He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker: but he that honoureth him hath mercy on the poor.
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And when they had received it, they murmured against the goodman of the house,
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewTherefore they gathered them together, and filled twelve baskets with the fragments of the five barley loaves, which remained over and above unto them that had eaten.
John
GospelsAnd Hashubah, and Ohel, and Berechiah, and Hasadiah, Jushab-hesed, five.
1 Chronicles
HistoryAs I live, saith the Lord GOD, surely because my flock became a prey, and my flock became meat to every beast of the field, because there was no shepherd, neither did my shepherds search for my flock, but the shepherds fed themselves, and fed not my flock;
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock.
Matthew
GospelsAnd it was told Laban on the third day that Jacob was fled.
Genesis
LawKing Agrippa, believest thou the prophets? I know that thou believest.
Acts
HistoryFor a great door and effectual is opened unto me, and there are many adversaries.
1 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesAs he came forth of his mother's womb, naked shall he return to go as he came, and shall take nothing of his labour, which he may carry away in his hand.
Ecclesiastes
Wisdom / SolomonThen came there unto him all his brethren, and all his sisters, and all they that had been of his acquaintance before, and did eat bread with him in his house: and they bemoaned him, and comforted him over all the evil that the LORD had brought upon him: every man also gave him a piece of money, and every one an earring of gold.
Job
WisdomAnd he straitly charged them, and commanded them to tell no man that thing;
Luke
Gospels / LukeFor as the Father raiseth up the dead, and quickeneth them; even so the Son quickeneth whom he will.
John
Gospels / JohnTwo are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour.
Ecclesiastes
WisdomThey were driven forth from among men, (they cried after them as after a thief;)
Job
Wisdom / JobNeither shalt thou countenance a poor man in his cause.
Exodus
Law / MosesNow when he had made an end of measuring the inner house, he brought me forth toward the gate whose prospect is toward the east, and measured it round about.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsYe have shamed the counsel of the poor, because the LORD is his refuge.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd he said to Jeroboam, Take thee ten pieces: for thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel, Behold, I will rend the kingdom out of the hand of Solomon, and will give ten tribes to thee:
1 Kings
History / JeremiahTake that thine is, and go thy way: I will give unto this last, even as unto thee.
Matthew
GospelsThen said one unto him, Lord, are there few that be saved? And he said unto them,
Luke
GospelsHaving eyes full of adultery, and that cannot cease from sin; beguiling unstable souls: an heart they have exercised with covetous practices; cursed children:
2 Peter
General Epistles / PeterAnd Jehoiada made a covenant between the LORD and the king and the people, that they should be the LORD'S people; between the king also and the people.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd they understood none of these things: and this saying was hid from them, neither knew they the things which were spoken.