And he answered, Thou shalt not smite them: wouldest thou smite those whom thou hast taken captive with thy sword and with thy bow? set bread and water before them, that they may eat and drink, and go to their master.
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But they shall sit every man under his vine and under his fig tree; and none shall make them afraid: for the mouth of the LORD of hosts hath spoken it.
Micah
Minor Prophets / MicahFor great is thy mercy toward me: and thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest hell.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd to offer all burnt sacrifices unto the LORD in the sabbaths, in the new moons, and on the set feasts, by number, according to the order commanded unto them, continually before the LORD:
1 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd Ahitub begat Zadok, and Zadok begat Shallum,
1 Chronicles
HistoryAnd I will give unto thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land wherein thou art a stranger, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God.
Genesis
LawAnd for thy cattle, and for the beast that are in thy land, shall all the increase thereof be meat.
Leviticus
Law / MosesAnd he measured the breadth of the entry of the gate, ten cubits; and the length of the gate, thirteen cubits.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielThen said Eliakim and Shebna and Joah unto Rabshakeh, Speak, I pray thee, unto thy servants in the Syrian language; for we understand it: and speak not to us in the Jews' language, in the ears of the people that are on the wall.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsYe shall not do so unto the LORD your God.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAnd whatsoever is first ripe in the land, which they shall bring unto the LORD, shall be thine; every one that is clean in thine house shall eat of it.
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd Achan answered Joshua, and said, Indeed I have sinned against the LORD God of Israel, and thus and thus have I done:
Joshua
History / JoshuaAnd there were seven sons of one Sceva, a Jew, and chief of the priests, which did so.
Acts
History / LukeFor he established a testimony in Jacob, and appointed a law in Israel, which he commanded our fathers, that they should make them known to their children:
Psalms
PoetryAnd Shallum the son of Jabesh conspired against him, and smote him before the people, and slew him, and reigned in his stead.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahNot purloining, but shewing all good fidelity; that they may adorn the doctrine of God our Saviour in all things.
Titus
Pauline EpistlesAnd again, Praise the Lord, all ye Gentiles; and laud him, all ye people.
Romans
Pauline Epistles / PaulConsider mine affliction, and deliver me: for I do not forget thy law.
Psalms
PoetryFor it was the king's commandment concerning them, that a certain portion should be for the singers, due for every day.
Nehemiah
HistoryThe seed also of his servants shall inherit it: and they that love his name shall dwell therein.
Psalms
PoetryAnd that she increased her whoredoms: for when she saw men pourtrayed upon the wall, the images of the Chaldeans pourtrayed with vermilion,
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsNow the rest of the acts of Uzziah, first and last, did Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, write.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraThere shall be no whore of the daughters of Israel, nor a sodomite of the sons of Israel.
Deuteronomy
LawAnd it came to pass in those days, when Moses was grown, that he went out unto his brethren, and looked on their burdens: and he spied an Egyptian smiting an Hebrew, one of his brethren.