Because he hath oppressed and hath forsaken the poor; because he hath violently taken away an house which he builded not;
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I know thy works, and tribulation, and poverty, (but thou art rich) and I know the blasphemy of them which say they are Jews, and are not, but are the synagogue of Satan.
Revelation
Apocalyptic / JohnHe that hasteth to be rich hath an evil eye, and considereth not that poverty shall come upon him.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonYe shall no more give the people straw to make brick, as heretofore: let them go and gather straw for themselves.
Exodus
Law / MosesAnd the LORD said unto Moses, I will do this thing also that thou hast spoken: for thou hast found grace in my sight, and I know thee by name.
Exodus
LawThus saith the LORD of hosts; Again in this place, which is desolate without man and without beast, and in all the cities thereof, shall be an habitation of shepherds causing their flocks to lie down.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd the angel of the LORD said unto Manoah, Of all that I said unto the woman let her beware.
Judges
History / SamuelNow if the fall of them be the riches of the world, and the diminishing of them the riches of the Gentiles; how much more their fulness?
Romans
Pauline EpistlesSo they shall bring out all thy wives and thy children to the Chaldeans: and thou shalt not escape out of their hand, but shalt be taken by the hand of the king of Babylon: and thou shalt cause this city to be burned with fire.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd Israel said unto Joseph, Behold, I die: but God shall be with you, and bring you again unto the land of your fathers.
Genesis
Law / MosesThen said they, Come, and let us devise devices against Jeremiah; for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, and let us smite him with the tongue, and let us not give heed to any of his words.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd thou saidst, I shall be a lady for ever: so that thou didst not lay these things to thy heart, neither didst remember the latter end of it.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahThe sixth lot came out to the children of Naphtali, even for the children of Naphtali according to their families.
Joshua
History / JoshuaWherefore, when I came, was there no man? when I called, was there none to answer? Is my hand shortened at all, that it cannot redeem? or have I no power to deliver? behold, at my rebuke I dry up the sea, I make the rivers a wilderness: their fish stinketh, because there is no water, and dieth for thirst.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsBut when Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces that were with him, heard of all the evil that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah had done,
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd Gideon went up by the way of them that dwelt in tents on the east of Nobah and Jogbehah, and smote the host: for the host was secure.
Judges
HistoryAnd he slew all the priests of the high places that were there upon the altars, and burned men's bones upon them, and returned to Jerusalem.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahThen the angel of the LORD went forth, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians a hundred and fourscore and five thousand: and when they arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead corpses.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsHe hath bent his bow like an enemy: he stood with his right hand as an adversary, and slew all that were pleasant to the eye in the tabernacle of the daughter of Zion: he poured out his fury like fire.
Lamentations
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd the earth shall hear the corn, and the wine, and the oil; and they shall hear Jezreel.
Hosea
Minor Prophets / HoseaThat the LORD called Samuel: and he answered, Here am I.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelSihon king of the Amorites, who dwelt in Heshbon, and ruled from Aroer, which is upon the bank of the river Arnon, and from the middle of the river, and from half Gilead, even unto the river Jabbok, which is the border of the children of Ammon;
Joshua
HistoryThe Lord Jesus Christ be with thy spirit. Grace be with you. Amen.
2 Timothy
Pauline EpistlesWherefore gloriest thou in the valleys, thy flowing valley, O backsliding daughter? that trusted in her treasures, saying, Who shall come unto me?