Leviticus 25:4

Tertullian

• Tertullian, The Five Books Against Marcion II.17Book II

  “…counsels of innocence, chastity, and justice, and piety, are also added prescriptions of humanity, as when every seventh year slaves are released for liberty; when at the same period the land is spared from tillage; a place is also granted to the needy; and from the treading ox’s mouth the muzzle is removed, for the…” — editor's note: Lev. xxv. 4, etc.

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Clement of Alexandria

• Clement of Alexandria, The Stromata, or Miscellanies II.18Book II

  “For does it not command the land to be left fallow in the seventh year, and bids the poor fearlessly use the fruits that grow by divine agency, nature cultivating the ground for behoof of all and sundry?” — editor's note: Ex. xxxiii. 10, 11; Lev. xxv. 2–7.

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• 1 Samuel 14:45

  Cited together in The Five Books Against Marcion II.17.

• 2 Samuel 12:13

  Cited together in The Five Books Against Marcion II.17.

• Daniel 4:33

  Cited together in The Five Books Against Marcion II.17.

• Hosea 6:6

  Cited together in The Five Books Against Marcion II.17.

• Jonah 3:10

  Cited together in The Five Books Against Marcion II.17.

• Matthew 5:45

  Cited together in The Five Books Against Marcion II.17.

• 1 Corinthians 9:10

  Cited together in The Five Books Against Marcion II.17.