A poor man that oppresseth the poor is like a sweeping rain which leaveth no food.
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Moreover he kissed all his brethren, and wept upon them: and after that his brethren talked with him.
Genesis
LawTherefore I make a decree, That every people, nation, and language, which speak any thing amiss against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, shall be cut in pieces, and their houses shall be made a dunghill: because there is no other God that can deliver after this sort.
Daniel
Major Prophets / DanielLet, I pray thee, thy merciful kindness be for my comfort, according to thy word unto thy servant.
Psalms
PoetryFor thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I, even I, will both search my sheep, and seek them out.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd he built Tadmor in the wilderness, and all the store cities, which he built in Hamath.
2 Chronicles
HistoryThe children of Lod, Hadid, and Ono, seven hundred twenty and five.
Ezra
History / EzraWherefore hear the word of the LORD, ye scornful men, that rule this people which is in Jerusalem.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAll sheep and oxen, yea, and the beasts of the field;
Psalms
PoetryTherefore thus saith the LORD concerning the prophets that prophesy in my name, and I sent them not, yet they say, Sword and famine shall not be in this land; By sword and famine shall those prophets be consumed.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahHe that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him.
John
Gospels / JohnAnd he went out about the third hour, and saw others standing idle in the marketplace,
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewWhen thou art come into the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not learn to do after the abominations of those nations.
Deuteronomy
LawGod layeth up his iniquity for his children: he rewardeth him, and he shall know it.
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd her husband arose, and went after her, to speak friendly unto her, and to bring her again, having his servant with him, and a couple of asses: and she brought him into her father's house: and when the father of the damsel saw him, he rejoiced to meet him.
Judges
History / SamuelIn weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness.
2 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesThey that did feed delicately are desolate in the streets: they that were brought up in scarlet embrace dunghills.
Lamentations
Major Prophets / JeremiahAll these were reckoned by genealogies in the days of Jotham king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam king of Israel.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd the Philistine said unto David, Am I a dog, that thou comest to me with staves? And the Philistine cursed David by his gods.
1 Samuel
HistoryAnd Solomon had forty thousand stalls of horses for his chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen.
1 Kings
HistoryAnd king Solomon gave to the queen of Sheba all her desire, whatsoever she asked, beside that which she had brought unto the king. So she turned, and went away to her own land, she and her servants.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraTheir visage is blacker than a coal; they are not known in the streets: their skin cleaveth to their bones; it is withered, it is become like a stick.
Lamentations
Major ProphetsConsider the work of God: for who can make that straight, which he hath made crooked?
Ecclesiastes
Wisdom / SolomonThe righteous shall be glad in the LORD, and shall trust in him; and all the upright in heart shall glory.