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Ezekiel: Chapter 41: Verse 18
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... And it was made with cherubim and palm-trees; and a palm-tree was between cherub and cherub, and every cherub had two faces; ...
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Sura 14, "Abraham": Ayat 24
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...Seest thou not how God sets forth a parable? - A goodly word like a goodly tree, whose root is firmly fixed, and its branches (reach) to the heavens,- of its Lord. So God sets forth parables for men, in order that they may receive admonition. ...
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Daniel: Chapter 4: Verse 20
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... And whereas the king saw a watcher and a holy one coming down from heaven, and saying: Hew down the tree, and destroy it; nevertheless leave the stump of the roots thereof in the earth, even in a band of iron and brass, in the tender grass of the field; and let it be wet with the dew of heaven, and ...
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Deuteronomy: Chapter 22: Verse 6
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... If a bird's nest chance to be before thee in the way, in any tree or on the ground, with young ones or eggs, and the dam sitting upon the young, or upon the eggs, thou shalt not take the dam with the young; ...
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Isaiah: Chapter 44: Verse 23
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... Sing, O ye heavens, for the Lord hath done it; shout, ye lowest parts of the earth; break forth into singing, ye mountains, O forest, and every tree therein; for the Lord hath redeemed Jacob, and doth glorify Himself in Israel. ...
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Deuteronomy: Chapter 20: Verse 19
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...y a long time, in making war against it to take it, thou shalt not destroy the trees thereof by wielding an axe against them; for thou mayest eat of them, but thou shalt not cut them down; for is the tree of the field man, that it should be besieged of thee? ...
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Exodus: Chapter 9: Verse 25
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... And the hail smote throughout all the land of Egypt all that was in the field, both man and beast; and the hail smote every herb of the field, and broke every tree of the field. ...
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Genesis: Chapter 3: Verse 17
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... And unto Adam He said: 'Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying: Thou shalt not eat of it; cursed is the ground for thy sake; in toil shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life. ...
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Brihadaranyaka Upanishad: Part Six: Chapter III: Rites for the Attainment of Wealth: Verse 1
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... Whoever wishes to attain greatness (i.e. wealth for performing sacrificial rites) should act as follows: On an auspicious day of the fortnight in which the moon waxes, under a constellation bearing a masculine name, during the northward journey of the sun, he should undertake for twelve days a vow connected with the Upasads, gather in a cup or a bowl made of fig wood all the herbs and their grains, sweep and plaster the ground, lay the fire, spread the kusa grass, purify the offering (clarified butter) according to the rules, place between himself and the fire the mantha (the paste made of those herbs etc.) and offer oblations with the following mantras: "O Fire, to all those gods under you who spitefully slay men's desires, I offer their share. May they be satisfied and satisfy me with all the objects of my desire! Svaha! "To that deity who turns out to be spiteful under your protection, thinking that she is the support of all, I offer this stream of clarified butter. Svaha!" ...
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Chhandogya Upanishad: Part Six: Chapter XII: The Birth of the Gross from the Subtle: Verse 1
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... "Bring me a fruit of that nyagrodha (banyan) tree." "Here it is' venerable Sir." "Break it." "It is broken, venerable Sir." "What do you see there?" "These seeds, exceedingly small, "Break one of these, my...
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Ezekiel: Chapter 47: Verse 12
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... And by the river upon the bank thereof, on this side and on that side, shall grow every tree for food, whose leaf shall not wither, neither shall the fruit thereof fail; it shall bring forth new fruit every month, because the waters thereof issue out of the sanctuary; and the fruit there...
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Sura 24, "Light": Ayat 35
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...he Light of the heavens and the earth. The Parable of His Light is as if there were a Niche and within it a Lamp: the Lamp enclosed in Glass: the glass as it were a brilliant star: Lit from a blessed Tree, an Olive, neither of the east nor of the west, whose oil is well-nigh luminous, though fire scarce touched it: Light upon Light! God doth guide whom He will to His Light: God doth set forth Para...
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Taittiriya Upanishad: Part One: On Siksha or Pronunciation: Chapter VII: Meditation on the Fivefold Nature and Individual: Verse
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... Earth, the mid-region, heaven, the quarters and the intermediate quarters. Agni (fire), Vayu (air), Aditya (sun), Chandrama (moon) and the Nakshatras (stars). Water, herbs, tree, space and the body. So much with reference to material objects. Now with reference to the body: The prana, vyana, apana, udana and samana; the eye, the ear, the mind spee...
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Chhandogya Upanishad: Part Six: Chapter XI: The Indestructibility of the Jiva: Verse 2
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....e. living self) leaves one of its branches, that branch withers; if it leaves a second, that branch withers; if it leaves a third, that branch withers. If it leaves the whole tree, the whole three withers. ...
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Prasna Upanishad: Question: IV: Verse 7-8
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... As a bird goes to a tree to roost, even so, O friend, all this rests in the Supreme Atman: Earth and its subtle counterpart, water and its subtle counterpart, fire and its subtle counterpart, air ...
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