalf,“Be reconciled to God!” 21 God made the one who did not know sin to be sin for us, so that in him we would become the righteousness of God. 1 God’s Suffering Servants Now because we are fellow workers, we also urge you not to receive the grace of God in vain.
  • Eph 2:17 : 17 And he came and preached peace to you who were far off and peace to those who were near,

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Deut 20:11-16
    6 verses
    84%

    11If it accepts your terms and submits to you, all the people found in it will become your slaves.

    12If it does not accept terms of peace but makes war with you, then you are to lay siege to it.

    13The LORD your God will deliver it over to you and you must kill every single male by the sword.

    14However, the women, little children, cattle, and anything else in the city– all its plunder– you may take for yourselves as spoil. You may take from your enemies the plunder that the LORD your God has given you.

    15This is how you are to deal with all those cities located far from you, those that do not belong to these nearby nations.

    16Laws Concerning War with Canaanite Nations As for the cities of these peoples that the LORD your God is going to give you as an inheritance, you must not allow a single living thing to survive.

  • Deut 20:1-5
    5 verses
    78%

    1Laws Concerning War with Distant Enemies When you go to war against your enemies and see chariotry and troops who outnumber 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.

    2As you move forward for battle, the priest will approach and say to the soldiers,

    3“Listen, Israel! Today you are moving forward to do battle with your enemies. Do not be fainthearted. Do not fear and tremble or be terrified because of them,

    4for the LORD your God goes with you to fight on your behalf against your enemies to give you victory.”

    5Moreover, the officers are to say to the troops,“Who among you has built a new house and not dedicated it? He may go home, lest he die in battle and someone else dedicate it.

  • Deut 20:9
    77%

    9Then, when the officers have finished speaking, they must appoint unit commanders to lead the troops.

  • Deut 21:10
    74%

    10Laws Concerning Wives When you go out to do battle with your enemies and the LORD your God allows you to prevail and you take prisoners,

  • Deut 20:19-20
    2 verses
    73%

    19If you besiege a city for a long time while attempting to capture it, you must not chop down its trees, for you may eat fruit from them and should not cut them down. A tree in the field is not human that you should besiege it!

    20However, you may chop down any tree you know is not suitable for food, and you may use it to build siege works against the city that is making war with you until that city falls.

  • Luke 10:5-6
    2 verses
    72%

    5Whenever you enter a house, first say,‘May peace be on this house!’

    6And if a peace-loving person is there, your peace will remain on him, but if not, it will return to you.

  • Jer 29:7
    71%

    7Work to see that the city where I sent you as exiles enjoys peace and prosperity. Pray to the LORD for it. For as it prospers you will prosper.’

  • Deut 12:10
    71%

    10When you do go across the Jordan River and settle in the land he is granting you as an inheritance and you find relief from all the enemies who surround you, you will live in safety.

  • 1 Sam 25:6
    71%

    6Then you will say to my brother,“Peace to you and your house! Peace to all that is yours!

  • Matt 10:12-13
    2 verses
    70%

    12As you enter the house, greet those within it.

    13And if the house is worthy, let your peace come on it, but if it is not worthy, let your peace return to you.

  • Luke 14:31-32
    2 verses
    70%

    31Or what king, going out to confront another king in battle, will not sit down first and determine whether he is able with ten thousand to oppose the one coming against him with twenty thousand?

    32If he cannot succeed, he will send a representative while the other is still a long way off and ask for terms of peace.

  • Ps 122:7-8
    2 verses
    70%

    7May there be peace inside your defenses, and prosperity inside your fortresses!

    8For the sake of my brothers and my neighbors I will say,“May there be peace in you!”

  • 2 Sam 11:20
    70%

    20if the king becomes angry and asks you,‘Why did you go so close to the city to fight? Didn’t you realize they would shoot from the wall?

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

    15He said:“Pay attention, all you people of Judah, residents of Jerusalem, and King Jehoshaphat! This is what the LORD says to you:‘Don’t be afraid and don’t panic because of this huge army! For the battle is not yours, but God’s.

    16Tomorrow march down against them as they come up the Ascent of Ziz. You will find them at the end of the ravine in front of the wilderness of Jeruel.

    17You will not fight in this battle. Take your positions, stand, and watch the LORD deliver you, O Judah and Jerusalem. Don’t be afraid and don’t panic! Tomorrow march out toward them; the LORD is with you!’”

  • Ps 120:7
    69%

    7I am committed to peace, but when I speak, they want to make war.

  • Exod 14:14
    69%

    14The LORD will fight for you, and you can be still.”

  • Num 10:9
    69%

    9If you go to war in your land against an adversary who opposes you, then you must sound an alarm with the trumpets, and you will be remembered before the LORD your God, and you will be saved from your enemies.

  • 1 Kgs 20:18
    69%

    18He ordered,“Whether they come in peace or to do battle, take them alive.”

  • Luke 10:9-10
    2 verses
    68%

    9Heal the sick in that town and say to them,‘The kingdom of God has come upon you!’

    10But whenever you enter a town and the people do not welcome you, go into its streets and say,

  • Josh 20:4
    68%

    4The one who committed manslaughter should escape to one of these cities, stand at the entrance of the city gate, and present his case to the leaders of that city. They should then bring him into the city, give him a place to stay, and let him live there.

  • Zech 8:16
    68%

    16These are the things you must do: Speak the truth, each of you, to one another. Practice true and righteous judgment in your courts.

  • Josh 8:7-8
    2 verses
    68%

    7Then you rise up from your hiding place and seize the city. The LORD your God will hand it over to you.

    8When you capture the city, set it on fire in keeping with the Lord’s message. See, I have given you orders.”

  • Joel 3:9
    68%

    9Judgment in the Valley of Jehoshaphat Proclaim this among the nations:“Prepare for a holy war! Call out the warriors! Let all these fighting men approach and attack!

  • Job 22:21
    67%

    21“Reconcile yourself with God, and be at peace with him; in this way your prosperity will be good.

  • Num 32:20
    67%

    20Then Moses replied,“If you will do this thing, and if you will arm yourselves for battle before the LORD,

  • Deut 6:10
    67%

    10Exhortation to Worship the Lord Exclusively Then when the LORD your God brings you to the land he promised your ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob to give you– a land with large, fine cities you did not build,

  • Josh 8:5
    67%

    5I and all the troops who are with me will approach the city. When they come out to fight us like before, we will retreat from them.

  • Deut 13:15
    67%

    15you must by all means slaughter the inhabitants of that city with the sword; annihilate with the sword everyone in it, as well as the livestock.

  • Zech 14:3
    67%

    3Then the LORD will go to battle and fight against those nations, just as he fought battles in ancient days.

  • Lev 26:6
    67%

    6I will grant peace in the land so that you will lie down to sleep without anyone terrifying you. I will remove harmful animals from the land, and no sword of war will pass through your land.

  • Deut 6:19
    67%

    19and that you may drive out all your enemies just as the LORD said.

  • Prov 16:7
    67%

    7When a person’s ways are pleasing to the LORD, he even reconciles his enemies to himself.