Because he hath oppressed and hath forsaken the poor; because he hath violently taken away an house which he builded not;
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Thou art my hiding place; thou shalt preserve me from trouble; thou shalt compass me about with songs of deliverance. Selah.
Psalms
PoetryAnd in the days of Joiakim were priests, the chief of the fathers: of Seraiah, Meraiah; of Jeremiah, Hananiah;
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahAnd king Ahaz cut off the borders of the bases, and removed the laver from off them; and took down the sea from off the brasen oxen that were under it, and put it upon a pavement of stones.
2 Kings
HistoryAnd an angel of the LORD came up from Gilgal to Bochim, and said, I made you to go up out of Egypt, and have brought you unto the land which I sware unto your fathers; and I said, I will never break my covenant with you.
Judges
HistoryThis wisdom descendeth not from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish.
James
General EpistlesTherefore as I live, saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, Surely Moab shall be as Sodom, and the children of Ammon as Gomorrah, even the breeding of nettles, and saltpits, and a perpetual desolation: the residue of my people shall spoil them, and the remnant of my people shall possess them.
Zephaniah
Minor Prophets / ZephaniahThou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from hell.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonAnd he looked this way and that way, and when he saw that there was no man, he slew the Egyptian, and hid him in the sand.
Exodus
Law / MosesAnd the LORD came down in the pillar of the cloud, and stood in the door of the tabernacle, and called Aaron and Miriam: and they both came forth.
Numbers
LawFor he saith, By the strength of my hand I have done it, and by my wisdom; for I am prudent: and I have removed the bounds of the people, and have robbed their treasures, and I have put down the inhabitants like a valiant man:
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd let them judge the people at all seasons: and it shall be, that every great matter they shall bring unto thee, but every small matter they shall judge: so shall it be easier for thyself, and they shall bear the burden with thee.
Exodus
Law / MosesFor if Abraham were justified by works, he hath whereof to glory; but not before God.
Romans
Pauline EpistlesThough I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal.
1 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesAnd the LORD plagued the people, because they made the calf, which Aaron made.
Exodus
LawAnd this was yet a small thing in thy sight, O Lord GOD; but thou hast spoken also of thy servant's house for a great while to come. And is this the manner of man, O Lord GOD?
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanAnd when it was day, he called unto him his disciples: and of them he chose twelve, whom also he named apostles;
Luke
GospelsThe mighty men of Babylon have forborn to fight, they have remained in their holds: their might hath failed; they became as women: they have burned her dwellingplaces; her bars are broken.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd he sent them to Bethlehem, and said, Go and search diligently for the young child; and when ye have found him, bring me word again, that I may come and worship him also.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewIf a man sin against his neighbour, and an oath be laid upon him to make him swear, and the oath come before thine altar in this house;
2 Chronicles
HistoryAll the bright lights of heaven will I make dark over thee, and set darkness upon thy land, saith the Lord GOD.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielBut if ye refuse and rebel, ye shall be devoured with the sword: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsCursed be he that taketh reward to slay an innocent person. And all the people shall say, Amen.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAnd every soul that eateth that which died of itself, or that which was torn with beasts, whether it be one of your own country, or a stranger, he shall both wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even: then shall he be clean.