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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For I speak to you Gentiles, inasmuch as I am the apostle of the Gentiles, I magnify mine office:
Romans
Pauline EpistlesBut they know not the thoughts of the LORD, neither understand they his counsel: for he shall gather them as the sheaves into the floor.
Micah
Minor Prophets / Micah(As it is written, I have made thee a father of many nations,) before him whom he believed, even God, who quickeneth the dead, and calleth those things which be not as though they were.
Romans
Pauline Epistles / PaulBut in every nation he that feareth him, and worketh righteousness, is accepted with him.
Acts
History / LukeOthers mocking said, These men are full of new wine.
Acts
HistoryBecause that for his name's sake they went forth, taking nothing of the Gentiles.
3 John
General EpistlesNow the children of Reuben and the children of Gad had a very great multitude of cattle: and when they saw the land of Jazer, and the land of Gilead, that, behold, the place was a place for cattle;
Numbers
LawSo Rabshakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria warring against Libnah: for he had heard that he was departed from Lachish.
2 Kings
HistoryBe strong and courageous, be not afraid nor dismayed for the king of Assyria, nor for all the multitude that is with him: for there be more with us than with him:
2 Chronicles
HistoryThus said the LORD unto me; Go and stand in the gate of the children of the people, whereby the kings of Judah come in, and by the which they go out, and in all the gates of Jerusalem;
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd the chapiters upon the two pillars had pomegranates also above, over against the belly which was by the network: and the pomegranates were two hundred in rows round about upon the other chapiter.
1 Kings
HistoryThe oxen likewise and the young asses that ear the ground shall eat clean provender, which hath been winnowed with the shovel and with the fan.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd said unto the Levites that taught all Israel, which were holy unto the LORD, Put the holy ark in the house which Solomon the son of David king of Israel did build; it shall not be a burden upon your shoulders: serve now the LORD your God, and his people Israel,
2 Chronicles
HistoryThere is little Benjamin with their ruler, the princes of Judah and their council, the princes of Zebulun, and the princes of Naphtali.
Psalms
PoetryAfter this I beheld, and lo another, like a leopard, which had upon the back of it four wings of a fowl; the beast had also four heads; and dominion was given to it.
Daniel
Major Prophets / DanielWith thy wisdom and with thine understanding thou hast gotten thee riches, and hast gotten gold and silver into thy treasures:
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsTheir children also shall be as aforetime, and their congregation shall be established before me, and I will punish all that oppress them.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsSpeak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye come into the land which I give you, then shall the land keep a sabbath unto the LORD.
Leviticus
Law / MosesAnd Judas and Silas, being prophets also themselves, exhorted the brethren with many words, and confirmed them.
Acts
HistoryIt is like a grain of mustard seed, which, when it is sown in the earth, is less than all the seeds that be in the earth:
Mark
Gospels / MarkAnd Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David. And his mother's name was Naamah an Ammonitess. And Abijam his son reigned in his stead.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahThus thou calledst to remembrance the lewdness of thy youth, in bruising thy teats by the Egyptians for the paps of thy youth.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsTheir heart cried unto the Lord, O wall of the daughter of Zion, let tears run down like a river day and night: give thyself no rest; let not the apple of thine eye cease.