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 she said, The glory is departed from Israel: for the ark of God is taken.
1 Samuel
HistoryYet Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah unto this day. Then Libnah revolted at the same time.
2 Kings
HistoryBehold, in this thou art not just: I will answer thee, that God is greater than man.
Job
Wisdom / JobThe singers: the children of Asaph, an hundred forty and eight.
Nehemiah
HistoryGod hath spoken in his holiness; I will rejoice, I will divide Shechem, and mete out the valley of Succoth.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersIn that day sing ye unto her, A vineyard of red wine.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsBehold, they shall surely gather together, but not by me: whosoever shall gather together against thee shall fall for thy sake.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd Jephthah said unto them, I and my people were at great strife with the children of Ammon; and when I called you, ye delivered me not out of their hands.
Judges
History / SamuelYe shall keep my sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary: I am the LORD.
Leviticus
LawBut as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him.
1 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesWho giveth rain upon the earth, and sendeth waters upon the fields:
Job
Wisdom / JobO Israel, thou hast destroyed thyself; but in me is thine help.
Hosea
Minor ProphetsAnd he began to speak boldly in the synagogue: whom when Aquila and Priscilla had heard, they took him unto them, and expounded unto him the way of God more perfectly.
Acts
History / LukeThere cometh a woman of Samaria to draw water: Jesus saith unto her, Give me to drink.
John
GospelsAnd this is the number of them: thirty chargers of gold, a thousand chargers of silver, nine and twenty knives,
Ezra
HistoryAnd he said unto her, Up, and let us be going. But none answered. Then the man took her up upon an ass, and the man rose up, and gat him unto his place.
Judges
HistoryAnd of the sons of Zerah; Jeuel, and their brethren, six hundred and ninety.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd, behold, a certain lawyer stood up, and tempted him, saying, Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?
Luke
GospelsBut if the sacrifice of his offering be a vow, or a voluntary offering, it shall be eaten the same day that he offereth his sacrifice: and on the morrow also the remainder of it shall be eaten:
Leviticus
LawAnd that which is left of the meat offering shall be Aaron's and his sons': it is a thing most holy of the offerings of the LORD made by fire.
Leviticus
LawAnd when they had preached the word in Perga, they went down into Attalia:
Acts
HistoryFor if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass:
James
General Epistles / JamesAnd when Joseph saw Benjamin with them, he said to the ruler of his house, Bring these men home, and slay, and make ready; for these men shall dine with me at noon.