Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
And he answered, Thou shalt not smite them: wouldest thou smite those whom thou hast taken captive with thy sword and with thy bow? set bread and water before them, that they may eat and drink, and go to their master.
Wouldest
Thy sword
Set bread
General references
Bible References
Wouldest
Deuteronomy 20:11
If it accepts your terms and submits to you, all the people found in it will become your slaves.
2 Chronicles 28:8
The Israelites seized from their brothers 200,000 wives, sons, and daughters. They also carried off a huge amount of plunder and took it back to Samaria.
Thy sword
Genesis 48:22
As one who is above your brothers, I give to you the mountain slope, which I took from the Amorites with my sword and my bow."
Joshua 24:12
I sent terror ahead of you to drive out before you the two Amorite kings. I gave you the victory; it was not by your swords or bows.
Psalm 44:6
For I do not trust in my bow, and I do not prevail by my sword.
Hosea 1:7
But I will have pity on the nation of Judah. I will deliver them by the Lord their God; I will not deliver them by the warrior's bow, by sword, by military victory, by chariot horses, or by chariots."
Hosea 2:18
"At that time I will make a covenant for them with the wild animals, the birds of the air, and the creatures that crawl on the ground. I will abolish the warrior's bow and sword -- that is, every weapon of warfare -- from the land, and I will allow them to live securely."
Set bread
Proverbs 25:21
If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat, and if he is thirsty, give him water to drink,
Matthew 5:44
But I say to you, love your enemy and pray for those who persecute you,
Romans 12:20
Rather, if your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him a drink; for in doing this you will be heaping burning coals on his head.
General references
Matthew 5:44
But I say to you, love your enemy and pray for those who persecute you,