He that oppresseth the poor to increase his riches, and he that giveth to the rich, shall surely come to want.
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Then the five men departed, and came to Laish, and saw the people that were therein, how they dwelt careless, after the manner of the Zidonians, quiet and secure; and there was no magistrate in the land, that might put them to shame in any thing; and they were far from the Zidonians, and had no business with any man.
Judges
HistoryAnd let that man be as the cities which the LORD overthrew, and repented not: and let him hear the cry in the morning, and the shouting at noontide;
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAll his days also he eateth in darkness, and he hath much sorrow and wrath with his sickness.
Ecclesiastes
WisdomOn the morrow, because he would have known the certainty wherefore he was accused of the Jews, he loosed him from his bands, and commanded the chief priests and all their council to appear, and brought Paul down, and set him before them.
Acts
HistoryThe elder unto the wellbeloved Gaius, whom I love in the truth.
3 John
General Epistles / JohnThy throne is established of old: thou art from everlasting.
Psalms
PoetryAnd they made their father drink wine that night: and the firstborn went in, and lay with her father; and he perceived not when she lay down, nor when she arose.
Genesis
Law / MosesThese are wells without water, clouds that are carried with a tempest; to whom the mist of darkness is reserved for ever.
2 Peter
General EpistlesAnd Samuel said, What hast thou done? And Saul said, Because I saw that the people were scattered from me, and that thou camest not within the days appointed, and that the Philistines gathered themselves together at Michmash;
1 Samuel
History / SamuelBut if ye will not do so, behold, ye have sinned against the LORD: and be sure your sin will find you out.
Numbers
Law / MosesIt is reported commonly that there is fornication among you, and such fornication as is not so much as named among the Gentiles, that one should have his father's wife.
1 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulI will answer thee, and thy companions with thee.
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.
Genesis
LawExalt ye the LORD our God, and worship at his footstool; for he is holy.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersOf the sons of Manasseh: of Machir, the family of the Machirites: and Machir begat Gilead: of Gilead come the family of the Gileadites.
Numbers
LawAnd it shall come to pass, after that I have plucked them out I will return, and have compassion on them, and will bring them again, every man to his heritage, and every man to his land.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd of the children of Israel's half, thou shalt take one portion of fifty, of the persons, of the beeves, of the asses, and of the flocks, of all manner of beasts, and give them unto the Levites, which keep the charge of the tabernacle of the LORD.
Numbers
Law / MosesYet thou in thy manifold mercies forsookest them not in the wilderness: the pillar of the cloud departed not from them by day, to lead them in the way; neither the pillar of fire by night, to shew them light, and the way wherein they should go.
Nehemiah
HistoryI will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices or thy burnt offerings, to have been continually before me.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersWho can count the dust of Jacob, and the number of the fourth part of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous, and let my last end be like his!
Numbers
LawProduce your cause, saith the LORD; bring forth your strong reasons, saith the King of Jacob.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd he said, I will go out, and be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And the LORD said, Thou shalt entice him, and thou shalt also prevail: go out, and do even so.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd remember that thou wast a servant in the land of Egypt, and that the LORD thy God brought thee out thence through a mighty hand and by a stretched out arm: therefore the LORD thy God commanded thee to keep the sabbath day.