'Now Moses kept the flock of Jethro his father in law, the priest of Midian: and he led the flock to the backside of the desert, and came to the mountain of God, even to Horeb. And the angel of the LORD appeared unto him in a flame of fire…

'Then said he, Unto what is the kingdom of God like? and whereunto shall I resemble it? It is like a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and cast into his garden; and it grew, and waxed a great tree; and the fowls of the air lodged in…

‘After these things Paul departed from Athens, and came to Corinth; and found a certain Jew named Aquila, born in Pontus, lately come from Italy, with his wife Priscilla; (because that Claudius had commanded all Jews to depart from Rome:) and came unto them.’

'To the intent that now unto the principalities and powers in heavenly places might be known by the church the manifold wisdom of God,'

'Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.'

'What shall I render unto the LORD for all his benefits toward me? I will take the cup of salvation, and call upon the name of the LORD.'

'Boast not thyself of to morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.'

'For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that the tender branch thereof will not cease.'

'Come, and let us return unto the LORD: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up.'

'His branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive tree, and his smell as Lebanon.'