When thou shalt besiege a city a long time, in making war against it to take it, thou shalt not destroy the trees thereof by forcing an axe against them: for thou mayest eat of them, and thou shalt not cut them down (for the tree of the field is man's life) to employ them in the siege:
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And his disciples said unto him, Thou seest the multitude thronging thee, and sayest thou, Who touched me?
Mark
GospelsAnd Laban went to shear his sheep: and Rachel had stolen the images that were her father's.
Genesis
Law / MosesSeven days shall there be no leaven found in your houses: for whosoever eateth that which is leavened, even that soul shall be cut off from the congregation of Israel, whether he be a stranger, or born in the land.
Exodus
Law / MosesAnd so was also James, and John, the sons of Zebedee, which were partners with Simon. And Jesus said unto Simon, Fear not; from henceforth thou shalt catch men.
Luke
GospelsBut these, as natural brute beasts, made to be taken and destroyed, speak evil of the things that they understand not; and shall utterly perish in their own corruption;
2 Peter
General Epistles / PeterLead me, O LORD, in thy righteousness because of mine enemies; make thy way straight before my face.
Psalms
PoetryAnd the people murmured against Moses, saying, What shall we drink?
Exodus
LawAnd it shall come to pass, when Pharaoh shall call you, and shall say, What is your occupation?
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd Cain went out from the presence of the LORD, and dwelt in the land of Nod, on the east of Eden.
Genesis
LawNow there are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit.
1 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd I went unto the angel, and said unto him, Give me the little book. And he said unto me, Take it, and eat it up; and it shall make thy belly bitter, but it shall be in thy mouth sweet as honey.
Revelation
ApocalypticAlso to punish the just is not good, nor to strike princes for equity.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonAnd immediately the angel of the Lord smote him, because he gave not God the glory: and he was eaten of worms, and gave up the ghost.
Acts
History / LukeAnd your covenant with death shall be disannulled, and your agreement with hell shall not stand; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, then ye shall be trodden down by it.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahKeep the sabbath day to sanctify it, as the LORD thy God hath commanded thee.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesA naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a froward mouth.
Proverbs
WisdomThe burden of the desert of the sea. As whirlwinds in the south pass through; so it cometh from the desert, from a terrible land.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsShe seeketh wool, and flax, and worketh willingly with her hands.
Proverbs
WisdomHis offering was one silver charger, the weight whereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering:
Numbers
LawThe sleep of a labouring man is sweet, whether he eat little or much: but the abundance of the rich will not suffer him to sleep.
Ecclesiastes
Wisdom / SolomonAnd to the kings that were on the north of the mountains, and of the plains south of Chinneroth, and in the valley, and in the borders of Dor on the west,
Joshua
HistoryJotham was twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. His mother's name also was Jerushah, the daughter of Zadok.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd there were seven sons of one Sceva, a Jew, and chief of the priests, which did so.