Deuteronomy 7:2

God's Word

When the Lord your God gives them to you and you defeat them, destroy every one of them because they have been claimed by the Lord. Don’t make any treaties with them or show them any mercy.

Cross References

Genesis 14:20

Blessed is God Most High, who has handed your enemies over to you.” Then Abram gave him a tenth of everything.

2 Samuel 21:2

(The Gibeonites were not a part of Israel but were left over from the Amorites. Although the Israelites had sworn ⌞to spare them⌟, Saul, in his eagerness, tried to destroy them for Israel and Judah.) The king called the Gibeonites

1 Kings 20:34

Benhadad told him, “I will give back the towns my father took from your father. You may set up trading centers in Damascus as my father did in Samaria.” Ahab said, “If you will put this into a treaty, I will let you go.” So Ahab made a treaty with Benhadad and let him go.

Ezra 10:3

So we must now make a promise to our God to get rid of all foreign women and the children born from them, as my lord ⌞Ezra⌟ and the others who tremble at the commandments of our God have advised us to do. We must do what Moses’ Teachings tell us.

Psalm 106:34

They did not destroy the people as the Lord had told them.

Exodus 22:20

“Whoever sacrifices to any god except the Lord must be condemned and destroyed.

Numbers 21:2

Then the Israelites made this vow to the Lord: “If you will hand these people over to us, we’ll destroy their cities because you’ve claimed them.”

Numbers 31:17

So kill all the Midianite boys and every Midianite woman who has gone to bed with a man.

Numbers 33:52

As you advance, force out all the people who live there. Get rid of all their stone and metal idols, and destroy all their places of worship.

Deuteronomy 13:8

Don’t be influenced by any of these people or listen to them. Have no pity on them. Don’t feel sorry for them or protect them.

Deuteronomy 13:9

You must put them to death. You must start the execution. Then all the other people will join you in putting them to death.

Deuteronomy 19:13

They must have no pity on him. The guilt of murdering an innocent person must be removed from Israel. Then things will go well for Israel.

Deuteronomy 2:33

The Lord our God gave Sihon to us, and we defeated him, his sons, and all his troops.

Deuteronomy 2:34

At that time we captured all his cities and claimed them for God by destroying men, women, and children. There were no survivors.

Deuteronomy 23:14

The Lord your God moves around in your camp to protect you and hand your enemies over to you. So your camp must always be holy. This way, the Lord will never see anything offensive among you and turn away from you.

Deuteronomy 25:12

cut off her hand. Have no pity on her.

Deuteronomy 3:3

So the Lord our God also handed King Og of Bashan and all his troops over to us. We defeated him, leaving no survivors.

Deuteronomy 31:5

The Lord will hand them over to you, and you must do to them everything that I commanded you.

Deuteronomy 33:27

The eternal God is your shelter, and his everlasting arms support you. He will force your enemies out of your way and tell you to destroy them.

Deuteronomy 7:16

You must destroy all the people the Lord your God hands over to you. Have no pity on them, and never worship their gods, because they will be a trap for you.

Deuteronomy 9:3

Realize today that the Lord your God is the one who is going ahead of you like a raging fire. He will wipe them out and will use you to crush their power. You will take possession of their land and will quickly destroy them as the Lord promised you.

Joshua 10:28

That same day Joshua captured Makkedah, and the Israelites killed its people and king with swords. He claimed them for the Lord by destroying them. There were no survivors. He did the same thing to the king of Makkedah that he had done to the king of Jericho.

Joshua 10:30

The Lord also handed Libnah and its king over to Israel. He killed all the people. There were no survivors. He did the same thing to the king of Libnah that he had done to the king of Jericho.

Joshua 10:32

The Lord handed Lachish over to Israel. He captured it on the next day and killed all the people, the same way he had captured Libnah.

Joshua 10:40

So Joshua captured the whole land—the mountains, the Negev, the foothills, and the slopes. There were no survivors. He claimed every living creature for the Lord by destroying it, as the Lord God of Israel had commanded.

Joshua 10:42

Joshua captured all these kings and their territories in one campaign because the Lord God of Israel fought for Israel.

Joshua 11:8

The Lord handed them over to Israel, and the Israelites defeated them. The Israelites chased them as far as Great Sidon, Misrephoth Maim, and the valley of Mizpah in the east. There were no survivors.

Joshua 2:14

The men promised her, “We pledge our lives for your lives. If you don’t tell anyone what we’re doing here, we’ll treat you kindly and honestly when the Lord gives us this land.”

Joshua 21:44

The Lord allowed them to have peace on every side, as he had sworn with an oath to their ancestors. Not one of their enemies stood up to them. The Lord handed all their enemies over to them.

Joshua 8:24

Israel had finished killing all the inhabitants of Ai in the fields and in the desert where they had been pursued. They put them all to death; not one person survived. Then the Israelites went back to Ai and killed everyone left there.

Joshua 9:24

They answered Joshua, “We were told that the Lord your God commanded his servant Moses to give you the whole land and destroy all who live there. We deceived you because we feared for our lives.

Joshua 9:7

The men of Israel said to the Hivites, “What if you’re living in this area? We wouldn’t be able to make a treaty with you.”

Judges 1:24

The spies saw a man coming out of the city. They told him, “Show us how we can get into the city, and we’ll treat you kindly.”

Judges 1:4

Judah’s troops went into battle, and the Lord handed the Canaanites and Perizzites over to them. They defeated 10,000 men at Bezek.

Judges 2:2

You must never make a treaty with the people who live in this land. You must tear down their altars.’ But you didn’t obey me. What do you think you’re doing?