Word: taketh
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...that backbiteth not with his tongue, nor doeth evil to his neighbour, nor taketh up a reproach against his neighbour...
...that putteth not out his money to usury, nor taketh reward against the innocent. He that doeth these things shall never be moved...
What profit hath a man of all his labor which he taketh under...
...vanity of vanities, this business of teaching young men the fruit of older wisdom? Is there no profit of all a man's labor which he taketh under the sun? Hardly. Rather is there great profit, perhaps not to the individual who puts in the effort and makes the sacrifices. The profit accrues to those who follow in his train, who have heard his voice, shared his enthusiasm, and will come in time to pass on to other rising generations his message...
...pious Jews for thousands of years, divorce has simply meant compliance with God's rule as laid down in His theocratic handbook, Deuteronomy (24:1): When a man taketh a wife, and marrieth her, then it cometh to pass, if she find no favour in his eyes, because he hath found some unseemly thing in her, that he writeth her a bill of divorcement, and giveth it in her hand, and sendeth her out of his house. . . . Today, as in ancient times, a good Orthodox Jew or his agent obtains a religious divorce by handing his wife...