Luke 14:32

Or else [if he feels he is not powerful enough], while the other [king] is still a far distance away, he sends an envoy and asks for terms of peace.

1 Kings 20:31-34

But his servants said to him, “We have heard that the kings of the house (royal line) of Israel are merciful kings. Please let us put sackcloth around our loins and ropes on our necks [as symbols of submission], and go out to the king of Israel; perhaps he will spare your life.”

2 Kings 10:4-5

But they were extremely afraid and said, “Look, the two kings did not stand before Jehu; so how can we stand?”

Job 40:9

“Have you an arm like God,
And can you thunder with a voice like His?

Matthew 5:25

Come to terms quickly [at the earliest opportunity] with your opponent at law while you are with him on the way [to court], so that your opponent does not hand you over to the judge, and the judge to the guard, and you are thrown into prison.

Luke 12:58

For while you are going with your opponent [at law] to appear before a magistrate, on the way make an effort to settle, so that he does not drag you before the judge, and the judge does not [rule against you and] turn you over to the officer, and the officer does not throw you into prison.

Acts 12:20

Now Herod [Agrippa I] was extremely angry with the people of Tyre and Sidon; and their delegates came to him in a united group, and after persuading Blastus, the king’s chamberlain [to support their cause], they asked for peace, because their country was fed by [imports of grain and other goods from] the king’s country.

James 4:6-10

But He gives us more and more grace [through the power of the Holy Spirit to defy sin and live an obedient life that reflects both our faith and our gratitude for our salvation]. Therefore, it says, “God is opposed to the proud and haughty, but [continually] gives [the gift of] grace to the humble [who turn away from self-righteousness].”

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Luke 14:32

Or else, while the other is yet a great way off, he sendeth an ambassage, and desireth conditions of peace.

And desireth

James 4:6

General references

Job 41:8

Bible References

And desireth

But they were extremely afraid and said, “Look, the two kings did not stand before Jehu; so how can we stand?”

“Have you an arm like God,
And can you thunder with a voice like His?

General references

“Lay your hand on him;
Remember the battle [with him]; you will not do such [an ill-advised thing] again!