“When you draw near to a city to fight against it, offer terms of peace to it.
And he came and preached peace to you who were far off and peace to those who were near.
All this is from God, who through Christ reconciled us to himself and gave us the ministry of reconciliation;
As for the word that he sent to Israel, preaching good news of peace through Jesus Christ (he is Lord of all),
I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim and the war horse from Jerusalem; and the battle bow shall be cut off, and he shall speak peace to the nations; his rule shall be from sea to sea, and from the River to the ends of the earth.
creating the fruit of the lips. Peace, peace, to the far and to the near,” says the Lord, “and I will heal him.
And when the officers have finished speaking to the people, then commanders shall be appointed at the head of the people.
And if it responds to you peaceably and it opens to you, then all the people who are found in it shall do forced labor for you and shall serve you.
Then the whole congregation sent word to the people of Benjamin who were at the rock of Rimmon and proclaimed peace to them.
“So I sent messengers from the wilderness of Kedemoth to Sihon the king of Heshbon, with words of peace, saying,
Then Jephthah sent messengers to the king of the Ammonites and said, “What do you have against me, that you have come to me to fight against my land?”