The rich man's wealth is his strong city: the destruction of the poor is their poverty.
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Thus shall ye speak to Hezekiah king of Judah, saying, Let not thy God, in whom thou trustest, deceive thee, saying, Jerusalem shall not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahThe wicked is driven away in his wickedness: but the righteous hath hope in his death.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonThen David took hold on his clothes, and rent them; and likewise all the men that were with him:
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanThen arose Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and the ten men that were with him, and smote Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan with the sword, and slew him, whom the king of Babylon had made governor over the land.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd I will cast you out of my sight, as I have cast out all your brethren, even the whole seed of Ephraim.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsHer cities are a desolation, a dry land, and a wilderness, a land wherein no man dwelleth, neither doth any son of man pass thereby.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsTheir children also shall be dashed to pieces before their eyes; their houses shall be spoiled, and their wives ravished.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd all the kings of the earth sought the presence of Solomon, to hear his wisdom, that God had put in his heart.
2 Chronicles
HistoryAnd when Jacob had made an end of commanding his sons, he gathered up his feet into the bed, and yielded up the ghost, and was gathered unto his people.
Genesis
LawBut when Herod was dead, behold, an angel of the Lord appeareth in a dream to Joseph in Egypt,
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd they understood not the saying which he spake unto them.
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd as they led him away, they laid hold upon one Simon, a Cyrenian, coming out of the country, and on him they laid the cross, that he might bear it after Jesus.
Luke
Gospels / LukeAs for me, this is my covenant with them, saith the LORD; My spirit that is upon thee, and my words which I have put in thy mouth, shall not depart out of thy mouth, nor out of the mouth of thy seed, nor out of the mouth of thy seed's seed, saith the LORD, from henceforth and for ever.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd they shall not come near unto me, to do the office of a priest unto me, nor to come near to any of my holy things, in the most holy place: but they shall bear their shame, and their abominations which they have committed.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd Moses diligently sought the goat of the sin offering, and, behold, it was burnt: and he was angry with Eleazar and Ithamar, the sons of Aaron which were left alive, saying,
Leviticus
LawOne golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense:
Numbers
LawShe that hath borne seven languisheth: she hath given up the ghost; her sun is gone down while it was yet day: she hath been ashamed and confounded: and the residue of them will I deliver to the sword before their enemies, saith the LORD.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahHe made him lord of his house, and ruler of all his substance:
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersFor what thanks can we render to God again for you, for all the joy wherewith we joy for your sakes before our God;
1 Thessalonians
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd the multitude rose up together against them: and the magistrates rent off their clothes, and commanded to beat them.
Acts
History / LukeAnd Jehoash king of Israel took Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Jehoash the son of Ahaziah, at Beth-shemesh, and came to Jerusalem, and brake down the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim unto the corner gate, four hundred cubits.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd the servants and officers stood there, who had made a fire of coals; for it was cold: and they warmed themselves: and Peter stood with them, and warmed himself.
John
Gospels / JohnSo are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; which taketh away the life of the owners thereof.