If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of judgment and justice in a province, marvel not at the matter: for he that is higher than the highest regardeth; and there be higher than they.
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In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah came this word unto Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAbi-albon the Arbathite, Azmaveth the Barhumite,
2 Samuel
HistoryAnd let these also first be proved; then let them use the office of a deacon, being found blameless.
1 Timothy
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd came to the strong hold of Tyre, and to all the cities of the Hivites, and of the Canaanites: and they went out to the south of Judah, even to Beer-sheba.
2 Samuel
HistoryAnd when he came to the den, he cried with a lamentable voice unto Daniel: and the king spake and said to Daniel, O Daniel, servant of the living God, is thy God, whom thou servest continually, able to deliver thee from the lions?
Daniel
Major Prophets / DanielAnd one sea, and twelve oxen under the sea;
1 Kings
HistoryAnd God spake unto Moses, and said unto him, I am the LORD:
Exodus
LawAnd the south quarter was from the end of Kirjath-jearim, and the border went out on the west, and went out to the well of waters of Nephtoah:
Joshua
HistoryAnd if ye walk contrary unto me, and will not hearken unto me; I will bring seven times more plagues upon you according to your sins.
Leviticus
LawDamascus is waxed feeble, and turneth herself to flee, and fear hath seized on her: anguish and sorrows have taken her, as a woman in travail.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsBut the judgment shall sit, and they shall take away his dominion, to consume and to destroy it unto the end.
Daniel
Major Prophets / DanielThe voice said, Cry. And he said, What shall I cry? All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as the flower of the field:
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahThe law of thy mouth is better unto me than thousands of gold and silver.
Psalms
PoetryThe word which came unto Jeremiah from the LORD, when Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and all his army, and all the kingdoms of the earth of his dominion, and all the people, fought against Jerusalem, and against all the cities thereof, saying,
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel; and he said, Because that this people hath transgressed my covenant which I commanded their fathers, and have not hearkened unto my voice;
Judges
HistoryThen Paul stood up, and beckoning with his hand said, Men of Israel, and ye that fear God, give audience.
Acts
HistoryAnd it came to pass on the fourth day, when they arose early in the morning, that he rose up to depart: and the damsel's father said unto his son in law, Comfort thine heart with a morsel of bread, and afterward go your way.
Judges
History / SamuelThat the kingdom might be base, that it might not lift itself up, but that by keeping of his covenant it might stand.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsFor it is written, that Abraham had two sons, the one by a bondmaid, the other by a freewoman.
Galatians
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd when we burned incense to the queen of heaven, and poured out drink offerings unto her, did we make her cakes to worship her, and pour out drink offerings unto her, without our men?
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd David gathered all the people together, and went to Rabbah, and fought against it, and took it.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanAnd the sons of Cush; Seba, and Havilah, and Sabtah, and Raamah, and Sabtecha: and the sons of Raamah; Sheba, and Dedan.
Genesis
Law / MosesTheir heart is divided; now shall they be found faulty: he shall break down their altars, he shall spoil their images.