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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But Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard left of the poor of the people, which had nothing, in the land of Judah, and gave them vineyards and fields at the same time.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsFor I will punish them that dwell in the land of Egypt, as I have punished Jerusalem, by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence:
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahThere were they in great fear: for God is in the generation of the righteous.
Psalms
PoetryStand in awe, and sin not: commune with your own heart upon your bed, and be still. Selah.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd the LORD appeared to Solomon by night, and said unto him, I have heard thy prayer, and have chosen this place to myself for an house of sacrifice.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraBut let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of that bread, and drink of that cup.
1 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesAnd the priest shall command that one of the birds be killed in an earthen vessel over running water:
Leviticus
LawThen I testified against them, and said unto them, Why lodge ye about the wall? if ye do so again, I will lay hands on you. From that time forth came they no more on the sabbath.
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahTill he fill thy mouth with laughing, and thy lips with rejoicing.
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd this also is a sore evil, that in all points as he came, so shall he go: and what profit hath he that hath laboured for the wind?
Ecclesiastes
Wisdom / SolomonAnd all Naphtali, and the land of Ephraim, and Manasseh, and all the land of Judah, unto the utmost sea,
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesFor the LORD thy God hath chosen him out of all thy tribes, to stand to minister in the name of the LORD, him and his sons for ever.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAnd they came to Jericho: and as he went out of Jericho with his disciples and a great number of people, blind Bartimaeus, the son of Timaeus, sat by the highway side begging.
Mark
Gospels / MarkAnd he took them up in his arms, put his hands upon them, and blessed them.
Mark
Gospels / MarkAnd the LORD said unto Moses, Speak unto the priests the sons of Aaron, and say unto them, There shall none be defiled for the dead among his people:
Leviticus
Law / MosesHe cried also in mine ears with a loud voice, saying, Cause them that have charge over the city to draw near, even every man with his destroying weapon in his hand.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsThe eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, saying, No eye shall see me: and disguiseth his face.
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd when Herod had sought for him, and found him not, he examined the keepers, and commanded that they should be put to death. And he went down from Judaea to Caesarea, and there abode.
Acts
History / LukeGo and tell Hananiah, saying, Thus saith the LORD; Thou hast broken the yokes of wood; but thou shalt make for them yokes of iron.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahIn that day shall the LORD of hosts be for a crown of glory, and for a diadem of beauty, unto the residue of his people,
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahBut I say unto you which hear, Love your enemies, do good to them which hate you,
Luke
GospelsFear, and the pit, and the snare, are upon thee, O inhabitant of the earth.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, as his fathers had done: he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin.