2 Kings 6:22

New English Translation

He replied, “Do not strike them down! You did not capture them with your sword or bow, so what gives you the right to strike them down? Give them some food and water, so they can eat and drink and then go back to their master.”

Cross References

Genesis 48:22

As one who is above your brothers, I give to you the mountain slope, which I took from the Amorites with my sword and my bow.”

Psalm 44:6

For I do not trust in my bow, and I do not prevail by my sword.

Hosea 1:7

But I will have pity on the nation of Judah. I will deliver them by the Lord their God; I will not deliver them by the warrior’s bow, by sword, by military victory, by chariot horses, or by chariots.”

Hosea 2:18

“At that time I will make a covenant for them with the wild animals, the birds of the air, and the creatures that crawl on the ground. I will abolish the warrior’s bow and sword – that is, every weapon of warfare – from the land, and I will allow them to live securely.”

Matthew 5:44

But I say to you, love your enemy and pray for those who persecute you,

Joshua 24:12

I sent terror ahead of you to drive out before you the two Amorite kings. I gave you the victory; it was not by your swords or bows.