Forasmuch therefore as your treading is upon the poor, and ye take from him burdens of wheat: ye have built houses of hewn stone, but ye shall not dwell in them; ye have planted pleasant vineyards, but ye shall not drink wine of them.
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Out of Ephraim was there a root of them against Amalek; after thee, Benjamin, among thy people; out of Machir came down governors, and out of Zebulun they that handle the pen of the writer.
Judges
HistoryAnd Jesus looked round about, and saith unto his disciples, How hardly shall they that have riches enter into the kingdom of God!
Mark
GospelsMalchijah the son of Harim, and Hashub the son of Pahath-moab, repaired the other piece, and the tower of the furnaces.
Nehemiah
HistorySo are the paths of all that forget God; and the hypocrite's hope shall perish:
Job
Wisdom / JobThere the righteous might dispute with him; so should I be delivered for ever from my judge.
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd the Jews also assented, saying that these things were so.
Acts
HistoryBut they refused to hearken, and pulled away the shoulder, and stopped their ears, that they should not hear.
Zechariah
Minor Prophets / ZechariahAnd Reuben spake unto his father, saying, Slay my two sons, if I bring him not to thee: deliver him into my hand, and I will bring him to thee again.
Genesis
LawGet you out of the way, turn aside out of the path, cause the Holy One of Israel to cease from before us.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahSaying, There was in a city a judge, which feared not God, neither regarded man:
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd David dwelt in the castle; therefore they called it the city of David.
1 Chronicles
HistoryAnd the Lord turned, and looked upon Peter. And Peter remembered the word of the Lord, how he had said unto him, Before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice.
Luke
GospelsAnd the people stood beholding. And the rulers also with them derided him, saying, He saved others; let him save himself, if he be Christ, the chosen of God.
Luke
Gospels / LukeBeing enriched in every thing to all bountifulness, which causeth through us thanksgiving to God.
2 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesWho raised up the righteous man from the east, called him to his foot, gave the nations before him, and made him rule over kings? he gave them as the dust to his sword, and as driven stubble to his bow.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsHe hath said in his heart, God hath forgotten: he hideth his face; he will never see it.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersNevertheless Josiah would not turn his face from him, but disguised himself, that he might fight with him, and hearkened not unto the words of Necho from the mouth of God, and came to fight in the valley of Megiddo.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraThe voice of the LORD shaketh the wilderness; the LORD shaketh the wilderness of Kadesh.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersHear now this, O foolish people, and without understanding; which have eyes, and see not; which have ears, and hear not:
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsI have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay tree.
Psalms
PoetryAnd they of the south shall possess the mount of Esau; and they of the plain the Philistines: and they shall possess the fields of Ephraim, and the fields of Samaria: and Benjamin shall possess Gilead.
Obadiah
Minor Prophets / ObadiahAnd say, Ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord GOD; Thus saith the Lord GOD to the mountains, and to the hills, to the rivers, and to the valleys; Behold, I, even I, will bring a sword upon you, and I will destroy your high places.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd of thy sons that shall issue from thee, which thou shalt beget, shall they take away; and they shall be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.