Deuteronomy 20:19

God's Word

This is what you must do whenever you blockade a city for a long time in order to capture it in war. Don’t harm any of its fruit trees with an ax. You can eat the fruit. Never cut those trees down, because the trees of the field are not people you have come to blockade.

Cross References

2 Kings 3:19

You will defeat every walled city and every important city. You will cut down every good tree, seal all the wells, and use rocks to ruin every good piece of land.”

2 Kings 3:25

Then Israel tore down the cities, each man throwing rocks on every good field until it was covered. They sealed every well and cut down every good tree. Only the stones ⌞in the walls⌟ of Kir Hareseth were left. Soldiers surrounded Kir Hareseth and attacked it with slings and stones.

Jeremiah 6:6

This is what the Lord of Armies says: Cut down its trees. Build up dirt mounds to attack Jerusalem. This city must be punished. There is nothing but oppression in it.

Matthew 21:19

When he saw a fig tree by the road, he went up to the tree and found nothing on it but leaves. He said to the tree, “May fruit never grow on you again!” At once the fig tree dried up.

Matthew 3:10

The ax is now ready to cut the roots of the trees. Any tree that doesn’t produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into a fire.

Deuteronomy 20:18

Otherwise, they will teach you to do all the disgusting things they do for their gods, and you will sin against the Lord your God.

Deuteronomy 20:20

You may destroy trees that you know are not fruit trees. You may cut them down and use them in your blockade until you capture the city.

Deuteronomy 26:6

So the Egyptians treated us cruelly, oppressed us, and made us do back-breaking work for them.