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 the pride of Israel doth testify to his face: therefore shall Israel and Ephraim fall in their iniquity; Judah also shall fall with them.
Hosea
Minor Prophets / HoseaAnd Naaman said, Be content, take two talents. And he urged him, and bound two talents of silver in two bags, with two changes of garments, and laid them upon two of his servants; and they bare them before him.
2 Kings
HistoryNow Eli was ninety and eight years old; and his eyes were dim, that he could not see.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelAnd the sabbath of the land shall be meat for you; for thee, and for thy servant, and for thy maid, and for thy hired servant, and for thy stranger that sojourneth with thee,
Leviticus
Law / MosesBenjamin shall ravin as a wolf: in the morning he shall devour the prey, and at night he shall divide the spoil.
Genesis
Law / MosesFor if we would judge ourselves, we should not be judged.
1 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesWhen ye come together therefore into one place, this is not to eat the Lord's supper.
1 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd Solomon begat Roboam; and Roboam begat Abia; and Abia begat Asa;
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd take the ark of the LORD, and lay it upon the cart; and put the jewels of gold, which ye return him for a trespass offering, in a coffer by the side thereof; and send it away, that it may go.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelAnd we believe and are sure that thou art that Christ, the Son of the living God.
John
Gospels / JohnWere they ashamed when they had committed abomination? nay, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore shall they fall among them that fall: in the time of their visitation they shall be cast down, saith the LORD.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsThere is one alone, and there is not a second; yea, he hath neither child nor brother: yet is there no end of all his labour; neither is his eye satisfied with riches; neither saith he, For whom do I labour, and bereave my soul of good? This is also vanity, yea, it is a sore travail.
Ecclesiastes
Wisdom / SolomonOut of the same mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not so to be.
James
General EpistlesNow Jephthah the Gileadite was a mighty man of valour, and he was the son of an harlot: and Gilead begat Jephthah.
Judges
HistoryThe words of wise men are heard in quiet more than the cry of him that ruleth among fools.
Ecclesiastes
WisdomAnd they put away the strange gods from among them, and served the LORD: and his soul was grieved for the misery of Israel.
Judges
History / SamuelAnd Solomon gathered together chariots and horsemen: and he had a thousand and four hundred chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, whom he bestowed in the cities for chariots, and with the king at Jerusalem.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahFor which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day.
2 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulLet all the nations be gathered together, and let the people be assembled: who among them can declare this, and shew us former things? let them bring forth their witnesses, that they may be justified: or let them hear, and say, It is truth.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsSon of man, they that inhabit those wastes of the land of Israel speak, saying, Abraham was one, and he inherited the land: but we are many; the land is given us for inheritance.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd blessed is he, whosoever shall not be offended in me.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd all the men of might, even seven thousand, and craftsmen and smiths a thousand, all that were strong and apt for war, even them the king of Babylon brought captive to Babylon.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd they went from Mithcah, and pitched in Hashmonah.