For the needy shall not alway be forgotten: the expectation of the poor shall not perish for ever.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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And thou shalt know that I am the LORD, and that I have heard all thy blasphemies which thou hast spoken against the mountains of Israel, saying, They are laid desolate, they are given us to consume.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd he shall cut it into his pieces, with his head and his fat: and the priest shall lay them in order on the wood that is on the fire which is upon the altar:
Leviticus
LawAnd they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we shall say, From heaven; he will say, Why then did ye not believe him?
Mark
GospelsHereafter shall the Son of man sit on the right hand of the power of God.
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd I will make thy tongue cleave to the roof of thy mouth, that thou shalt be dumb, and shalt not be to them a reprover: for they are a rebellious house.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielMy goodness, and my fortress; my high tower, and my deliverer; my shield, and he in whom I trust; who subdueth my people under me.
Psalms
PoetryAnd Saul pitched in the hill of Hachilah, which is before Jeshimon, by the way. But David abode in the wilderness, and he saw that Saul came after him into the wilderness.
1 Samuel
HistoryHis sons come to honour, and he knoweth it not; and they are brought low, but he perceiveth it not of them.
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd the name of the man was Elimelech, and the name of his wife Naomi, and the name of his two sons Mahlon and Chilion, Ephrathites of Beth-lehem-judah. And they came into the country of Moab, and continued there.
Ruth
HistoryThen it shall be, because he hath sinned, and is guilty, that he shall restore that which he took violently away, or the thing which he hath deceitfully gotten, or that which was delivered him to keep, or the lost thing which he found,
Leviticus
Law / MosesAnd he answered and said unto them, I will also ask you one thing; and answer me:
Luke
GospelsAnd Bela the son of Azaz, the son of Shema, the son of Joel, who dwelt in Aroer, even unto Nebo and Baal-meon:
1 Chronicles
History / EzraI have raised him up in righteousness, and I will direct all his ways: he shall build my city, and he shall let go my captives, not for price nor reward, saith the LORD of hosts.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahJediael the son of Shimri, and Joha his brother, the Tizite,
1 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd there came two angels to Sodom at even; and Lot sat in the gate of Sodom: and Lot seeing them rose up to meet them; and he bowed himself with his face toward the ground;
Genesis
Law / MosesHearken unto me, ye stouthearted, that are far from righteousness:
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd thou shalt bring his sons, and clothe them with coats:
Exodus
Law / MosesAll that openeth the matrix is mine; and every firstling among thy cattle, whether ox or sheep, that is male.
Exodus
LawAnd he ran unto Eli, and said, Here am I; for thou calledst me. And he said, I called not; lie down again. And he went and lay down.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelThese were they that were numbered of the families of the Kohathites, all that might do service in the tabernacle of the congregation, which Moses and Aaron did number according to the commandment of the LORD by the hand of Moses.
Numbers
Law / MosesThese are the children of the province, that went up out of the captivity, of those that had been carried away, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away, and came again to Jerusalem and to Judah, every one unto his city;
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahI will meet them as a bear that is bereaved of her whelps, and will rend the caul of their heart, and there will I devour them like a lion: the wild beast shall tear them.
Hosea
Minor ProphetsAnd if thy right hand offend thee, cut it off, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell.