O let not the oppressed return ashamed: let the poor and needy praise thy name.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Woe unto them that decree unrighteous decrees, and that write grievousness which they have prescribed;
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahIn thee, O LORD, do I put my trust; let me never be ashamed: deliver me in thy righteousness.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersTherefore said he unto them, The harvest truly is great, but the labourers are few: pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he would send forth labourers into his harvest.
Luke
Gospels / LukeOf sin, because they believe not on me;
John
Gospels / JohnAnd God said unto him, Because thou hast asked this thing, and hast not asked for thyself long life; neither hast asked riches for thyself, nor hast asked the life of thine enemies; but hast asked for thyself understanding to discern judgment;
1 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd David sware unto Saul. And Saul went home; but David and his men gat them up unto the hold.
1 Samuel
HistoryKings' daughters were among thy honourable women: upon thy right hand did stand the queen in gold of Ophir.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersFor he saith, Are not my princes altogether kings?
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahOf the priests: Jedaiah the son of Joiarib, Jachin.
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahSo that they cause the cry of the poor to come unto him, and he heareth the cry of the afflicted.
Job
WisdomDost thou know when God disposed them, and caused the light of his cloud to shine?
Job
Wisdom / JobThou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honour the face of the old man, and fear thy God: I am the LORD.
Leviticus
LawAnd the children of Israel cried unto the LORD, saying, We have sinned against thee, both because we have forsaken our God, and also served Baalim.
Judges
History / SamuelHow then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher?
Romans
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd the great city was divided into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell: and great Babylon came in remembrance before God, to give unto her the cup of the wine of the fierceness of his wrath.
Revelation
ApocalypticAnd when he was accused of the chief priests and elders, he answered nothing.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewTo make a difference between the unclean and the clean, and between the beast that may be eaten and the beast that may not be eaten.
Leviticus
Law / MosesAnd though the Lord give you the bread of adversity, and the water of affliction, yet shall not thy teachers be removed into a corner any more, but thine eyes shall see thy teachers:
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahThe people that walked in darkness have seen a great light: they that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the light shined.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsHear attentively the noise of his voice, and the sound that goeth out of his mouth.
Job
WisdomThe lofty looks of man shall be humbled, and the haughtiness of men shall be bowed down, and the LORD alone shall be exalted in that day.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsIn the multitude of my thoughts within me thy comforts delight my soul.
Psalms
PoetryBeware lest Hezekiah persuade you, saying, The LORD will deliver us. Hath any of the gods of the nations delivered his land out of the hand of the king of Assyria?