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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Let my prayer come before thee: incline thine ear unto my cry;
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersDesiring to be teachers of the law; understanding neither what they say, nor whereof they affirm.
1 Timothy
Pauline EpistlesYe shall diligently keep the commandments of the LORD your God, and his testimonies, and his statutes, which he hath commanded thee.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesSo will I send upon you famine and evil beasts, and they shall bereave thee; and pestilence and blood shall pass through thee; and I will bring the sword upon thee. I the LORD have spoken it.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielThat which we have seen and heard declare we unto you, that ye also may have fellowship with us: and truly our fellowship is with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ.
1 John
General EpistlesWhile Peter thought on the vision, the Spirit said unto him, Behold, three men seek thee.
Acts
History / LukeShall vain words have an end? or what emboldeneth thee that thou answerest?
Job
WisdomAnd 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
History / MordecaiMy son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee.
Proverbs
WisdomJustice and judgment are the habitation of thy throne: mercy and truth shall go before thy face.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersFor we stretch not ourselves beyond our measure, as though we reached not unto you: for we are come as far as to you also in preaching the gospel of Christ:
2 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd God was with the lad; and he grew, and dwelt in the wilderness, and became an archer.
Genesis
LawBehold, his soul which is lifted up is not upright in him: but the just shall live by his faith.
Habakkuk
Minor Prophets / HabakkukBefore him went the pestilence, and burning coals went forth at his feet.
Habakkuk
Minor ProphetsTo be discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed.
Titus
Pauline EpistlesAnd it came to pass, when Moses went out unto the tabernacle, that all the people rose up, and stood every man at his tent door, and looked after Moses, until he was gone into the tabernacle.
Exodus
Law / MosesGive ear to my prayer, O God; and hide not thyself from my supplication.
Psalms
PoetryAnd he commanded them to make all sit down by companies upon the green grass.
Mark
Gospels / MarkAnd repayeth them that hate him to their face, to destroy them: he will not be slack to him that hateth him, he will repay him to his face.
Deuteronomy
LawLest there should be among you man, or woman, or family, or tribe, whose heart turneth away this day from the LORD our God, to go and serve the gods of these nations; lest there should be among you a root that beareth gall and wormwood;
Deuteronomy
LawEdom, and Moab, and the children of Ammon,
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahThus they gave to the children of Aaron the priest Hebron with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Libnah with her suburbs,
Joshua
History / JoshuaThat all flesh may know that I the LORD have drawn forth my sword out of his sheath: it shall not return any more.