He that oppresseth the poor to increase his riches, and he that giveth to the rich, shall surely come to want.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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And ye have respect to him that weareth the gay clothing, and say unto him, Sit thou here in a good place; and say to the poor, Stand thou there, or sit here under my footstool:
James
General EpistlesHow oft did they provoke him in the wilderness, and grieve him in the desert!
Psalms
PoetryAlso now, behold, my witness is in heaven, and my record is on high.
Job
WisdomIn the same hour came forth fingers of a man's hand, and wrote over against the candlestick upon the plaister of the wall of the king's palace: and the king saw the part of the hand that wrote.
Daniel
Major Prophets / DanielAnd unto his son will I give one tribe, that David my servant may have a light alway before me in Jerusalem, the city which I have chosen me to put my name there.
1 Kings
HistoryHath he smitten him, as he smote those that smote him? or is he slain according to the slaughter of them that are slain by him?
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahThen Joab arose, and came to Absalom unto his house, and said unto him, Wherefore have thy servants set my field on fire?
2 Samuel
HistoryThe princes refrained talking, and laid their hand on their mouth.
Job
Wisdom / JobNot because I desire a gift: but I desire fruit that may abound to your account.
Philippians
Pauline EpistlesBut the men that went up with him said, We be not able to go up against the people; for they are stronger than we.
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd Abner said to him, Turn thee aside to thy right hand or to thy left, and lay thee hold on one of the young men, and take thee his armour. But Asahel would not turn aside from following of him.
2 Samuel
HistoryThen Saul said unto his servants that stood about him, Hear now, ye Benjamites; will the son of Jesse give every one of you fields and vineyards, and make you all captains of thousands, and captains of hundreds;
1 Samuel
History / SamuelThen Hezekiah commanded to prepare chambers in the house of the LORD; and they prepared them,
2 Chronicles
History / EzraThat I may perform the oath which I have sworn unto your fathers, to give them a land flowing with milk and honey, as it is this day. Then answered I, and said, So be it, O LORD.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd when he that doth flee unto one of those cities shall stand at the entering of the gate of the city, and shall declare his cause in the ears of the elders of that city, they shall take him into the city unto them, and give him a place, that he may dwell among them.
Joshua
History / JoshuaWhat? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?
1 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulThen Sarah denied, saying, I laughed not; for she was afraid. And he said, Nay; but thou didst laugh.
Genesis
LawAnd there went from thence of the family of the Danites, out of Zorah and out of Eshtaol, six hundred men appointed with weapons of war.
Judges
HistoryAnd thirty and two thousand persons in all, of women that had not known man by lying with him.
Numbers
LawThou shalt be blessed above all people: there shall not be male or female barren among you, or among your cattle.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesMine enemies chased me sore, like a bird, without cause.
Lamentations
Major Prophets / JeremiahNow Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor, and their hosts with them, about fifteen thousand men, all that were left of all the hosts of the children of the east: for there fell an hundred and twenty thousand men that drew sword.
Judges
History / SamuelThen ye shall answer them, That the waters of Jordan were cut off before the ark of the covenant of the LORD; when it passed over Jordan, the waters of Jordan were cut off: and these stones shall be for a memorial unto the children of Israel for ever.