Deuteronomy 7:2

New Living Translation

When the Lord your God hands these nations over to you and you conquer them, you must completely destroy them. Make no treaties with them and show them no mercy.

Cross References

Genesis 14:20

And blessed be God Most High, who has defeated your enemies for you.” Then Abram gave Melchizedek a tenth of all the goods he had recovered.

2 Samuel 21:2

So the king summoned the Gibeonites. They were not part of Israel but were all that was left of the nation of the Amorites. The people of Israel had sworn not to kill them, but Saul, in his zeal for Israel and Judah, had tried to wipe them out.

1 Kings 20:34

Ben-hadad told him, “I will give back the towns my father took from your father, and you may establish places of trade in Damascus, as my father did in Samaria.” Then Ahab said, “I will release you under these conditions.” So they made a new treaty, and Ben-hadad was set free.

Ezra 10:3

Let us now make a covenant with our God to divorce our pagan wives and to send them away with their children. We will follow the advice given by you and by the others who respect the commands of our God. Let it be done according to the Law of God.

Psalm 106:34

Israel failed to destroy the nations in the land, as the Lord had commanded them.

Exodus 22:20

“Anyone who sacrifices to any god other than the Lord must be destroyed.

Numbers 21:2

Then the people of Israel made this vow to the Lord: “If you will hand these people over to us, we will completely destroy all their towns.”

Numbers 31:17

So kill all the boys and all the women who have had intercourse with a man.

Numbers 33:52

you must drive out all the people living there. You must destroy all their carved and molten images and demolish all their pagan shrines.

Deuteronomy 13:8

But do not give in or listen. Have no pity, and do not spare or protect them.

Deuteronomy 13:9

You must put them to death! Strike the first blow yourself, and then all the people must join in.

Deuteronomy 19:13

Do not feel sorry for that murderer! Purge from Israel the guilt of murdering innocent people; then all will go well with you.

Deuteronomy 2:33

But the Lord our God handed him over to us, and we crushed him, his sons, and all his people.

Deuteronomy 2:34

We conquered all his towns and completely destroyed everyone—men, women, and children. Not a single person was spared.

Deuteronomy 23:14

The camp must be holy, for the Lord your God moves around in your camp to protect you and to defeat your enemies. He must not see any shameful thing among you, or he will turn away from you.

Deuteronomy 25:12

you must cut off her hand. Show her no pity.

Deuteronomy 3:3

“So the Lord our God handed King Og and all his people over to us, and we killed them all. Not a single person survived.

Deuteronomy 31:5

The Lord will hand over to you the people who live there, and you must deal with them as I have commanded you.

Deuteronomy 33:27

The eternal God is your refuge, and his everlasting arms are under you. He drives out the enemy before you; he cries out, ‘Destroy them!’

Deuteronomy 7:16

“You must destroy all the nations the Lord your God hands over to you. Show them no mercy, and do not worship their gods, or they will trap you.

Deuteronomy 9:3

But recognize today that the Lord your God is the one who will cross over ahead of you like a devouring fire to destroy them. He will subdue them so that you will quickly conquer them and drive them out, just as the Lord has promised.

Joshua 10:28

That same day Joshua captured and destroyed the town of Makkedah. He killed everyone in it, including the king, leaving no survivors. He destroyed them all, and he killed the king of Makkedah as he had killed the king of Jericho.

Joshua 10:30

There, too, the Lord gave them the town and its king. He killed everyone in it, leaving no survivors. Then Joshua killed the king of Libnah as he had killed the king of Jericho.

Joshua 10:32

Here again, the Lord gave them Lachish. Joshua took it on the second day and killed everyone in it, just as he had done at Libnah.

Joshua 10:40

So Joshua conquered the whole region—the kings and people of the hill country, the Negev, the western foothills, and the mountain slopes. He completely destroyed everyone in the land, leaving no survivors, just as the Lord, the God of Israel, had commanded.

Joshua 10:42

Joshua conquered all these kings and their land in a single campaign, for the Lord, the God of Israel, was fighting for his people.

Joshua 11:8

And the Lord gave them victory over their enemies. The Israelites chased them as far as Greater Sidon and Misrephoth-maim, and eastward into the valley of Mizpah, until not one enemy warrior was left alive.

Joshua 2:14

“We offer our own lives as a guarantee for your safety,” the men agreed. “If you don’t betray us, we will keep our promise and be kind to you when the Lord gives us the land.”

Joshua 21:44

And the Lord gave them rest on every side, just as he had solemnly promised their ancestors. None of their enemies could stand against them, for the Lord helped them conquer all their enemies.

Joshua 8:24

When the Israelite army finished chasing and killing all the men of Ai in the open fields, they went back and finished off everyone inside.

Joshua 9:24

They replied, “We did it because we—your servants—were clearly told that the Lord your God commanded his servant Moses to give you this entire land and to destroy all the people living in it. So we feared greatly for our lives because of you. That is why we have done this.

Joshua 9:7

The Israelites replied to these Hivites, “How do we know you don’t live nearby? For if you do, we cannot make a treaty with you.”

Judges 1:24

They confronted a man coming out of the town and said to him, “Show us a way into the town, and we will have mercy on you.”

Judges 1:4

When the men of Judah attacked, the Lord gave them victory over the Canaanites and Perizzites, and they killed 10,000 enemy warriors at the town of Bezek.

Judges 2:2

For your part, you were not to make any covenants with the people living in this land; instead, you were to destroy their altars. But you disobeyed my command. Why did you do this?