If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of judgment and justice in a province, marvel not at the matter: for he that is higher than the highest regardeth; and there be higher than they.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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And the LORD said unto Joshua, Be not afraid because of them: for to morrow about this time will I deliver them up all slain before Israel: thou shalt hough their horses, and burn their chariots with fire.
Joshua
History / JoshuaAnd if he shall neglect to hear them, tell it unto the church: but if he neglect to hear the church, let him be unto thee as an heathen man and a publican.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAll the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea is not full; unto the place from whence the rivers come, thither they return again.
Ecclesiastes
WisdomAnd Jeremiah said to Seraiah, When thou comest to Babylon, and shalt see, and shalt read all these words;
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsThat I may publish with the voice of thanksgiving, and tell of all thy wondrous works.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThou that makest thy boast of the law, through breaking the law dishonourest thou God?
Romans
Pauline EpistlesAnd certain of the priests' sons with trumpets; namely, Zechariah the son of Jonathan, the son of Shemaiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of Michaiah, the son of Zaccur, the son of Asaph:
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahAnd he fell upon his brother Benjamin's neck, and wept; and Benjamin wept upon his neck.
Genesis
LawYet the children of thy people say, The way of the Lord is not equal: but as for them, their way is not equal.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd the man wondering at her held his peace, to wit whether the LORD had made his journey prosperous or not.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd the pots, and the shovels, and the snuffers, and the spoons, and all the vessels of brass wherewith they ministered, took they away.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahTurn thee unto me, and have mercy upon me; for I am desolate and afflicted.
Psalms
PoetryThe LORD hath sworn by the excellency of Jacob, Surely I will never forget any of their works.
Amos
Minor ProphetsAnd God said unto Abraham, Thou shalt keep my covenant therefore, thou, and thy seed after thee in their generations.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd the rest of the people he delivered into the hand of Abishai his brother, that he might put them in array against the children of Ammon.
2 Samuel
HistoryAnd beside all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed: so that they which would pass from hence to you cannot; neither can they pass to us, that would come from thence.
Luke
GospelsAnd Abram was very rich in cattle, in silver, and in gold.
Genesis
Law / MosesThen it shall be, when he maketh his sons to inherit that which he hath, that he may not make the son of the beloved firstborn before the son of the hated, which is indeed the firstborn:
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesBeriah also, and Shema, who were heads of the fathers of the inhabitants of Aijalon, who drove away the inhabitants of Gath:
1 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd if a man smite the eye of his servant, or the eye of his maid, that it perish; he shall let him go free for his eye's sake.
Exodus
Law / MosesAnd with the blast of thy nostrils the waters were gathered together, the floods stood upright as an heap, and the depths were congealed in the heart of the sea.
Exodus
Law / MosesIf I had called, and he had answered me; yet would I not believe that he had hearkened unto my voice.
Job
WisdomDid not I weep for him that was in trouble? was not my soul grieved for the poor?