They that be slain with the sword are better than they that be slain with hunger: for these pine away, stricken through for want of the fruits of the field.
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And if he shall neglect to hear them, tell it unto the church: but if he neglect to hear the church, let him be unto thee as an heathen man and a publican.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd when his armourbearer saw that Saul was dead, he fell likewise on the sword, and died.
1 Chronicles
HistoryAnd he caused it to be proclaimed and published through Nineveh by the decree of the king and his nobles, saying, Let neither man nor beast, herd nor flock, taste any thing: let them not feed, nor drink water:
Jonah
Minor Prophets / JonahBoth male and female shall ye put out, without the camp shall ye put them; that they defile not their camps, in the midst whereof I dwell.
Numbers
LawBut if ye enquire any thing concerning other matters, it shall be determined in a lawful assembly.
Acts
HistoryBut ye turned and polluted my name, and caused every man his servant, and every man his handmaid, whom ye had set at liberty at their pleasure, to return, and brought them into subjection, to be unto you for servants and for handmaids.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsBut if the scall spread much in the skin after his cleansing;
Leviticus
Law / MosesAnd now my soul is poured out upon me; the days of affliction have taken hold upon me.
Job
WisdomAnd Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived was in the transgression.
1 Timothy
Pauline EpistlesTrust in the LORD, and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThou shalt not bow down to their gods, nor serve them, nor do after their works: but thou shalt utterly overthrow them, and quite break down their images.
Exodus
LawAnd when David had made an end of offering the burnt offerings and the peace offerings, he blessed the people in the name of the LORD.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd he shall stand and feed in the strength of the LORD, in the majesty of the name of the LORD his God; and they shall abide: for now shall he be great unto the ends of the earth.
Micah
Minor ProphetsAnd he shall besiege thee in all thy gates, until thy high and fenced walls come down, wherein thou trustedst, throughout all thy land: and he shall besiege thee in all thy gates throughout all thy land, which the LORD thy God hath given thee.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAnd at the end of ten days their countenances appeared fairer and fatter in flesh than all the children which did eat the portion of the king's meat.
Daniel
Major Prophets / DanielFor he saith, By the strength of my hand I have done it, and by my wisdom; for I am prudent: and I have removed the bounds of the people, and have robbed their treasures, and I have put down the inhabitants like a valiant man:
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd whosoever will not do the law of thy God, and the law of the king, let judgment be executed speedily upon him, whether it be unto death, or to banishment, or to confiscation of goods, or to imprisonment.
Ezra
History / EzraAnd Jehud, and Bene-berak, and Gath-rimmon,
Joshua
History / JoshuaNevertheless divers of Asher and Manasseh and of Zebulun humbled themselves, and came to Jerusalem.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd he said, Take them alive. And they took them alive, and slew them at the pit of the shearing house, even two and forty men; neither left he any of them.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahI have seen thine adulteries, and thy neighings, the lewdness of thy whoredom, and thine abominations on the hills in the fields. Woe unto thee, O Jerusalem! wilt thou not be made clean? when shall it once be?
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsThy sun shall no more go down; neither shall thy moon withdraw itself: for the LORD shall be thine everlasting light, and the days of thy mourning shall be ended.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd when thou hast seen it, thou also shalt be gathered unto thy people, as Aaron thy brother was gathered.