And they covet fields, and take them by violence; and houses, and take them away: so they oppress a man and his house, even a man and his heritage.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable: but the mouth of the wicked speaketh frowardness.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonAnd when his disciples James and John saw this, they said, Lord, wilt thou that we command fire to come down from heaven, and consume them, even as Elias did?
Luke
Gospels / LukeThen they returned, every man of Judah and Jerusalem, and Jehoshaphat in the forefront of them, to go again to Jerusalem with joy; for the LORD had made them to rejoice over their enemies.
2 Chronicles
HistoryWho maketh his angels spirits; his ministers a flaming fire:
Psalms
PoetryFor out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies:
Matthew
GospelsAnd it shall be upon Aaron's forehead, that Aaron may bear the iniquity of the holy things, which the children of Israel shall hallow in all their holy gifts; and it shall be always upon his forehead, that they may be accepted before the LORD.
Exodus
LawJesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.
Matthew
GospelsFor the Egyptians shall help in vain, and to no purpose: therefore have I cried concerning this, Their strength is to sit still.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd his host, and those that were numbered of them, were thirty and two thousand and two hundred.
Numbers
LawThen Joshua called the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh,
Joshua
HistoryBut if he be not able to restore it to him, then that which is sold shall remain in the hand of him that hath bought it until the year of jubile: and in the jubile it shall go out, and he shall return unto his possession.
Leviticus
Law / MosesLet their table become a snare before them: and that which should have been for their welfare, let it become a trap.
Psalms
PoetryI know thy works, and thy labour, and thy patience, and how thou canst not bear them which are evil: and thou hast tried them which say they are apostles, and are not, and hast found them liars:
Revelation
ApocalypticHear the word of the LORD, ye children of Israel: for the LORD hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God in the land.
Hosea
Minor Prophets / HoseaWho coverest thyself with light as with a garment: who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain:
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersHe, that being often reproved hardeneth his neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonThou shalt not eat it; that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee, when thou shalt do that which is right in the sight of the LORD.
Deuteronomy
LawAnd Abraham called the name of that place Jehovah-jireh: as it is said to this day, In the mount of the LORD it shall be seen.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd they removed from mount Shapher, and encamped in Haradah.
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani? which is, being interpreted, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?
Mark
Gospels / MarkFor thus Amos saith, Jeroboam shall die by the sword, and Israel shall surely be led away captive out of their own land.
Amos
Minor Prophets / AmosAnd when any will offer a meat offering unto the LORD, his offering shall be of fine flour; and he shall pour oil upon it, and put frankincense thereon:
Leviticus
Law / MosesAnd upon Elam will I bring the four winds from the four quarters of heaven, and will scatter them toward all those winds; and there shall be no nation whither the outcasts of Elam shall not come.