2 Kings 6:22

Catholic Public Domain Version

And he said: "You should not strike them. For you did not capture them with your sword or bow, so that you might strike them. Instead, set bread and water before them, so that they may eat and drink, and then go to their lord."

Cross References

Genesis 48:22

I give you one part beyond that of your brothers, which I took from the hand of the Amorite with my sword and my bow."

Psalm 44:6

Your arrows are sharp; the people will fall under you, with the hearts of the enemies of the king.

Hosea 1:7

Yet I will have mercy on the house of Judah, and I will save them by the Lord their God. And I will not save them by bow and sword and battle and horses and horsemen."

Hosea 2:18

And in that day, I will strike a deal with them, with the beasts of the field, and with the birds of the sky, and with the creatures of the earth. And I will crush the bow and the sword, and I will wipe away war from the earth. And I will let them sleep securely.

Matthew 5:44

But I say to you: Love your enemies. Do good to those who hate you. And pray for those who persecute and slander you.

Joshua 24:12

And I sent wasps before you. And I drove them from their places, the two kings of the Amorites, but not by your sword, and not by your bow.