O let not the oppressed return ashamed: let the poor and needy praise thy name.
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And as for me also, mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity, but I will recompense their way upon their head.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielThe LORD our God be with us, as he was with our fathers: let him not leave us, nor forsake us:
1 Kings
History / JeremiahAs also the high priest doth bear me witness, and all the estate of the elders: from whom also I received letters unto the brethren, and went to Damascus, to bring them which were there bound unto Jerusalem, for to be punished.
Acts
History / LukeFrom which some having swerved have turned aside unto vain jangling;
1 Timothy
Pauline EpistlesAnd ye are puffed up, and have not rather mourned, that he that hath done this deed might be taken away from among you.
1 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the LORD.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraThen came the word of the LORD to Isaiah, saying,
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAll thine enemies have opened their mouth against thee: they hiss and gnash the teeth: they say, We have swallowed her up: certainly this is the day that we looked for; we have found, we have seen it.
Lamentations
Major Prophets / JeremiahBut I say unto you, that it shall be more tolerable in that day for Sodom, than for that city.
Luke
GospelsAnd ere the lamp of God went out in the temple of the LORD, where the ark of God was, and Samuel was laid down to sleep;
1 Samuel
HistoryFor meat destroy not the work of God. All things indeed are pure; but it is evil for that man who eateth with offence.
Romans
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd thou shalt make staves for the altar, staves of shittim wood, and overlay them with brass.
Exodus
LawFor I have sworn by myself, saith the LORD, that Bozrah shall become a desolation, a reproach, a waste, and a curse; and all the cities thereof shall be perpetual wastes.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd David himself saith in the book of Psalms, The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand,
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd the flowers, and the lamps, and the tongs, made he of gold, and that perfect gold;
2 Chronicles
History / EzraBut he stood in the midst of the ground, and defended it, and slew the Philistines: and the LORD wrought a great victory.
2 Samuel
HistoryThen came the soldiers, and brake the legs of the first, and of the other which was crucified with him.
John
Gospels / JohnI will speak of the glorious honour of thy majesty, and of thy wondrous works.
Psalms
PoetryAnd the LORD visited Sarah as he had said, and the LORD did unto Sarah as he had spoken.
Genesis
Law / MosesTribulation and anguish, upon every soul of man that doeth evil, of the Jew first, and also of the Gentile;
Romans
Pauline EpistlesThe Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John:
Revelation
Apocalyptic / JohnGet you up from among this congregation, that I may consume them as in a moment. And they fell upon their faces.
Numbers
LawAnd oppress not the widow, nor the fatherless, the stranger, nor the poor; and let none of you imagine evil against his brother in your heart.