Rob not the poor, because he is poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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For the Jews require a sign, and the Greeks seek after wisdom:
1 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesTheir inward thought is, that their houses shall continue for ever, and their dwelling places to all generations; they call their lands after their own names.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd there came a certain poor widow, and she threw in two mites, which make a farthing.
Mark
GospelsAnd your father hath deceived me, and changed my wages ten times; but God suffered him not to hurt me.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd the seven thin and ill favoured kine that came up after them are seven years; and the seven empty ears blasted with the east wind shall be seven years of famine.
Genesis
Law / MosesThus saith the Lord GOD; I will therefore spread out my net over thee with a company of many people; and they shall bring thee up in my net.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsThey that swear by the sin of Samaria, and say, Thy god, O Dan, liveth; and, The manner of Beer-sheba liveth; even they shall fall, and never rise up again.
Amos
Minor ProphetsWhen he established the clouds above: when he strengthened the fountains of the deep:
Proverbs
WisdomAnd he stood, and blessed all the congregation of Israel with a loud voice, saying,
1 Kings
HistoryVerily I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever ye shall loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.
Matthew
GospelsAfter them the Tekoites repaired another piece, over against the great tower that lieth out, even unto the wall of Ophel.
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahGird up thy loins now like a man: I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me.
Job
WisdomAs soon as they hear of me, they shall obey me: the strangers shall submit themselves unto me.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThe wicked walk on every side, when the vilest men are exalted.
Psalms
PoetrySaying, Blessed be the King that cometh in the name of the Lord: peace in heaven, and glory in the highest.
Luke
GospelsAnd the king said, What honour and dignity hath been done to Mordecai for this? Then said the king's servants that ministered unto him, There is nothing done for him.
Esther
HistoryA man shall not take his father's wife, nor discover his father's skirt.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesIf he cut off, and shut up, or gather together, then who can hinder him?
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd it came to pass, as she came unto him, that she moved him to ask of her father a field: and she lighted off her ass; and Caleb said unto her, What wouldest thou?
Joshua
HistoryThy neck is like the tower of David builded for an armoury, whereon there hang a thousand bucklers, all shields of mighty men.
Solomon's Song
PoetryAnd it came to pass, that after three days Paul called the chief of the Jews together: and when they were come together, he said unto them, Men and brethren, though I have committed nothing against the people, or customs of our fathers, yet was I delivered prisoner from Jerusalem into the hands of the Romans.
Acts
HistoryI should have been as though I had not been; I should have been carried from the womb to the grave.
Job
Wisdom / JobFor we are sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, to be slain, and to perish. But if we had been sold for bondmen and bondwomen, I had held my tongue, although the enemy could not countervail the king's damage.