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 did eat up all the herbs in their land, and devoured the fruit of their ground.
Psalms
PoetryAnd he said, Let us take our journey, and let us go, and I will go before thee.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd they came to Jericho: and as he went out of Jericho with his disciples and a great number of people, blind Bartimaeus, the son of Timaeus, sat by the highway side begging.
Mark
Gospels / MarkTherefore doth Job open his mouth in vain; he multiplieth words without knowledge.
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd his brethren, men of valour, were two thousand and seven hundred chief fathers, whom king David made rulers over the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh, for every matter pertaining to God, and affairs of the king.
1 Chronicles
HistoryAnd he smote the men of Beth-shemesh, because they had looked into the ark of the LORD, even he smote of the people fifty thousand and threescore and ten men: and the people lamented, because the LORD had smitten many of the people with a great slaughter.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelI have inclined mine heart to perform thy statutes alway, even unto the end.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd when all Israel saw that the king would not hearken unto them, the people answered the king, saying, What portion have we in David? and we have none inheritance in the son of Jesse: every man to your tents, O Israel: and now, David, see to thine own house. So all Israel went to their tents.
2 Chronicles
HistoryFor rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry. Because thou hast rejected the word of the LORD, he hath also rejected thee from being king.
1 Samuel
HistoryThe wrath of a king is as messengers of death: but a wise man will pacify it.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonJesus answered and said unto her, If thou knewest the gift of God, and who it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink; thou wouldest have asked of him, and he would have given thee living water.
John
Gospels / JohnIf the whole body were an eye, where were the hearing? If the whole were hearing, where were the smelling?
1 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulNow we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye withdraw yourselves from every brother that walketh disorderly, and not after the tradition which he received of us.
2 Thessalonians
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd his miracles, and his acts, which he did in the midst of Egypt unto Pharaoh the king of Egypt, and unto all his land;
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAs they called them, so they went from them: they sacrificed unto Baalim, and burned incense to graven images.
Hosea
Minor ProphetsBut after I am risen again, I will go before you into Galilee.
Matthew
GospelsAnd again, whom should I serve? should I not serve in the presence of his son? as I have served in thy father's presence, so will I be in thy presence.
2 Samuel
HistoryI had fainted, unless I had believed to see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living.
Psalms
PoetryOh that one would hear me! behold, my desire is, that the Almighty would answer me, and that mine adversary had written a book.
Job
WisdomAnd before I had done speaking in mine heart, behold, Rebekah came forth with her pitcher on her shoulder; and she went down unto the well, and drew water: and I said unto her, Let me drink, I pray thee.
Genesis
LawAnd all Judah stood before the LORD, with their little ones, their wives, and their children.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd for the chief things of the ancient mountains, and for the precious things of the lasting hills,
Deuteronomy
LawAnd they departed from the mount of the LORD three days' journey: and the ark of the covenant of the LORD went before them in the three days' journey, to search out a resting place for them.