As a roaring lion, and a ranging bear; so is a wicked ruler over the poor people.
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And he sent by the hand of Nathan the prophet; and he called his name Jedidiah, because of the LORD.
2 Samuel
HistoryHow much she hath glorified herself, and lived deliciously, so much torment and sorrow give her: for she saith in her heart, I sit a queen, and am no widow, and shall see no sorrow.
Revelation
Apocalyptic / JohnBut the king of Syria commanded his thirty and two captains that had rule over his chariots, saying, Fight neither with small nor great, save only with the king of Israel.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahTherefore shall the strength of Pharaoh be your shame, and the trust in the shadow of Egypt your confusion.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsFear not, O land; be glad and rejoice: for the LORD will do great things.
Joel
Minor Prophets / JoelFor thou hast been a strength to the poor, a strength to the needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shadow from the heat, when the blast of the terrible ones is as a storm against the wall.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsYe cannot drink the cup of the Lord, and the cup of devils: ye cannot be partakers of the Lord's table, and of the table of devils.
1 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesAnd he shall lay his hand upon the head of it, and kill it before the tabernacle of the congregation: and the sons of Aaron shall sprinkle the blood thereof upon the altar round about.
Leviticus
LawJerahmeel had also another wife, whose name was Atarah; she was the mother of Onam.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraTherefore thus saith the LORD concerning the king of Assyria, He shall not come into this city, nor shoot an arrow there, nor come before it with shield, nor cast a bank against it.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahThe wicked man travaileth with pain all his days, and the number of years is hidden to the oppressor.
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd they drew Alexander out of the multitude, the Jews putting him forward. And Alexander beckoned with the hand, and would have made his defence unto the people.
Acts
HistoryOur God shall come, and shall not keep silence: a fire shall devour before him, and it shall be very tempestuous round about him.
Psalms
PoetryAnd Caleb stilled the people before Moses, and said, Let us go up at once, and possess it; for we are well able to overcome it.
Numbers
Law / MosesWhen righteous men do rejoice, there is great glory: but when the wicked rise, a man is hidden.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonThat the aged men be sober, grave, temperate, sound in faith, in charity, in patience.
Titus
Pauline EpistlesThou hast dealt well with thy servant, O LORD, according unto thy word.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersShould he reason with unprofitable talk? or with speeches wherewith he can do no good?
Job
WisdomAnd, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them: and they were sore afraid.
Luke
Gospels / LukeNow Samuel did not yet know the LORD, neither was the word of the LORD yet revealed unto him.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelLet the LORD, the God of the spirits of all flesh, set a man over the congregation,
Numbers
Law / MosesOver the first course for the first month was Jashobeam the son of Zabdiel: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.
1 Chronicles
HistoryNow therefore let Pharaoh look out a man discreet and wise, and set him over the land of Egypt.