They pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor.
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When they heard these things, they were cut to the heart, and they gnashed on him with their teeth.
Acts
History / LukeThey shall not hunger nor thirst; neither shall the heat nor sun smite them: for he that hath mercy on them shall lead them, even by the springs of water shall he guide them.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahBut unto none of them was Elias sent, save unto Sarepta, a city of Sidon, unto a woman that was a widow.
Luke
Gospels / LukeHe shall put on the holy linen coat, and he shall have the linen breeches upon his flesh, and shall be girded with a linen girdle, and with the linen mitre shall he be attired: these are holy garments; therefore shall he wash his flesh in water, and so put them on.
Leviticus
LawThy princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves: every one loveth gifts, and followeth after rewards: they judge not the fatherless, neither doth the cause of the widow come unto them.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAgain, the kingdom of heaven is like unto treasure hid in a field; the which when a man hath found, he hideth, and for joy thereof goeth and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that field.
Matthew
GospelsAnd all the people were at strife throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, The king saved us out of the hand of our enemies, and he delivered us out of the hand of the Philistines; and now he is fled out of the land for Absalom.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanThe ways of Zion do mourn, because none come to the solemn feasts: all her gates are desolate: her priests sigh, her virgins are afflicted, and she is in bitterness.
Lamentations
Major ProphetsAnd the wings of the cherubims were twenty cubits long: one wing of the one cherub was five cubits, reaching to the wall of the house: and the other wing was likewise five cubits, reaching to the wing of the other cherub.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd he charged them straitly that no man should know it; and commanded that something should be given her to eat.
Mark
Gospels / MarkNow Joshua was clothed with filthy garments, and stood before the angel.
Zechariah
Minor Prophets / ZechariahA time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;
Ecclesiastes
Wisdom / SolomonBut he that entereth in by the door is the shepherd of the sheep.
John
Gospels / JohnNow when the Pharisee which had bidden him saw it, he spake within himself, saying, This man, if he were a prophet, would have known who and what manner of woman this is that toucheth him: for she is a sinner.
Luke
GospelsAnd he shall take all his fat from him, and burn it upon the altar.
Leviticus
LawAnd when thou art come in, thou shalt shut the door upon thee and upon thy sons, and shalt pour out into all those vessels, and thou shalt set aside that which is full.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahNotwithstanding the children rebelled against me: they walked not in my statutes, neither kept my judgments to do them, which if a man do, he shall even live in them; they polluted my sabbaths: then I said, I would pour out my fury upon them, to accomplish my anger against them in the wilderness.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd he left them, and went out of the city into Bethany; and he lodged there.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewBecause he slew me not from the womb; or that my mother might have been my grave, and her womb to be always great with me.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd with many such parables spake he the word unto them, as they were able to hear it.
Mark
Gospels / MarkAnd straightway coming up out of the water, he saw the heavens opened, and the Spirit like a dove descending upon him:
Mark
Gospels / MarkNow therefore stand and see this great thing, which the LORD will do before your eyes.
1 Samuel
HistoryThou didst walk through the sea with thine horses, through the heap of great waters.