Jos 6:17, 21, 1Sa 15:3, 9, Hos 10:14, Jam 2:13 | ESV | STEP | And the city and all that is within it shall be devoted to the Lord for destruction . Only Rahab the prostitute and all who are with her in her house shall live , because she hid the messengers whom we sent .

Joshua 6:17

17 And the city and all that is within it shall be ^adevoted to the Lord for destruction. ^{▼▼That is, set apart ( devoted) as an offering to the Lord (for destruction); also verses 18, 21} Only Rahab the prostitute and all who are with her in her house shall live, because she ^chid the messengers whom we sent.

Joshua 6:21

21 Then they ^ddevoted all in the city to destruction, both men and women, young and old, oxen, sheep, and donkeys, with the edge of the sword.

1 Samuel 15:3

3 Now go and strike Amalek and ^edevote to destruction ^{▼▼That is, set apart ( devote) as an offering to the Lord (for destruction); also verses 8, 9, 15, 18, 20, 21} all that they have. Do not spare them, ^gbut kill both man and woman, child and infant, ox and sheep, camel and donkey.’”

1 Samuel 15:9

9 ^hBut Saul and the people spared Agag and the best of the sheep and of the oxen and of the fattened calves ^{▼▼The meaning of the Hebrew term is uncertain} and the lambs, and all that was good, and would not utterly destroy them. All that was despised and worthless they devoted to destruction.

Hosea 10:14

14 therefore ^jthe tumult of war shall arise among your people,
and all your fortresses shall be destroyed,
as ^kShalman destroyed Beth-arbel on the day of battle;
^lmothers were dashed in pieces with their children.

James 2:13

13 For ^mjudgment is without mercy to one who has shown no mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgment.