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 now ye purpose to keep under the children of Judah and Jerusalem for bondmen and bondwomen unto you: but are there not with you, even with you, sins against the LORD your God?
2 Chronicles
History / EzraDeliver me out of the mire, and let me not sink: let me be delivered from them that hate me, and out of the deep waters.
Psalms
PoetrySlay utterly old and young, both maids, and little children, and women: but come not near any man upon whom is the mark; and begin at my sanctuary. Then they began at the ancient men which were before the house.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd I said unto you, I am the LORD your God; fear not the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but ye have not obeyed my voice.
Judges
HistoryBut whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding: he that doeth it destroyeth his own soul.
Proverbs
WisdomAnd when the ass saw the angel of the LORD, she thrust herself unto the wall, and crushed Balaam's foot against the wall: and he smote her again.
Numbers
Law / MosesSome men's sins are open beforehand, going before to judgment; and some men they follow after.
1 Timothy
Pauline EpistlesHis body also was like the beryl, and his face as the appearance of lightning, and his eyes as lamps of fire, and his arms and his feet like in colour to polished brass, and the voice of his words like the voice of a multitude.
Daniel
Major ProphetsAnd when Aaron lighteth the lamps at even, he shall burn incense upon it, a perpetual incense before the LORD throughout your generations.
Exodus
LawWhat man is he that desireth life, and loveth many days, that he may see good?
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThe tenth to Shimei, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:
1 Chronicles
HistoryAnd as they went through the cities, they delivered them the decrees for to keep, that were ordained of the apostles and elders which were at Jerusalem.
Acts
HistoryAnd he will take your menservants, and your maidservants, and your goodliest young men, and your asses, and put them to his work.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelFor day and night thy hand was heavy upon me: my moisture is turned into the drought of summer. Selah.
Psalms
PoetryAnd I saw in the right hand of him that sat on the throne a book written within and on the backside, sealed with seven seals.
Revelation
Apocalyptic / JohnThou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.
2 Timothy
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd great multitudes followed him; and he healed them there.
Matthew
GospelsThe preparations of the heart in man, and the answer of the tongue, is from the LORD.
Proverbs
WisdomAnd the people spake against God, and against Moses, Wherefore have ye brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? for there is no bread, neither is there any water; and our soul loatheth this light bread.
Numbers
LawSurely the serpent will bite without enchantment; and a babbler is no better.
Ecclesiastes
WisdomEither make the tree good, and his fruit good; or else make the tree corrupt, and his fruit corrupt: for the tree is known by his fruit.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewIf thou shalt do this thing, and God command thee so, then thou shalt be able to endure, and all this people shall also go to their place in peace.
Exodus
Law / MosesBut if the ox were wont to push with his horn in time past, and it hath been testified to his owner, and he hath not kept him in, but that he hath killed a man or a woman; the ox shall be stoned, and his owner also shall be put to death.