Cross references
Deuteronomy 20:19
When you lay siege to a city for an extended time while fighting against it to capture it, you must not destroy its trees by putting an axe to them, because you can eat their fruit. You must not cut them down. Are the trees of the field human, that you should besiege them?
Deuteronomy 20:19 has 6 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 2 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Matthew 3:10 (5 votes) and Matthew 21:19 (4 votes). 4 other verses point back to it. It links with 5 other books, from Deuteronomy 24 to John 15.
Which verses does Deuteronomy 20:19 point to?
Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.
- Matthew 3:105 votes
The axe lies ready at the root of the trees, and every tree that does not produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.
- Matthew 21:194 votes
Seeing a fig tree by the road, He went up to it but found nothing on it except leaves. “May you never bear fruit again!” He said. And immediately the tree withered.
- Deuteronomy 26:63 votes
But the Egyptians mistreated us and afflicted us, putting us to hard labor.
- Matthew 7:15–203 votes
Beware of false prophets. They come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves. By their fruit you will recognize them. Are grapes gathered from thornbushes, or figs from thistles? …
- Luke 13:7–93 votes
So he said to the keeper of the vineyard, ‘Look, for the past three years I have come to search for fruit on this fig tree and haven’t found any. Therefore cut it down! Why should it use up the soil?’ ‘Sir,’ the man replied, ‘leave it alone again this year, until I dig around it and fertilize it. …
- John 15:2–83 votes
He cuts off every branch in Me that bears no fruit, and every branch that does bear fruit, He prunes to make it even more fruitful. You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you. …
Which verses point to Deuteronomy 20:19?
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