He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker: but he that honoureth him hath mercy on the poor.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Gracious is the LORD, and righteous; yea, our God is merciful.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd the sons of Judah; Er, and Onan, and Shelah, and Pharez, and Zerah: but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. And the sons of Pharez were Hezron and Hamul.
Genesis
LawFor Pekah the son of Remaliah slew in Judah an hundred and twenty thousand in one day, which were all valiant men; because they had forsaken the LORD God of their fathers.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraHe is in the way of life that keepeth instruction: but he that refuseth reproof erreth.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonAnd the LORD said unto Moses and unto Aaron, Take to you handfuls of ashes of the furnace, and let Moses sprinkle it toward the heaven in the sight of Pharaoh.
Exodus
LawYea, I will rejoice over them to do them good, and I will plant them in this land assuredly with my whole heart and with my whole soul.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsWhose house I have made the wilderness, and the barren land his dwellings.
Job
WisdomEphraim is joined to idols: let him alone.
Hosea
Minor ProphetsWhen your fear cometh as desolation, and your destruction cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish cometh upon you.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonWhen the even was come, there came a rich man of Arimathaea, named Joseph, who also himself was Jesus' disciple:
Matthew
GospelsMoreover concerning a stranger, that is not of thy people Israel, but cometh out of a far country for thy name's sake;
1 Kings
HistoryAnd the elders of Moab and the elders of Midian departed with the rewards of divination in their hand; and they came unto Balaam, and spake unto him the words of Balak.
Numbers
LawServing the Lord with all humility of mind, and with many tears, and temptations, which befell me by the lying in wait of the Jews:
Acts
History / LukeYet now hear, O Jacob my servant; and Israel, whom I have chosen:
Isaiah
Major ProphetsThe children of Azgad, two thousand three hundred twenty and two.
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahAnd the LORD hath avouched thee this day to be his peculiar people, as he hath promised thee, and that thou shouldest keep all his commandments;
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAnd he said, Woe unto you also, ye lawyers! for ye lade men with burdens grievous to be borne, and ye yourselves touch not the burdens with one of your fingers.
Luke
GospelsAs righteousness tendeth to life: so he that pursueth evil pursueth it to his own death.
Proverbs
WisdomAnd I will surely hide my face in that day for all the evils which they shall have wrought, in that they are turned unto other gods.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAnd he sought Ahaziah: and they caught him, (for he was hid in Samaria,) and brought him to Jehu: and when they had slain him, they buried him: Because, said they, he is the son of Jehoshaphat, who sought the LORD with all his heart. So the house of Ahaziah had no power to keep still the kingdom.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraThis matter is by the decree of the watchers, and the demand by the word of the holy ones: to the intent that the living may know that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will, and setteth up over it the basest of men.
Daniel
Major Prophets / DanielCome and see the works of God: he is terrible in his doing toward the children of men.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersOf whom is Hymenaeus and Alexander; whom I have delivered unto Satan, that they may learn not to blaspheme.