Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and needy.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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For the priests and the Levites were purified together, all of them were pure, and killed the passover for all the children of the captivity, and for their brethren the priests, and for themselves.
Ezra
History / EzraHe that is so impoverished that he hath no oblation chooseth a tree that will not rot; he seeketh unto him a cunning workman to prepare a graven image, that shall not be moved.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsHe that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
1 John
General Epistles / JohnTo fulfil the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah, until the land had enjoyed her sabbaths: for as long as she lay desolate she kept sabbath, to fulfil threescore and ten years.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraBut if he give a gift of his inheritance to one of his servants, then it shall be his to the year of liberty; after it shall return to the prince: but his inheritance shall be his sons' for them.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielWho is made, not after the law of a carnal commandment, but after the power of an endless life.
Hebrews
General Epistles / UnknownGive instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: teach a just man, and he will increase in learning.
Proverbs
WisdomAnd when those beasts give glory and honour and thanks to him that sat on the throne, who liveth for ever and ever,
Revelation
Apocalyptic / JohnBut me, even me thy servant, and Zadok the priest, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and thy servant Solomon, hath he not called.
1 Kings
HistoryAnd afterward they made ready for themselves, and for the priests: because the priests the sons of Aaron were busied in offering of burnt offerings and the fat until night; therefore the Levites prepared for themselves, and for the priests the sons of Aaron.
2 Chronicles
HistoryThe LORD is King for ever and ever: the heathen are perished out of his land.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThe blueness of a wound cleanseth away evil: so do stripes the inward parts of the belly.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonAnd Ittai answered the king, and said, As the LORD liveth, and as my lord the king liveth, surely in what place my lord the king shall be, whether in death or life, even there also will thy servant be.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanThou shalt have no other gods before me.
Exodus
LawAnd one of the sons of Ahimelech the son of Ahitub, named Abiathar, escaped, and fled after David.
1 Samuel
HistoryAnd thou shalt put them upon Aaron thy brother, and his sons with him; and shalt anoint them, and consecrate them, and sanctify them, that they may minister unto me in the priest's office.
Exodus
LawAnd Jesus answering said, O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you, and suffer you? Bring thy son hither.
Luke
Gospels / LukeTherefore I thought it necessary to exhort the brethren, that they would go before unto you, and make up beforehand your bounty, whereof ye had notice before, that the same might be ready, as a matter of bounty, and not as of covetousness.
2 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulFor I am the least of the apostles, that am not meet to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.
1 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesBut Jehoshabeath, the daughter of the king, took Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stole him from among the king's sons that were slain, and put him and his nurse in a bedchamber. So Jehoshabeath, the daughter of king Jehoram, the wife of Jehoiada the priest, (for she was the sister of Ahaziah,) hid him from Athaliah, so that she slew him not.
2 Chronicles
HistoryAnd he saw also a certain poor widow casting in thither two mites.
Luke
GospelsHis head and his hairs were white like wool, as white as snow; and his eyes were as a flame of fire;
Revelation
Apocalyptic / JohnAnd the blind and the lame came to him in the temple; and he healed them.