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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For thou saidst, What advantage will it be unto thee? and, What profit shall I have, if I be cleansed from my sin?
Job
WisdomWhere is the way where light dwelleth? and as for darkness, where is the place thereof,
Job
Wisdom / JobTheir land also is full of idols; they worship the work of their own hands, that which their own fingers have made:
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd it came to pass on the morrow, that he took a thick cloth, and dipped it in water, and spread it on his face, so that he died: and Hazael reigned in his stead.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahHath not my hand made all these things?
Acts
HistoryBut be not ye called Rabbi: for one is your Master, even Christ; and all ye are brethren.
Matthew
GospelsHow long shall I see the standard, and hear the sound of the trumpet?
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd they departed from Rameses in the first month, on the fifteenth day of the first month; on the morrow after the passover the children of Israel went out with an high hand in the sight of all the Egyptians.
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd said unto him, Art thou he that should come, or do we look for another?
Matthew
GospelsAnd they will salute thee, and give thee two loaves of bread; which thou shalt receive of their hands.
1 Samuel
HistoryThen take the box of oil, and pour it on his head, and say, Thus saith the LORD, I have anointed thee king over Israel. Then open the door, and flee, and tarry not.
2 Kings
HistoryAnd will make thine house like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and like the house of Baasha the son of Ahijah, for the provocation wherewith thou hast provoked me to anger, and made Israel to sin.
1 Kings
HistoryDrought and heat consume the snow waters: so doth the grave those which have sinned.
Job
Wisdom / JobTherefore they commanded the children of Benjamin, saying, Go and lie in wait in the vineyards;
Judges
HistoryTo perform the mercy promised to our fathers, and to remember his holy covenant;
Luke
Gospels / LukeYet I supposed it necessary to send to you Epaphroditus, my brother, and companion in labour, and fellowsoldier, but your messenger, and he that ministered to my wants.
Philippians
Pauline Epistles / PaulThe young men of Aven and of Pi-beseth shall fall by the sword: and these cities shall go into captivity.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielThen said Boaz, What day thou buyest the field of the hand of Naomi, thou must buy it also of Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of the dead, to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance.
Ruth
History / SamuelAnd her husband arose, and went after her, to speak friendly unto her, and to bring her again, having his servant with him, and a couple of asses: and she brought him into her father's house: and when the father of the damsel saw him, he rejoiced to meet him.
Judges
History / SamuelThat Hanani, one of my brethren, came, he and certain men of Judah; and I asked them concerning the Jews that had escaped, which were left of the captivity, and concerning Jerusalem.
Nehemiah
HistoryAnd Jesus stood, and commanded him to be brought unto him: and when he was come near, he asked him,
Luke
GospelsAnd the children of Israel remembered not the LORD their God, who had delivered them out of the hands of all their enemies on every side:
Judges
History / SamuelAnd some days after Paul said unto Barnabas, Let us go again and visit our brethren in every city where we have preached the word of the Lord, and see how they do.