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:
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Behold, the whirlwind of the LORD goeth forth with fury, a continuing whirlwind: it shall fall with pain upon the head of the wicked.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsNeither hath oppressed any, hath not withholden the pledge, neither hath spoiled by violence, but hath given his bread to the hungry, and hath covered the naked with a garment,
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd the porch before the temple of the house, twenty cubits was the length thereof, according to the breadth of the house; and ten cubits was the breadth thereof before the house.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahAs if a man did flee from a lion, and a bear met him; or went into the house, and leaned his hand on the wall, and a serpent bit him.
Amos
Minor ProphetsBut ye have an unction from the Holy One, and ye know all things.
1 John
General Epistles / JohnIn whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise,
Ephesians
Pauline Epistles / PaulLikewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble.
1 Peter
General EpistlesAnd it shall come to pass in the increase, that ye shall give the fifth part unto Pharaoh, and four parts shall be your own, for seed of the field, and for your food, and for them of your households, and for food for your little ones.
Genesis
Law / MosesIf I justify myself, mine own mouth shall condemn me: if I say, I am perfect, it shall also prove me perverse.
Job
WisdomBefore I was afflicted I went astray: but now have I kept thy word.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAre all apostles? are all prophets? are all teachers? are all workers of miracles?
1 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesAnd my tongue shall speak of thy righteousness and of thy praise all the day long.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThen there arose certain of the synagogue, which is called the synagogue of the Libertines, and Cyrenians, and Alexandrians, and of them of Cilicia and of Asia, disputing with Stephen.
Acts
HistoryThe LORD thy God in the midst of thee is mighty; he will save, he will rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in his love, he will joy over thee with singing.
Zephaniah
Minor ProphetsAnd the flowers, and the lamps, and the tongs, made he of gold, and that perfect gold;
2 Chronicles
History / EzraAre not five sparrows sold for two farthings, and not one of them is forgotten before God?
Luke
GospelsAt that time Herod the tetrarch heard of the fame of Jesus,
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd he shall slay the lamb in the place where he shall kill the sin offering and the burnt offering, in the holy place: for as the sin offering is the priest's, so is the trespass offering: it is most holy:
Leviticus
Law / MosesFor this cause ought the woman to have power on her head because of the angels.
1 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulJudge me, O LORD; for I have walked in mine integrity: I have trusted also in the LORD; therefore I shall not slide.
Psalms
PoetryAnd the LORD of hosts shall stir up a scourge for him according to the slaughter of Midian at the rock of Oreb: and as his rod was upon the sea, so shall he lift it up after the manner of Egypt.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd say unto Tyrus, O thou that art situate at the entry of the sea, which art a merchant of the people for many isles, Thus saith the Lord GOD; O Tyrus, thou hast said, I am of perfect beauty.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd all the firstborn males by the number of names, from a month old and upward, of those that were numbered of them, were twenty and two thousand two hundred and threescore and thirteen.