Luke 14:32

If he cannot succeed, he will send a representative while the other is still a long way off and ask for terms of peace.

1 Kings 20:31-34

His advisers said to him, "Look, we have heard that the kings of the Israelite dynasty are kind. Allow us to put sackcloth around our waists and ropes on our heads and surrender to the king of Israel. Maybe he will spare our lives."

2 Kings 10:4-5

They were absolutely terrified and said, "Look, two kings could not stop him! How can we?"

Job 40:9

Do you have an arm as powerful as God's, and can you thunder with a voice like his?

Matthew 5:25

Reach agreement quickly with your accuser while on the way to court, or he may hand you over to the judge, and the judge hand you over to the warden, and you will be thrown into prison.

Luke 12:58

As you are going with your accuser before the magistrate, make an effort to settle with him on the way, so that he will not drag you before the judge, and the judge hand you over to the officer, and the officer throw you into prison.

Acts 12:20

Now Herod was having an angry quarrel with the people of Tyre and Sidon. So they joined together and presented themselves before him. And after convincing Blastus, the king's personal assistant, to help them, they asked for peace, because their country's food supply was provided by the king's country.

James 4:6-10

But he gives greater grace. Therefore it says, "God opposes the proud, but he gives grace to the humble."

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Summary

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

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And desireth

Luke 12:58
As you are going with your accuser before the magistrate, make an effort to settle with him on the way, so that he will not drag you before the judge, and the judge hand you over to the officer, and the officer throw you into prison.
1 Kings 20:31
His advisers said to him, "Look, we have heard that the kings of the Israelite dynasty are kind. Allow us to put sackcloth around our waists and ropes on our heads and surrender to the king of Israel. Maybe he will spare our lives."
2 Kings 10:4
They were absolutely terrified and said, "Look, two kings could not stop him! How can we?"
Job 40:9
Do you have an arm as powerful as God's, and can you thunder with a voice like his?
Matthew 5:25
Reach agreement quickly with your accuser while on the way to court, or he may hand you over to the judge, and the judge hand you over to the warden, and you will be thrown into prison.
Acts 12:20
Now Herod was having an angry quarrel with the people of Tyre and Sidon. So they joined together and presented themselves before him. And after convincing Blastus, the king's personal assistant, to help them, they asked for peace, because their country's food supply was provided by the king's country.
James 4:6
But he gives greater grace. Therefore it says, "God opposes the proud, but he gives grace to the humble."

General references

Job 41:8
If you lay your hand on it, you will remember the fight, and you will never do it again!

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