Bible Cross References
time to love
Ezekiel 16:8
"As I passed by again, I saw that the time had come for you to fall in love. I covered your naked body with my coat and promised to love you. Yes, I made a marriage covenant with you, and you became mine." This is what the Sovereign LORD says.
Psalm 139:21
O LORD, how I hate those who hate you! How I despise those who rebel against you!
Ephesians 3:19
Yes, may you come to know his love---although it can never be fully known---and so be completely filled with the very nature of God.
Ephesians 5:25
Husbands, love your wives just as Christ loved the church and gave his life for it.
Ephesians 5:28
Men ought to love their wives just as they love their own bodies. A man who loves his wife loves himself.
Ephesians 5:29
(None of us ever hate our own bodies. Instead, we feed them, and take care of them, just as Christ does the church;
Titus 2:4
in order to train the younger women to love their husbands and children,
a time to hate
2 Chronicles 19:2
A prophet, Jehu son of Hanani, went to meet the king and said to him, "Do you think it is right to help those who are wicked and to take the side of those who hate the LORD? What you have done has brought the LORD's anger on you.
Luke 14:26
"Those who come to me cannot be my disciples unless they love me more than they love father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, and themselves as well.
Revelation 2:2
I know what you have done; I know how hard you have worked and how patient you have been. I know that you cannot tolerate evil people and that you have tested those who say they are apostles but are not, and have found out that they are liars.
a time of war
Genesis 14:14-17
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When Abram heard that his nephew had been captured, he called together all the fighting men in his camp, 318 in all, and pursued the four kings all the way to Dan.
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There he divided his men into groups, attacked the enemy by night, and defeated them. He chased them as far as Hobah, north of Damascus,
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and got back all the loot that had been taken. He also brought back his nephew Lot and his possessions, together with the women and the other prisoners.
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When Abram came back from his victory over Chedorlaomer and the other kings, the king of Sodom went out to meet him in Shaveh Valley (also called King's Valley).
Joshua 8:1-29
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The LORD said to Joshua, "Take all the soldiers with you and go on up to Ai. Don't be afraid or discouraged. I will give you victory over the king of Ai; his people, city, and land will be yours.
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You are to do to Ai and its king what you did to Jericho and its king, but this time you may keep its goods and livestock for yourselves. Prepare to attack the city by surprise from the rear."
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So Joshua got ready to go to Ai with all his soldiers. He picked out thirty thousand of his best troops and sent them out at night
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with these orders: "Hide on the other side of the city, but not too far away from it; be ready to attack.
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My men and I will approach the city. When the men of Ai come out against us, we will turn and run, just as we did the first time.
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They will pursue us until we have led them away from the city. They will think that we are running from them, as we did before.
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Then you will come out of hiding and capture the city. The LORD your God will give it to you.
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After you have taken the city, set it on fire, just as the LORD has commanded. These are your orders."
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So Joshua sent them out, and they went to their hiding place and waited there, west of Ai, between Ai and Bethel. Joshua spent the night in camp.
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Early in the morning Joshua got up and called the soldiers together. Then he and the leaders of Israel led them to Ai.
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The soldiers with him went toward the main entrance to the city and set up camp on the north side, with a valley between themselves and Ai.
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He took about five thousand men and put them in hiding west of the city, between Ai and Bethel.
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The soldiers were arranged for battle with the main camp north of the city and the rest of the men to the west. Joshua spent the night in the valley.
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When the king of Ai saw Joshua's men, he acted quickly. He and all his men went out toward the Jordan Valley to fight the Israelites at the same place as before, not knowing that he was about to be attacked from the rear.
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Joshua and his men pretended that they were retreating, and ran away toward the barren country.
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All the men in the city had been called together to go after them, and as they pursued Joshua, they kept getting farther away from the city.
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Every man in Ai went after the Israelites, and the city was left wide open, with no one to defend it.
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Then the LORD said to Joshua, "Point your spear at Ai; I am giving it to you." Joshua did as he was told,
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and as soon as he lifted his hand, the men who had been hiding got up quickly, ran into the city and captured it. They immediately set the city on fire.
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When the men of Ai looked back, they saw the smoke rising to the sky. There was no way for them to escape, because the Israelites who had run toward the barren country now turned around to attack them.
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When Joshua and his men saw that the others had taken the city and that it was on fire, they turned around and began killing the men of Ai.
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The Israelites in the city now came down to join the battle. So the men of Ai found themselves completely surrounded by Israelites, and they were all killed. No one got away, and no one lived through it
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except the king of Ai. He was captured and taken to Joshua.
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The Israelites killed every one of the enemy in the barren country where they had chased them. Then they went back to Ai and killed everyone there.
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Joshua kept his spear pointed at Ai and did not put it down until every person there had been killed. The whole population of Ai was killed that day---twelve thousand men and women.
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The Israelites kept for themselves the livestock and goods captured in the city, as the LORD had told Joshua.
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Joshua burned Ai and left it in ruins. It is still like that today.
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He hanged the king of Ai from a tree and left his body there until evening. At sundown Joshua gave orders for the body to be removed, and it was thrown down at the entrance to the city gate. They covered it with a huge pile of stones, which is still there today.
Joshua 11:23
Joshua captured the whole land, as the LORD had commanded Moses. Joshua gave it to the Israelites as their own and divided it into portions, one for each tribe. So the people rested from war.
2 Samuel 10:6-19
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The Ammonites realized that they had made David their enemy, so they hired twenty thousand Syrian soldiers from Bethrehob and Zobah, twelve thousand men from Tob, and the king of Maacah with a thousand men.
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David heard of it and sent Joab against them with the whole army.
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The Ammonites marched out and took up their position at the entrance to Rabbah, their capital city, while the others, both the Syrians and the men from Tob and Maacah, took up their position in the open countryside.
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Joab saw that the enemy troops would attack him in front and from the rear, so he chose the best of Israel's soldiers and put them in position facing the Syrians.
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He placed the rest of his troops under the command of his brother Abishai, who put them in position facing the Ammonites.
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Joab said to him, "If you see that the Syrians are defeating me, come and help me, and if the Ammonites are defeating you, I will go and help you.
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Be strong and courageous! Let's fight hard for our people and for the cities of our God. And may the LORD's will be done!"
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Joab and his men advanced to attack, and the Syrians fled.
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When the Ammonites saw the Syrians running away, they fled from Abishai and retreated into the city. Then Joab turned back from fighting the Ammonites and went back to Jerusalem.
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The Syrians realized that they had been defeated by the Israelites, and so they called all their troops together.
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King Hadadezer sent for the Syrians who were on the east side of the Euphrates River, and they came to Helam under the command of Shobach, commander of the army of King Hadadezer of Zobah.
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When David heard of it, he gathered the Israelite troops, crossed the Jordan River, and marched to Helam, where the Syrians took up their position facing him. The fighting began,
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and the Israelites drove the Syrian army back. David and his men killed seven hundred Syrian chariot drivers and forty thousand cavalry, and they wounded Shobach, the enemy commander, who died on the battlefield.
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When the kings who were subject to Hadadezer realized that they had been defeated by the Israelites, they made peace with them and became their subjects. And the Syrians were afraid to help the Ammonites any more.
1 Kings 5:4
But now the LORD my God has given me peace on all my borders. I have no enemies, and there is no danger of attack.
2 Chronicles 20:1-29
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Some time later the armies of Moab and Ammon, together with their allies, the Meunites, invaded Judah.
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Some messengers came and announced to King Jehoshaphat: "A large army from Edom has come from the other side of the Dead Sea to attack you. They have already captured Hazazon Tamar." (This is another name for Engedi.)
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Jehoshaphat was frightened and prayed to the LORD for guidance. Then he gave orders for a fast to be observed throughout the country.
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From every city of Judah people hurried to Jerusalem to ask the LORD for guidance,
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and they and the people of Jerusalem gathered in the new courtyard of the Temple. King Jehoshaphat went and stood before them
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and prayed aloud, "O LORD God of our ancestors, you rule in heaven over all the nations of the world. You are powerful and mighty, and no one can oppose you.
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You are our God. When your people Israel moved into this land, you drove out the people who were living here and gave the land to the descendants of Abraham, your friend, to be theirs forever.
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They have lived here and have built a temple to honor you, knowing
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that if any disaster struck them to punish them---a war, an epidemic, or a famine---then they could come and stand in front of this Temple where you are worshiped. They could pray to you in their trouble, and you would hear them and rescue them.
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"Now the people of Ammon, Moab, and Edom have attacked us. When our ancestors came out of Egypt, you did not allow them to enter those lands, so our ancestors went around them and did not destroy them.
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This is how they repay us---they come to drive us out of the land that you gave us.
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You are our God! Punish them, for we are helpless in the face of this large army that is attacking us. We do not know what to do, but we look to you for help."
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All the men of Judah, with their wives and children, were standing there at the Temple.
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The spirit of the LORD came upon a Levite who was present in the crowd. His name was Jahaziel son of Zechariah; he was a member of the clan of Asaph and was descended from Asaph through Mattaniah, Jeiel, and Benaiah.
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Jahaziel said, "Your Majesty and all you people of Judah and Jerusalem, the LORD says that you must not be discouraged or be afraid to face this large army. The battle depends on God, not on you.
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Attack them tomorrow as they come up the pass at Ziz. You will meet them at the end of the valley that leads to the wild country near Jeruel.
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You will not have to fight this battle. Just take up your positions and wait; you will see the LORD give you victory. People of Judah and Jerusalem, do not hesitate or be afraid. Go out to battle, and the LORD will be with you!"
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Then King Jehoshaphat bowed low, with his face touching the ground, and all the people bowed with him and worshiped the LORD.
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The members of the Levite clans of Kohath and Korah stood up and with a loud shout praised the LORD, the God of Israel.
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Early the next morning the people went out to the wild country near Tekoa. As they were starting out, Jehoshaphat addressed them with these words: "People of Judah and Jerusalem! Put your trust in the LORD your God, and you will stand your ground. Believe what his prophets tell you, and you will succeed."
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After consulting with the people, the king ordered some musicians to put on the robes they wore on sacred occasions and to march ahead of the army, singing: "Praise the LORD! His love is eternal!"
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When they began to sing, the LORD threw the invading armies into a panic.
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The Ammonites and the Moabites attacked the Edomite army and completely destroyed it, and then they turned on each other in savage fighting.
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When the Judean army reached a tower that was in the desert, they looked toward the enemy and saw that they were all lying on the ground dead. Not one had escaped.
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Jehoshaphat and his troops moved in to take the loot, and they found many cattle, supplies, clothing, and other valuable objects. They spent three days gathering the loot, but there was so much that they could not take everything.
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On the fourth day they assembled in Beracah Valley and praised the LORD for all he had done. That is why the valley is called "Beracah."
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Jehoshaphat led his troops back to Jerusalem in triumph, because the LORD had defeated their enemies.
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When they reached the city, they marched to the Temple to the music of harps and trumpets.
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Every nation that heard how the LORD had defeated Israel's enemies was terrified,
2 Chronicles 20:30-29