For the poor shall never cease out of the land: therefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt open thine hand wide unto thy brother, to thy poor, and to thy needy, in thy land.
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And Joab said unto the king, Now the LORD thy God add unto the people, how many soever they be, an hundredfold, and that the eyes of my lord the king may see it: but why doth my lord the king delight in this thing?
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanAnd when they found them not, they drew Jason and certain brethren unto the rulers of the city, crying, These that have turned the world upside down are come hither also;
Acts
HistoryNow it came to pass in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah, that Sennacherib king of Assyria came up against all the defenced cities of Judah, and took them.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd it shall be as when the harvestman gathereth the corn, and reapeth the ears with his arm; and it shall be as he that gathereth ears in the valley of Rephaim.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahThe sons of Simeon were, Nemuel, and Jamin, Jarib, Zerah, and Shaul:
1 Chronicles
History / EzraBlessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city.
Revelation
ApocalypticThat the princes of Israel, heads of the house of their fathers, who were the princes of the tribes, and were over them that were numbered, offered:
Numbers
LawAnd they sung as it were a new song before the throne, and before the four beasts, and the elders: and no man could learn that song but the hundred and forty and four thousand, which were redeemed from the earth.
Revelation
ApocalypticAnd lest, when I come again, my God will humble me among you, and that I shall bewail many which have sinned already, and have not repented of the uncleanness and fornication and lasciviousness which they have committed.
2 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulWherefore then serveth the law? It was added because of transgressions, till the seed should come to whom the promise was made; and it was ordained by angels in the hand of a mediator.
Galatians
Pauline Epistles / PaulNow therefore, O our God, hear the prayer of thy servant, and his supplications, and cause thy face to shine upon thy sanctuary that is desolate, for the Lord's sake.
Daniel
Major ProphetsAnd Jonathan answered and said to Adonijah, Verily our lord king David hath made Solomon king.
1 Kings
HistoryAnd the LORD said unto me, Distress not the Moabites, neither contend with them in battle: for I will not give thee of their land for a possession; because I have given Ar unto the children of Lot for a possession.
Deuteronomy
LawAnd I gave Gilead unto Machir.
Deuteronomy
LawBut Pilate answered them, saying, Will ye that I release unto you the King of the Jews?
Mark
GospelsMy soul fainteth for thy salvation: but I hope in thy word.
Psalms
PoetryThen Samuel went to Ramah; and Saul went up to his house to Gibeah of Saul.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelThey were a wall unto us both by night and day, all the while we were with them keeping the sheep.
1 Samuel
HistoryCome, ye children, hearken unto me: I will teach you the fear of the LORD.
Psalms
PoetryHe hath cut off in his fierce anger all the horn of Israel: he hath drawn back his right hand from before the enemy, and he burned against Jacob like a flaming fire, which devoureth round about.
Lamentations
Major Prophets / JeremiahJetur, Naphish, and Kedemah. These are the sons of Ishmael.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraSo teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersFor perhaps he therefore departed for a season, that thou shouldest receive him for ever;