“Do not kill them,” he replied. “Would you kill those you have captured with your own sword or bow? Set food and water before them, that they may eat and drink and then return to their master.”
And to you, as one who is above your brothers, I give the ridge of land that I took from the Amorites with my sword and
On the contrary, “If your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him a drink. For in so doing, you will heap
If they accept your offer of peace and open their gates, all the people there will become forced laborers to serve you.
On that day I will make a covenant for them with the beasts of the field and the birds of the air and the creatures that
Then the Israelites took 200,000 captives from their kinsmen—women, sons, and daughters. They also carried off a great d
If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat, and if he is thirsty, give him water to drink.
Yet I will have compassion on the house of Judah, and I will save them—not by bow or sword or war, not by horses and cav
For I do not trust in my bow, nor does my sword save me.
But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,
I sent the hornet ahead of you, and it drove out the two Amorite kings before you, but not by your own sword or bow.