Plead my cause, O LORD, with them that strive with me: fight against them that fight against me.
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For he hath looked down from the height of his sanctuary; from heaven did the LORD behold the earth;
Psalms
PoetryAnd it came to pass, when Pharaoh would hardly let us go, that the LORD slew all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both the firstborn of man, and the firstborn of beast: therefore I sacrifice to the LORD all that openeth the matrix, being males; but all the firstborn of my children I redeem.
Exodus
Law / MosesHe hath turned aside my ways, and pulled me in pieces: he hath made me desolate.
Lamentations
Major ProphetsAnd thou shalt say unto them, This is the offering made by fire which ye shall offer unto the LORD; two lambs of the first year without spot day by day, for a continual burnt offering.
Numbers
LawLet no man seek his own, but every man another's wealth.
1 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesAnd Zacchaeus stood, and said unto the Lord; Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor; and if I have taken any thing from any man by false accusation, I restore him fourfold.
Luke
Gospels / LukeI will stand upon my watch, and set me upon the tower, and will watch to see what he will say unto me, and what I shall answer when I am reproved.
Habakkuk
Minor Prophets / HabakkukDo not think that I will accuse you to the Father: there is one that accuseth you, even Moses, in whom ye trust.
John
GospelsAnd he came to Ephesus, and left them there: but he himself entered into the synagogue, and reasoned with the Jews.
Acts
HistoryAnd in my prosperity I said, I shall never be moved.
Psalms
PoetryCanst thou draw out leviathan with an hook? or his tongue with a cord which thou lettest down?
Job
Wisdom / JobWherefore the king hearkened not unto the people; for the cause was from the LORD, that he might perform his saying, which the LORD spake by Ahijah the Shilonite unto Jeroboam the son of Nebat.
1 Kings
HistoryThy silver and thy gold is mine; thy wives also and thy children, even the goodliest, are mine.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahTherefore, 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 Prophets / EzekielBehold, Hanameel the son of Shallum thine uncle shall come unto thee, saying, Buy thee my field that is in Anathoth: for the right of redemption is thine to buy it.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsBehold, at that time I will undo all that afflict thee: and I will save her that halteth, and gather her that was driven out; and I will get them praise and fame in every land where they have been put to shame.
Zephaniah
Minor Prophets / ZephaniahAnd when they saw some of his disciples eat bread with defiled, that is to say, with unwashen, hands, they found fault.
Mark
GospelsThen Jesus answering said unto them, Go your way, and tell John what things ye have seen and heard; how that the blind see, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, to the poor the gospel is preached.
Luke
GospelsSo Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam, and Achbor, and Shaphan, and Asahiah, went unto Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Tikvah, the son of Harhas, keeper of the wardrobe; (now she dwelt in Jerusalem in the college;) and they communed with her.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahThe portion of Jacob is not like them; for he is the former of all things: and Israel is the rod of his inheritance: the LORD of hosts is his name.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd they did so, and made them all sit down.
Luke
GospelsTherefore the LORD hath recompensed me according to my righteousness; according to my cleanness in his eye sight.
2 Samuel
HistoryFor he addeth rebellion unto his sin, he clappeth his hands among us, and multiplieth his words against God.