He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker: but he that honoureth him hath mercy on the poor.
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And the damsel was very fair to look upon, a virgin, neither had any man known her: and she went down to the well, and filled her pitcher, and came up.
Genesis
Law / MosesThey shall be even an abomination unto you; ye shall not eat of their flesh, but ye shall have their carcases in abomination.
Leviticus
Law / MosesAnd unto Joseph were born two sons before the years of famine came, which Asenath the daughter of Poti-pherah priest of On bare unto him.
Genesis
Law / MosesThey are exalted for a little while, but are gone and brought low; they are taken out of the way as all other, and cut off as the tops of the ears of corn.
Job
WisdomOf which, twenty and four thousand were to set forward the work of the house of the LORD; and six thousand were officers and judges:
1 Chronicles
HistoryThen they took away the stone from the place where the dead was laid. And Jesus lifted up his eyes, and said, Father, I thank thee that thou hast heard me.
John
GospelsBut Peter took him up, saying, Stand up; I myself also am a man.
Acts
History / LukeBut when Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, and Geshem the Arabian, heard it, they laughed us to scorn, and despised us, and said, What is this thing that ye do? will ye rebel against the king?
Nehemiah
HistoryNow Jericho was straitly shut up because of the children of Israel: none went out, and none came in.
Joshua
History / JoshuaAnd he said, The Jews have agreed to desire thee that thou wouldest bring down Paul to morrow into the council, as though they would enquire somewhat of him more perfectly.
Acts
HistoryDay and night they go about it upon the walls thereof: mischief also and sorrow are in the midst of it.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersFury is not in me: who would set the briers and thorns against me in battle? I would go through them, I would burn them together.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahFor thou art the God of my strength: why dost thou cast me off? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?
Psalms
PoetryTherefore hear now, I pray thee, O my lord the king: let my supplication, I pray thee, be accepted before thee; that thou cause me not to return to the house of Jonathan the scribe, lest I die there.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsTurn us again, O God, and cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersBut the tithes of the children of Israel, which they offer as an heave offering unto the LORD, I have given to the Levites to inherit: therefore I have said unto them, Among the children of Israel they shall have no inheritance.
Numbers
LawAnd Moses' father in law said unto him, The thing that thou doest is not good.
Exodus
Law / MosesAnd king Solomon raised a levy out of all Israel; and the levy was thirty thousand men.
1 Kings
HistoryAnd between the chambers was the wideness of twenty cubits round about the house on every side.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd the breadth of the court on the east side eastward shall be fifty cubits.
Exodus
Law / MosesThen began he to speak to the people this parable; A certain man planted a vineyard, and let it forth to husbandmen, and went into a far country for a long time.
Luke
GospelsAnd king Joram went back to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds which the Syrians had given him at Ramah, when he fought against Hazael king of Syria. And Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to see Joram the son of Ahab in Jezreel, because he was sick.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahFor John the Baptist came neither eating bread nor drinking wine; and ye say, He hath a devil.