Quotes about Treaty
The only alternative to war is peace, and the only road to peace is negotiations.
— Golda Meir
And Joshua made a treaty of peace with them to let them live, and the leaders of the congregation swore an oath to them.
— Joshua 9:15
Then an escapee came and reported this to Abram the Hebrew. Now Abram was living near the Oaks of Mamre the Amorite, a brother of Eshcol and Aner, all of whom were bound by treaty to Abram.
— Genesis 14:13
But the men of Israel said to the Hivites, “Perhaps you dwell near us. How can we make a treaty with you?”
— Joshua 9:7
and when the LORD your God has delivered them over to you to defeat them, then you must devote them to complete destruction. Make no treaty with them and show them no mercy.
— Deuteronomy 7:2
Three days after they had made the treaty with the Gibeonites, the Israelites learned that they were neighbors, living among them.
— Joshua 9:16
Be careful not to make a treaty with the inhabitants of the land you are entering, lest they become a snare in your midst.
— Exodus 34:12
This is how we will treat them: We will let them live, so that no wrath will fall on us because of the oath we swore to them.”
— Joshua 9:20
“Let there be a treaty between me and you, between my father and your father. See, I have sent you a gift of silver and gold. Now go and break your treaty with Baasha king of Israel, so that he will withdraw from me.”
— 1 Kings 15:19
They went to Joshua in the camp at Gilgal and said to him and the men of Israel, “We have come from a distant land; please make a treaty with us.”
— Joshua 9:6
The highways are deserted; travel has ceased. The treaty has been broken, the witnesses are despised, and human life is disregarded.
— Isaiah 33:8
“Let there be a treaty between me and you, between my father and your father. See, I have sent you silver and gold. Now go and break your treaty with Baasha king of Israel, so that he will withdraw from me.”
— 2 Chronicles 16:3