“When you lay siege to a city for a long time, fighting against it to capture it, do not destroy its trees by putting an ax to them, because you can eat their fruit. Do not cut them down. Are the trees people, that you should besiege them?” (Deut. 20:19)

“Say to Daughter Zion, ‘See, your king comes to you, gentle and riding on a donkey, and on a colt, the foal of a donkey.’” (Matt. 21:5)

“When Phinehas son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron, the priest, saw this, he left the assembly, took a spear in his hand and followed the Israelite into the tent. He drove the spear into both of them, right through the Israelite man and into the woman’s stomach. Then the plague against the Israelites was stopped” (Num. 25:7-8)

“Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one gets the prize? Run in such a way as to get the prize.” (1 Cor. 9:24)

“For we do not have a high priest who is unable to empathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are—yet he did not sin.” (Heb. 4:15)

“Then said I, Woe is me! for I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips: for mine eyes have seen the King, the LORD of hosts.” (Isa. 6:5)

“The heavens praise your wonders, Lord, your faithfulness too, in the assembly of the holy ones.” (Ps. 89:5)

“It is the glory of God to conceal a matter; to search out a matter is the glory of kings.” (Prov. 25:2)

“In the LORD’s hand the king’s heart is a stream of water that he channels toward all who please him.” (Prov. 21:1)

“For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.” (1 Cor 1:18)

“For this is what the LORD Almighty says: "After the Glorious One has sent me against the nations that have plundered you--for whoever touches you touches the apple of his eye--" (Zechariah 2:8).

“But when you ask, you must believe and not doubt, because the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind.” (James 1:6)

“All the Athenians and the foreigners who lived there spent their time doing nothing but talking about and listening to the latest ideas” (Acts 17:21)

“It is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins.” (Heb. 10:4)

“And if what was transitory came with glory, how much greater is the glory of that which lasts!” (2 Cor. 3:11)

“So he immediately sent an executioner with orders to bring John’s head. The man went, beheaded John in the prison,” (Mark 6:27)

“Let them give thanks to the LORD for his unfailing love and his wonderful deeds for mankind,” (Psalm 107:8)

“Where can I go from your Spirit? Where can I flee from your presence?” (Psalm 139:7)

“Now may the God of peace himself sanctify you completely, and may your whole spirit and soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.” (1 Thess. 5:23)

“Jesus answered, “Very truly I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless they are born of water and the Spirit.” (John 3:5)