Thou shalt not oppress an hired servant that is poor and needy, whether he be of thy brethren, or of thy strangers that are in thy land within thy gates:
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Now as touching things offered unto idols, we know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffeth up, but charity edifieth.
1 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesO Jerusalem, wash thine heart from wickedness, that thou mayest be saved. How long shall thy vain thoughts lodge within thee?
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsHe answereth and saith unto them, He that hath two coats, let him impart to him that hath none; and he that hath meat, let him do likewise.
Luke
Gospels / LukeBehold even to the moon, and it shineth not; yea, the stars are not pure in his sight.
Job
WisdomBehold, thou hast instructed many, and thou hast strengthened the weak hands.
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd Nahor lived nine and twenty years, and begat Terah:
Genesis
LawThen Zebah and Zalmunna said, Rise thou, and fall upon us: for as the man is, so is his strength. And Gideon arose, and slew Zebah and Zalmunna, and took away the ornaments that were on their camels' necks.
Judges
HistoryIn the fifteenth year of Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah Jeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel began to reign in Samaria, and reigned forty and one years.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd when the dew that lay was gone up, behold, upon the face of the wilderness there lay a small round thing, as small as the hoar frost on the ground.
Exodus
Law / MosesAnd as they cried out, and cast off their clothes, and threw dust into the air,
Acts
History / LukeAnd Michael, and Ispah, and Joha, the sons of Beriah;
1 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd Solomon sent to Hiram, saying,
1 Kings
History / JeremiahThey compassed me about also with words of hatred; and fought against me without a cause.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAll they that see me laugh me to scorn: they shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying,
Psalms
PoetrySo Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites, and the Pelethites, went down, and caused Solomon to ride upon king David's mule, and brought him to Gihon.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahLet every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God.
Romans
Pauline EpistlesAnd charged the messenger, saying, When thou hast made an end of telling the matters of the war unto the king,
2 Samuel
HistoryAnd Judah said unto his brethren, What profit is it if we slay our brother, and conceal his blood?
Genesis
LawThen the nations set against him on every side from the provinces, and spread their net over him: he was taken in their pit.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielGird yourselves, and lament, ye priests: howl, ye ministers of the altar: come, lie all night in sackcloth, ye ministers of my God: for the meat offering and the drink offering is withholden from the house of your God.
Joel
Minor ProphetsThe people shall hear, and be afraid: sorrow shall take hold on the inhabitants of Palestina.
Exodus
LawTherefore are my loins filled with pain: pangs have taken hold upon me, as the pangs of a woman that travaileth: I was bowed down at the hearing of it; I was dismayed at the seeing of it.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahNow therefore perform the doing of it; that as there was a readiness to will, so there may be a performance also out of that which ye have.