The rich shall not give more, and the poor shall not give less than half a shekel, when they give an offering unto the LORD, to make an atonement for your souls.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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And Jacob rose up early in the morning, and took the stone that he had put for his pillows, and set it up for a pillar, and poured oil upon the top of it.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd he carried away all Jerusalem, and all the princes, and all the mighty men of valour, even ten thousand captives, and all the craftsmen and smiths: none remained, save the poorest sort of the people of the land.
2 Kings
HistoryThou shalt not wrest the judgment of thy poor in his cause.
Exodus
Law / MosesAnd when they had found him on the other side of the sea, they said unto him, Rabbi, when camest thou hither?
John
Gospels / JohnWe then that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves.
Romans
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd Saul was yet the more afraid of David; and Saul became David's enemy continually.
1 Samuel
HistorySo David hid himself in the field: and when the new moon was come, the king sat him down to eat meat.
1 Samuel
HistoryFor thou art an holy people unto the LORD thy God: the LORD thy God hath chosen thee to be a special people unto himself, above all people that are upon the face of the earth.
Deuteronomy
LawSo persecute them with thy tempest, and make them afraid with thy storm.
Psalms
PoetryThe proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonThen Jeremiah said unto all the people, to the men, and to the women, and to all the people which had given him that answer, saying,
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahTo crush under his feet all the prisoners of the earth,
Lamentations
Major ProphetsO LORD of hosts, blessed is the man that trusteth in thee.
Psalms
PoetryAnd thou shalt not go aside from any of the words which I command thee this day, to the right hand, or to the left, to go after other gods to serve them.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesWhoso boasteth himself of a false gift is like clouds and wind without rain.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonFor God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death.
Matthew
GospelsAnd he called his name Noah, saying, This same shall comfort us concerning our work and toil of our hands, because of the ground which the LORD hath cursed.
Genesis
LawMy defence is of God, which saveth the upright in heart.
Psalms
PoetryAnd the LORD stirred up an adversary unto Solomon, Hadad the Edomite: he was of the king's seed in Edom.
1 Kings
HistoryWhose arrows are sharp, and all their bows bent, their horses' hoofs shall be counted like flint, and their wheels like a whirlwind:
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd it was at Jerusalem the feast of the dedication, and it was winter.
John
Gospels / JohnHowl, O gate; cry, O city; thou, whole Palestina, art dissolved: for there shall come from the north a smoke, and none shall be alone in his appointed times.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd king Rehoboam took counsel with the old men that had stood before Solomon his father while he yet lived, saying, What counsel give ye me to return answer to this people?