Deuteronomy 20:19

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

“When you are making war against a city, you might surround that city for a long time. You must not cut down the fruit trees around that city. You may eat the fruit from these trees, but you must not cut them down. These trees are not the enemy, so don’t make war against them.

Cross References

Matthew 3:10

The ax is now ready to cut down the trees. Every tree that does not produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.

Deuteronomy 26:6

The Egyptians treated us badly. They made us slaves. They hurt us and forced us to work very hard.

Matthew 21:19

He saw a fig tree beside the road and went to get a fig from it. But there were no figs on the tree. There were only leaves. So Jesus said to the tree, “You will never again produce fruit!” The tree immediately dried up and died.

Deuteronomy 20:18

So then they will not be able to teach you to sin against the Lord your God or to do any of the terrible things they do when they worship their gods.

Deuteronomy 20:20

But you may cut down the trees that you know are not fruit trees. You may use these trees to build weapons for making war against that city. You may use them until the city falls.

Jeremiah 6:6

This is what the Lord All-Powerful says: “Cut down the trees around Jerusalem, and build a siege mound against it. This city should be punished because inside there is no justice—only slavery.

2 Kings 3:19

You will attack every strong city and every good city. You will cut down every good tree. You will stop up all the springs of water. You will ruin every good field with stones.”

2 Kings 3:25

The Israelites destroyed the cities. They threw their stones at every good field in Moab. They stopped up all the springs of water and cut down all the good trees. The Israelites fought all the way to Kir Hareseth. The soldiers surrounded Kir Hareseth and attacked it too.