To judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that the man of the earth may no more oppress.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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He that answereth a matter before he heareth it, it is folly and shame unto him.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonAnd he shall lay his hand upon the head of his offering, and kill it before the tabernacle of the congregation: and Aaron's sons shall sprinkle the blood thereof round about upon the altar.
Leviticus
Law / MosesAnswer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonTo translate the kingdom from the house of Saul, and to set up the throne of David over Israel and over Judah, from Dan even to Beer-sheba.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanTherefore, son of man, speak unto the house of Israel, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Yet in this your fathers have blasphemed me, in that they have committed a trespass against me.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd the man said unto Eli, I am he that came out of the army, and I fled to day out of the army. And he said, What is there done, my son?
1 Samuel
History / SamuelMatthew and Thomas, James the son of Alphaeus, and Simon called Zelotes,
Luke
GospelsBut Abijah waxed mighty, and married fourteen wives, and begat twenty and two sons, and sixteen daughters.
2 Chronicles
HistoryThen came the children of Israel, even the whole congregation, into the desert of Zin in the first month: and the people abode in Kadesh; and Miriam died there, and was buried there.
Numbers
LawI go the way of all the earth: be thou strong therefore, and shew thyself a man;
1 Kings
HistoryAnd they shall say, This land that was desolate is become like the garden of Eden; and the waste and desolate and ruined cities are become fenced, and are inhabited.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd in the fifth year of Joram the son of Ahab king of Israel, Jehoshaphat being then king of Judah, Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat king of Judah began to reign.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahWhen Jesus heard of it, he departed thence by ship into a desert place apart: and when the people had heard thereof, they followed him on foot out of the cities.
Matthew
GospelsEphraim shall be desolate in the day of rebuke: among the tribes of Israel have I made known that which shall surely be.
Hosea
Minor ProphetsSaying unto them, It is written, My house is the house of prayer: but ye have made it a den of thieves.
Luke
GospelsHe that passeth by, and meddleth with strife belonging not to him, is like one that taketh a dog by the ears.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonAlso in thy skirts is found the blood of the souls of the poor innocents: I have not found it by secret search, but upon all these.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahHe will not always chide: neither will he keep his anger for ever.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersWhosoever shall make like unto that, to smell thereto, shall even be cut off from his people.
Exodus
LawThou also hast delivered me from the strivings of my people, thou hast kept me to be head of the heathen: a people which I knew not shall serve me.
2 Samuel
HistoryNow therefore, my lord, as the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, seeing the LORD hath withholden thee from coming to shed blood, and from avenging thyself with thine own hand, now let thine enemies, and they that seek evil to my lord, be as Nabal.
1 Samuel
HistoryArise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against it; for their wickedness is come up before me.
Jonah
Minor ProphetsIn thee, O LORD, do I put my trust: let me never be put to confusion.