The wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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And when the men of that place had knowledge of him, they sent out into all that country round about, and brought unto him all that were diseased;
Matthew
GospelsNeither did Ephraim drive out the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer; but the Canaanites dwelt in Gezer among them.
Judges
HistoryWherefore didst thou flee away secretly, and steal away from me; and didst not tell me, that I might have sent thee away with mirth, and with songs, with tabret, and with harp?
Genesis
LawNow, behold, thou trustest upon the staff of this bruised reed, even upon Egypt, on which if a man lean, it will go into his hand, and pierce it: so is Pharaoh king of Egypt unto all that trust on him.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahHe sitteth in the lurking places of the villages: in the secret places doth he murder the innocent: his eyes are privily set against the poor.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThese are the sons of Ishmael, and these are their names, by their towns, and by their castles; twelve princes according to their nations.
Genesis
LawBut one of the soldiers with a spear pierced his side, and forthwith came there out blood and water.
John
GospelsNow is she without, now in the streets, and lieth in wait at every corner.)
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonMy days are like a shadow that declineth; and I am withered like grass.
Psalms
PoetryNow my days are swifter than a post: they flee away, they see no good.
Job
WisdomAnd the LORD did so; and there came a grievous swarm of flies into the house of Pharaoh, and into his servants' houses, and into all the land of Egypt: the land was corrupted by reason of the swarm of flies.
Exodus
Law / MosesJesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him.
John
Gospels / JohnAnd the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof.
Revelation
Apocalyptic / JohnIn the first year of Darius the son of Ahasuerus, of the seed of the Medes, which was made king over the realm of the Chaldeans;
Daniel
Major ProphetsHeaviness in the heart of man maketh it stoop: but a good word maketh it glad.
Proverbs
WisdomAnd Moses and Aaron and his sons washed their hands and their feet thereat:
Exodus
Law / MosesAnd they answered and said unto him, Where, Lord? And he said unto them, Wheresoever the body is, thither will the eagles be gathered together.
Luke
GospelsThe beast that thou sawest was, and is not; and shall ascend out of the bottomless pit, and go into perdition: and they that dwell on the earth shall wonder, whose names were not written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, when they behold the beast that was, and is not, and yet is.
Revelation
Apocalyptic / JohnThen came Peter to him, and said, Lord, how oft shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? till seven times?
Matthew
GospelsHear the word of the LORD, O ye nations, and declare it in the isles afar off, and say, He that scattered Israel will gather him, and keep him, as a shepherd doth his flock.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsBut a certain man named Ananias, with Sapphira his wife, sold a possession,
Acts
HistoryThe earth, O LORD, is full of thy mercy: teach me thy statutes.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd all the king's servants, that were in the king's gate, bowed, and reverenced Haman: for the king had so commanded concerning him. But Mordecai bowed not, nor did him reverence.