The righteous considereth the cause of the poor: but the wicked regardeth not to know it.
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And Moses said unto the LORD, Wherefore hast thou afflicted thy servant? and wherefore have I not found favour in thy sight, that thou layest the burden of all this people upon me?
Numbers
Law / MosesThey shall also gird themselves with sackcloth, and horror shall cover them; and shame shall be upon all faces, and baldness upon all their heads.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielTherefore the children of Israel could not stand before their enemies, but turned their backs before their enemies, because they were accursed: neither will I be with you any more, except ye destroy the accursed from among you.
Joshua
History / JoshuaThe LORD is good to all: and his tender mercies are over all his works.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd he put the wood in order, and cut the bullock in pieces, and laid him on the wood, and said, Fill four barrels with water, and pour it on the burnt sacrifice, and on the wood.
1 Kings
HistorySo being affectionately desirous of you, we were willing to have imparted unto you, not the gospel of God only, but also our own souls, because ye were dear unto us.
1 Thessalonians
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd he wrote a letter after this manner:
Acts
History / LukeThou hast not given water to the weary to drink, and thou hast withholden bread from the hungry.
Job
WisdomAnd ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake: but he that endureth to the end shall be saved.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewWhen my father and my mother forsake me, then the LORD will take me up.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersWhen Mordecai perceived all that was done, Mordecai rent his clothes, and put on sackcloth with ashes, and went out into the midst of the city, and cried with a loud and a bitter cry;
Esther
HistoryThe righteous is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked cometh in his stead.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonThus saith the LORD my God; Feed the flock of the slaughter;
Zechariah
Minor Prophets / ZechariahThy teeth are as a flock of sheep which go up from the washing, whereof every one beareth twins, and there is not one barren among them.
Solomon's Song
Poetry / SolomonFor as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool: this also is vanity.
Ecclesiastes
WisdomAnd these are the golden emerods which the Philistines returned for a trespass offering unto the LORD; for Ashdod one, for Gaza one, for Askelon one, for Gath one, for Ekron one;
1 Samuel
HistoryKnowest thou not this of old, since man was placed upon earth,
Job
Wisdom / JobIf then I do that which I would not, I consent unto the law that it is good.
Romans
Pauline EpistlesAnd the LORD spake unto Moses and to Aaron, saying,
Leviticus
Law / MosesAnd he bowed himself, and said, What is thy servant, that thou shouldest look upon such a dead dog as I am?
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanMoreover thou leddest them in the day by a cloudy pillar; and in the night by a pillar of fire, to give them light in the way wherein they should go.
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahAnd take the ark of the LORD, and lay it upon the cart; and put the jewels of gold, which ye return him for a trespass offering, in a coffer by the side thereof; and send it away, that it may go.
1 Samuel
HistoryAnd it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the LORD shall be delivered: for in mount Zion and in Jerusalem shall be deliverance, as the LORD hath said, and in the remnant whom the LORD shall call.