Deuteronomy 20:10

World English Bible (2000)

When you draw near to a city to fight against it, then proclaim peace to it.

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  • 2 Sam 20:18-22 : 18 Then she spoke, saying, "They were used to say in old times, 'They shall surely ask counsel at Abel;' and so they settled it. 19 I am among those who are peaceable and faithful in Israel. You seek to destroy a city and a mother in Israel. Why will you swallow up the inheritance of Yahweh?" 20 Joab answered, "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 the hill country of Ephraim, Sheba the son of Bichri by name, has lifted up his hand against the king, even against David. Deliver him only, and I will depart from the city." The woman said to Joab, "Behold, his head shall be thrown to you over the wall." 22 Then the woman went to all the people in her wisdom. They cut off the head of Sheba the son of Bichri, and threw it out to Joab. He blew the trumpet, and they were dispersed from the city, every man to his tent. Joab returned to Jerusalem to the king.
  • Isa 57:19 : 19 I create the fruit of the lips: Peace, peace, to him who is far off and to him who is near," says Yahweh; "and I will heal them."
  • Zech 9:10 : 10 I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim, and the horse from Jerusalem; and the battle bow will be cut off; and he will speak peace to the nations: and his dominion will be from sea to sea, and from the River to the ends of the earth.
  • Luke 10:5-6 : 5 Into whatever house you enter, first say, 'Peace be to this house.' 6 If a son of peace is there, your peace will rest on him; but if not, it will return to you.
  • Acts 10:36 : 36 The word which he sent to the children of Israel, preaching good news of peace by Jesus Christ--he is Lord of all--
  • 2 Cor 5:18-6:1 : 18 But all things are of God, who reconciled us to himself through Jesus Christ, and gave to us the ministry of reconciliation; 19 namely, that God was in Christ reconciling the world to himself, not reckoning to them their trespasses, and having committed to us the word of reconciliation. 20 We are therefore ambassadors on behalf of Christ, as though God were entreating by us: we beg you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God. 21 For him who knew no sin he made to be sin on our behalf; so that in him we might become the righteousness of God. 1 Working together, we entreat also that you not receive the grace of God in vain,
  • Eph 2:17 : 17 He came and preached 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 It shall be, if it makes you answer of peace, and opens to you, then it shall be, that all the people who are found therein shall become tributary to you, and shall serve you.

    12 If it will make no peace with you, but will make war against you, then you shall besiege it:

    13 and when Yahweh your God delivers it into your hand, you shall strike every male of it with the edge of the sword:

    14 but the women, and the little ones, and the livestock, and all that is in the city, even all its spoil, you shall take for a prey to yourself; and you shall eat the spoil of your enemies, which Yahweh your God has given you.

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

    16 But of the cities of these peoples, that Yahweh your God gives you for an inheritance, you shall save alive nothing that breathes;

  • Deut 20:1-5
    5 verses
    78%

    1 When you go forth to battle against your enemies, and see horses, and chariots, [and] a people more than you, you shall not be afraid of them; for Yahweh your God is with you, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt.

    2 It shall be, when you draw near to the battle, that the priest shall approach and speak to the people,

    3 and shall tell them, "Hear, Israel, you draw near this day to battle against your enemies: don't let your heart faint; don't be afraid, nor tremble, neither be scared of them;

    4 for Yahweh your God is he who goes with you, to fight for you against your enemies, to save you."

    5 The officers shall speak to the people, saying, "What man is there who has built a new house, and has not dedicated it? Let him go and return to his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man dedicate it.

  • Deut 20:9
    77%

    9 It shall be, when the officers have made an end of speaking to the people, that they shall appoint captains of armies at the head of the people.

  • Deut 21:10
    74%

    10 When you go forth to battle against your enemies, and Yahweh your God delivers them into your hands, and you carry them away captive,

  • Deut 20:19-20
    2 verses
    73%

    19 When you shall besiege a city a long time, in making war against it to take it, you shall not destroy its trees by wielding an axe against them; for you may eat of them, and you shall not cut them down; for is the tree of the field man, that it should be besieged of you?

    20 Only the trees of which you know that they 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 fall.

  • Luke 10:5-6
    2 verses
    72%

    5 Into whatever house you enter, first say, 'Peace be to this house.'

    6 If a son of peace is there, your peace will rest on him; but if not, it will return to you.

  • Jer 29:7
    71%

    7 Seek the peace of the city where I have caused you to be carried away captive, and pray to Yahweh for it; for in its peace you shall have peace.

  • Deut 12:10
    71%

    10 But when you go over the Jordan, and dwell in the land which Yahweh your God causes you to inherit, and he gives you rest from all your enemies around you, so that you dwell in safety;

  • 1 Sam 25:6
    71%

    6 You shall tell him, 'Long life to you! Peace be to you, and peace be to your house, and peace be to all that you have.

  • Matt 10:12-13
    2 verses
    70%

    12 As you enter into the household, greet it.

    13 If the household is worthy, let your peace come on it, but if it isn't worthy, let your peace return to you.

  • Luke 14:31-32
    2 verses
    70%

    31 Or what king, as he goes to encounter another king in war, will not sit down first and consider whether he is able with ten thousand to meet him who comes against him with twenty thousand?

    32 Or else, while the other is yet a great way off, he sends an envoy, and asks for conditions of peace.

  • Ps 122:7-8
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    70%

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

    8 For my brothers' and companions' sakes, I will now say, "Peace be within you."

  • 2 Sam 11:20
    70%

    20 it shall be that, if the king's wrath arise, and he asks you, 'Why did you go so near to the city to fight? Didn't you know that they would shoot from the wall?

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

    15 and he said, "Listen, all Judah, and you inhabitants of Jerusalem, and you king Jehoshaphat. Thus says Yahweh to you, 'Don't be afraid, neither be dismayed by reason of this great multitude; for the battle is not yours, but God's.

    16 Tomorrow go down against them. Behold, they are coming up by the ascent of Ziz. You shall find them at the end of the valley, before the wilderness of Jeruel.

    17 You will not need to fight this battle. Set yourselves, stand still, and see the salvation of Yahweh with you, O Judah and Jerusalem. Don't be afraid, nor be dismayed. Go out against them tomorrow, for Yahweh is with you.'"

  • Ps 120:7
    69%

    7 I am for peace, but when I speak, they are for war. A Song of Ascents.

  • Exod 14:14
    69%

    14 Yahweh will fight for you, and you shall be still."

  • Num 10:9
    69%

    9 When you go to war in your land against the adversary who oppresses you, then you shall sound an alarm with the trumpets. Then you will be remembered before Yahweh your God, and you will be saved from your enemies.

  • 1 Kgs 20:18
    69%

    18 He said, "If they have come out for peace, take them alive; or if they have come out for war, take them alive."

  • Luke 10:9-10
    2 verses
    68%

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

    10 But into whatever city you enter, and they don't receive you, go out into its streets and say,

  • Josh 20:4
    68%

    4 He shall flee to one of those cities, and shall stand at the entrance of the gate of the city, and declare his cause in the ears of the elders of that city. They shall take him into the city with them, and give him a place, that he may live among them.

  • Zech 8:16
    68%

    16 These are the things that you shall do: speak every man the truth with his neighbor. Execute the judgment of truth and peace in your gates,

  • Josh 8:7-8
    2 verses
    68%

    7 and you shall rise up from the ambush, and take possession of the city; for Yahweh your God will deliver it into your hand.

    8 It shall be, when you have seized on the city, that you shall set the city on fire. You shall do this according to the word of Yahweh. Behold, I have commanded you."

  • Joel 3:9
    68%

    9 Proclaim this among the nations: "Prepare for war! Stir up the mighty men. Let all the warriors draw near. Let them come up.

  • Job 22:21
    67%

    21 "Acquaint yourself with him, now, and be at peace. Thereby good shall come to you.

  • Num 32:20
    67%

    20 Moses said to them, "If you will do this thing, if you will arm yourselves to go before Yahweh to the war,

  • Deut 6:10
    67%

    10 It shall be, when Yahweh your God shall bring you into the land which he swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give you, great and goodly cities, which you didn't build,

  • Josh 8:5
    67%

    5 I, and all the people who are with me, will approach to the city. It shall happen, when they come out against us, as at the first, that we will flee before them.

  • Deut 13:15
    67%

    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 its livestock, with the edge of the sword.

  • Zech 14:3
    67%

    3 Then Yahweh will go out and fight against those nations, as when he fought in the day of battle.

  • Lev 26:6
    67%

    6 "'I will give peace in the land, and you shall lie down, and no one will make you afraid; and I will remove evil animals out of the land, neither shall the sword go through your land.

  • Deut 6:19
    67%

    19 to thrust out all your enemies from before you, as Yahweh has spoken.

  • Prov 16:7
    67%

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