And they covet fields, and take them by violence; and houses, and take them away: so they oppress a man and his house, even a man and his heritage.
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And ye shall be holy men unto me: neither shall ye eat any flesh that is torn of beasts in the field; ye shall cast it to the dogs.
Exodus
Law / MosesAnd the seven years of dearth began to come, according as Joseph had said: and the dearth was in all lands; but in all the land of Egypt there was bread.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd it shall come to pass, if they say unto thee, Whither shall we go forth? then thou shalt tell them, Thus saith the LORD; Such as are for death, to death; and such as are for the sword, to the sword; and such as are for the famine, to the famine; and such as are for the captivity, to the captivity.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd when the Syrians saw that they were smitten before Israel, they gathered themselves together.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanAnd they prayed, and said, Thou, Lord, which knowest the hearts of all men, shew whether of these two thou hast chosen,
Acts
HistoryAnd the sons of Carmi; Achar, the troubler of Israel, who transgressed in the thing accursed.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd the king said unto him, Turn aside, and stand here. And he turned aside, and stood still.
2 Samuel
HistoryNow therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellowcitizens with the saints, and of the household of God;
Ephesians
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd, behold, there came up out of the river seven well favoured kine and fatfleshed; and they fed in a meadow.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd when they had fulfilled all that was written of him, they took him down from the tree, and laid him in a sepulchre.
Acts
HistoryAnd the man Elkanah, and all his house, went up to offer unto the LORD the yearly sacrifice, and his vow.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelOintment and perfume rejoice the heart: so doth the sweetness of a man's friend by hearty counsel.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonAnd Joseph said unto his father, They are my sons, whom God hath given me in this place. And he said, Bring them, I pray thee, unto me, and I will bless them.
Genesis
LawIt is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth.
Lamentations
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd I will bring you out from the people, and will gather you out of the countries wherein ye are scattered, with a mighty hand, and with a stretched out arm, and with fury poured out.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsHear, ye deaf; and look, ye blind, that ye may see.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsThese were the potters, and those that dwelt among plants and hedges: there they dwelt with the king for his work.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraHe shall cut off the spirit of princes: he is terrible to the kings of the earth.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersFor there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect.
Matthew
GospelsAll things are delivered to me of my Father: and no man knoweth who the Son is, but the Father; and who the Father is, but the Son, and he to whom the Son will reveal him.
Luke
GospelsAnd I will kindle a fire in the houses of the gods of Egypt; and he shall burn them, and carry them away captives: and he shall array himself with the land of Egypt, as a shepherd putteth on his garment; and he shall go forth from thence in peace.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsShould ye not hear the words which the LORD hath cried by the former prophets, when Jerusalem was inhabited and in prosperity, and the cities thereof round about her, when men inhabited the south and the plain?
Zechariah
Minor Prophets / ZechariahWherefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will do judgment upon her graven images: and through all her land the wounded shall groan.