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«Basketball teams, after the perfunctory lay-up drill, fall into the crowded isolation and personal style of 10 city kids shooting at the same basket or playing one-on-one.»
«Wise men lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish is near destruction.»
Author: Bible | Keywords: lay up
«Behold, the third time I am ready to come to you; and I will not be burdensome to you: for I seek not your's but you: for the children ought not to lay up for the parents, but the parents for the children.»
Author: Bible | Keywords: burdensome, lay up
«Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: / But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal: / For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.»
Author: Bible | Keywords: lay up, rust
«And let them gather all the food of those good years that come, and lay up corn under the hand of Pharaoh, and let them keep food in the cities.»
Author: Bible | Keywords: lay up
«And he said unto them, This is that which the LORD hath said, To morrow is the rest of the holy sabbath unto the LORD: bake that which ye will bake to day, and seethe that ye will seethe; and that which remaineth over lay up for you to be kept until the morning.»
Author: Bible | Keywords: lay up, seethe, seethed, seething
«Then shalt thou lay up gold as dust, and the gold of Ophir as the stones of the brooks.»
Author: Bible | Keywords: gold dust, lay up
«The wise man does not lay up his own treasures. The more he gives to others, the more he has for his own.»
Author: Lao Tzu (Philosopher) | About: Generosity | Keywords: lay up, Others The, treasures
«We take care of our health, we lay up money, we make our roof tight and our clothing sufficient, but who provides wisely that he shall not be wanting the best property of all -- friends?»