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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Son of man, cause Jerusalem to know her abominations,
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielBut which of you, having a servant plowing or feeding cattle, will say unto him by and by, when he is come from the field, Go and sit down to meat?
Luke
Gospels / LukeSo Solomon built the house, and finished it.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd they thirsted not when he led them through the deserts: he caused the waters to flow out of the rock for them: he clave the rock also, and the waters gushed out.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsThou didst blow with thy wind, the sea covered them: they sank as lead in the mighty waters.
Exodus
LawRemember ye not the former things, neither consider the things of old.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsTherefore shalt thou serve thine enemies which the LORD shall send against thee, in hunger, and in thirst, and in nakedness, and in want of all things: and he shall put a yoke of iron upon thy neck, until he have destroyed thee.
Deuteronomy
LawAnd it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd Rabshakeh said unto them, Speak ye now to Hezekiah, Thus saith the great king, the king of Assyria, What confidence is this wherein thou trustest?
2 Kings
HistoryIn those days, and in that time, saith the LORD, the iniquity of Israel shall be sought for, and there shall be none; and the sins of Judah, and they shall not be found: for I will pardon them whom I reserve.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsIt is God that girdeth me with strength, and maketh my way perfect.
Psalms
PoetryThey were driven forth from among men, (they cried after them as after a thief;)
Job
Wisdom / JobThat brought you out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: I am the LORD.
Leviticus
Law / MosesFor thou, O God, hast heard my vows: thou hast given me the heritage of those that fear thy name.
Psalms
PoetryThou hast broken Rahab in pieces, as one that is slain; thou hast scattered thine enemies with thy strong arm.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd the saying pleased the whole multitude: and they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Ghost, and Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolas a proselyte of Antioch:
Acts
HistoryAnd over the olive trees and the sycomore trees that were in the low plains was Baal-hanan the Gederite: and over the cellars of oil was Joash:
1 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd it came to pass, when he was in a certain city, behold a man full of leprosy: who seeing Jesus fell on his face, and besought him, saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean.
Luke
Gospels / LukeSpeak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye be come into the land of your habitations, which I give unto you,
Numbers
LawBehold even to the moon, and it shineth not; yea, the stars are not pure in his sight.
Job
Wisdom / JobOr all that about which he hath sworn falsely; he shall even restore it in the principal, and shall add the fifth part more thereto, and give it unto him to whom it appertaineth, in the day of his trespass offering.
Leviticus
LawOf Bilgah, Shammua; of Shemaiah, Jehonathan;
Nehemiah
HistoryAnd when he had apprehended him, he put him in prison, and delivered him to four quaternions of soldiers to keep him; intending after Easter to bring him forth to the people.