They pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor.
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Ishmael also slew all the Jews that were with him, even with Gedaliah, at Mizpah, and the Chaldeans that were found there, and the men of war.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsFor the LORD shall comfort Zion: he will comfort all her waste places; and he will make her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of the LORD; joy and gladness shall be found therein, thanksgiving, and the voice of melody.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd when he had gone over those parts, and had given them much exhortation, he came into Greece,
Acts
History / LukeAnd I will smite the inhabitants of this city, both man and beast: they shall die of a great pestilence.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsWoe unto you that desire the day of the LORD! to what end is it for you? the day of the LORD is darkness, and not light.
Amos
Minor ProphetsHis going forth is from the end of the heaven, and his circuit unto the ends of it: and there is nothing hid from the heat thereof.
Psalms
PoetryThe words of his mouth were smoother than butter, but war was in his heart: his words were softer than oil, yet were they drawn swords.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersShall the prey be taken from the mighty, or the lawful captive delivered?
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd Zorah, and Aijalon, and Hebron, which are in Judah and in Benjamin fenced cities.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd the priest shall put some of the blood upon the horns of the altar of sweet incense before the LORD, which is in the tabernacle of the congregation; and shall pour all the blood of the bullock at the bottom of the altar of the burnt offering, which is at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
Leviticus
LawAnd Moses spake before the LORD, saying, Behold, the children of Israel have not hearkened unto me; how then shall Pharaoh hear me, who am of uncircumcised lips?
Exodus
Law / MosesPure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.
James
General EpistlesWill he esteem thy riches? no, not gold, nor all the forces of strength.
Job
WisdomOn the south side shall be the standard of the camp of Reuben according to their armies: and the captain of the children of Reuben shall be Elizur the son of Shedeur.
Numbers
LawTake ye from among you an offering unto the LORD: whosoever is of a willing heart, let him bring it, an offering of the LORD; gold, and silver, and brass,
Exodus
LawFor a testament is of force after men are dead: otherwise it is of no strength at all while the testator liveth.
Hebrews
General EpistlesEgypt is like a very fair heifer, but destruction cometh; it cometh out of the north.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahFor that ye ought to say, If the Lord will, we shall live, and do this, or that.
James
General EpistlesThe rest said, Let be, let us see whether Elias will come to save him.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewThe LORD hath made bare his holy arm in the eyes of all the nations; and all the ends of the earth shall see the salvation of our God.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahThou hast moreover multiplied thy fornication in the land of Canaan unto Chaldea; and yet thou wast not satisfied herewith.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd the king stood by a pillar, and made a covenant before the LORD, to walk after the LORD, and to keep his commandments and his testimonies and his statutes with all their heart and all their soul, to perform the words of this covenant that were written in this book. And all the people stood to the covenant.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahThe shield of his mighty men is made red, the valiant men are in scarlet: the chariots shall be with flaming torches in the day of his preparation, and the fir trees shall be terribly shaken.