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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Because thou shalt forget thy misery, and remember it as waters that pass away:
Job
WisdomFor David himself said by the Holy Ghost, The LORD said to my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, till I make thine enemies thy footstool.
Mark
Gospels / MarkAnd the king said, Enquire thou whose son the stripling is.
1 Samuel
HistoryAnd Jesus said, Somebody hath touched me: for I perceive that virtue is gone out of me.
Luke
Gospels / LukeThe copy of the letter that Tatnai, governor on this side the river, and Shethar-boznai, and his companions the Apharsachites, which were on this side the river, sent unto Darius the king:
Ezra
HistoryBut when the congregation is to be gathered together, ye shall blow, but ye shall not sound an alarm.
Numbers
LawWoe unto them that join house to house, that lay field to field, till there be no place, that they may be placed alone in the midst of the earth!
Isaiah
Major ProphetsNow the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Ghost.
Matthew
GospelsKirjath-baal, which is Kirjath-jearim, and Rabbah; two cities with their villages:
Joshua
History / JoshuaWhen I was daily with you in the temple, ye stretched forth no hands against me: but this is your hour, and the power of darkness.
Luke
GospelsAnd Baasha the son of Ahijah, of the house of Issachar, conspired against him; and Baasha smote him at Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines; for Nadab and all Israel laid siege to Gibbethon.
1 Kings
HistorySo Gad came to David, and told him, and said unto him, Shall seven years of famine come unto thee in thy land? or wilt thou flee three months before thine enemies, while they pursue thee? or that there be three days' pestilence in thy land? now advise, and see what answer I shall return to him that sent me.
2 Samuel
HistoryAnd Reu lived two and thirty years, and begat Serug:
Genesis
LawAs the dew of Hermon, and as the dew that descended upon the mountains of Zion: for there the LORD commanded the blessing, even life for evermore.
Psalms
PoetryDo ye not yet understand, neither remember the five loaves of the five thousand, and how many baskets ye took up?
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd Abimelech rose up, and all the people that were with him, by night, and they laid wait against Shechem in four companies.
Judges
History / SamuelArise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the LORD is risen upon thee.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahNow when the high priest and the captain of the temple and the chief priests heard these things, they doubted of them whereunto this would grow.
Acts
HistoryAnd the drinking was according to the law; none did compel: for so the king had appointed to all the officers of his house, that they should do according to every man's pleasure.
Esther
HistoryMoreover he will bring upon thee all the diseases of Egypt, which thou wast afraid of; and they shall cleave unto thee.
Deuteronomy
LawHe said, I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the way of the Lord, as said the prophet Esaias.
John
GospelsThus saith the LORD; Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the LORD.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd houses full of all good things, which thou filledst not, and wells digged, which thou diggedst not, vineyards and olive trees, which thou plantedst not; when thou shalt have eaten and be full;