Bible Cross References
wouldest
Deuteronomy 20:11-16
11
If they open the gates and surrender, they are all to become your slaves and do forced labor for you.
12
But if the people of that city will not surrender, but choose to fight, surround it with your army.
13
Then, when the LORD your God lets you capture the city, kill every man in it.
14
You may, however, take for yourselves the women, the children, the livestock, and everything else in the city. You may use everything that belongs to your enemies. The LORD has given it to you.
15
That is how you are to deal with those cities that are far away from the land you will settle in.
16
"But when you capture cities in the land that the LORD your God is giving you, kill everyone.
2 Chronicles 28:8-13
8
Even though the Judeans were their own relatives, the Israelite army captured 200,000 women and children as prisoners and took them back to Samaria, along with large amounts of loot.
9
A man named Oded, a prophet of the LORD, lived in the city of Samaria. He met the returning Israelite army with its Judean prisoners as it was about to enter the city, and he said, "The LORD God of your ancestors was angry with Judah and let you defeat them, but now he has heard of the vicious way you slaughtered them.
10
And now you intend to make the men and women of Jerusalem and Judah your slaves. Don't you know that you also have committed sins against the LORD your God?
11
Listen to me! These prisoners are your brothers and sisters. Let them go, or the LORD will punish you in his anger."
12
Four of the leading men of the Northern Kingdom, Azariah son of Jehohanan, Berechiah son of Meshillemoth, Jehizkiah son of Shallum, and Amasa son of Hadlai also opposed the actions of the army.
13
They said, "Don't bring those prisoners here! We have already sinned against the LORD and made him angry enough to punish us. Now you want to do something that will increase our guilt."
thy sword
Genesis 48:22
It is to you and not to your brothers that I am giving Shechem, that fertile region which I took from the Amorites with my sword and my bow."
Joshua 24:12
As you advanced, I threw them into panic in order to drive out the two Amorite kings. Your swords and bows had nothing to do with it.
Psalm 44:6
I do not trust in my bow or in my sword to save me;
Hosea 1:7
But to the people of Judah I will show love. I, the LORD their God, will save them, but I will not do it by war---with swords or bows and arrows or with horses and horsemen."
Hosea 2:18
At that time I will make a covenant with all the wild animals and birds, so that they will not harm my people. I will also remove all weapons of war from the land, all swords and bows, and will let my people live in peace and safety.
set bread
Proverbs 25:21
If your enemies are hungry, feed them; if they are thirsty, give them a drink.
Proverbs 25:22
You will make them burn with shame, and the LORD will reward you.
Matthew 5:44
But now I tell you: love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,
Romans 12:20
Instead, as the scripture says: "If your enemies are hungry, feed them; if they are thirsty, give them a drink; for by doing this you will make them burn with shame."
Romans 12:21
Do not let evil defeat you; instead, conquer evil with good.