2 Kings 6:22

New Century Version

Elisha answered, “Don’t kill them. You wouldn’t kill people whom you captured with your sword and bow. Give them food and water, and let them eat and drink and then go home to their master.”

Cross References

Genesis 48:22

I have given you something that I did not give your brothers—the land of Shechem that I took from the Amorite people with my sword and my bow.”

Psalm 44:6

I don’t trust my bow to help me, and my sword can’t save me.

Hosea 1:7

But I will show pity to the people of Judah. I will save them, but not by using bows or swords, horses or horsemen, or weapons of war. I, the Lord their God, will save them.”

Hosea 2:18

At that time I will make an agreement for them with the wild animals, the birds, and the crawling things. I will smash from the land the bow and the sword and the weapons of war, so my people will live in safety.

Matthew 5:44

But I say to you, love your enemies. Pray for those who hurt you.

Joshua 24:12

I sent terror ahead of you to force out two Amorite kings. You took the land without using swords and bows.