That we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes; yea, and sell the refuse of the wheat?
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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And Gaal the son of Ebed said, Who is Abimelech, and who is Shechem, that we should serve him? is not he the son of Jerubbaal? and Zebul his officer? serve the men of Hamor the father of Shechem: for why should we serve him?
Judges
HistoryAnd the border went out toward the sea to Michmethah on the north side; and the border went about eastward unto Taanath-shiloh, and passed by it on the east to Janohah;
Joshua
History / JoshuaAnd ye yourselves like unto men that wait for their lord, when he will return from the wedding; that when he cometh and knocketh, they may open unto him immediately.
Luke
Gospels / LukeO thou afflicted, tossed with tempest, and not comforted, behold, I will lay thy stones with fair colours, and lay thy foundations with sapphires.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsIf thou hast nothing to pay, why should he take away thy bed from under thee?
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonThat thou hast slain my children, and delivered them to cause them to pass through the fire for them?
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielI became also a reproach unto them: when they looked upon me they shaked their heads.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersBut the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them, and then shall they fast in those days.
Luke
GospelsAnd I came to Jerusalem, and understood of the evil that Eliashib did for Tobiah, in preparing him a chamber in the courts of the house of God.
Nehemiah
HistoryThey shall go down to the bars of the pit, when our rest together is in the dust.
Job
Wisdom / JobTell me, O thou whom my soul loveth, where thou feedest, where thou makest thy flock to rest at noon: for why should I be as one that turneth aside by the flocks of thy companions?
Solomon's Song
PoetryMoreover I will make thee waste, and a reproach among the nations that are round about thee, in the sight of all that pass by.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsNow the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Ghost.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewWhen ye have transgressed the covenant of the LORD your God, which he commanded you, and have gone and served other gods, and bowed yourselves to them; then shall the anger of the LORD be kindled against you, and ye shall perish quickly from off the good land which he hath given unto you.
Joshua
HistoryFor as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd David sent and enquired after the woman. And one said, Is not this Bath-sheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite?
2 Samuel
HistoryAnd on the seventh day ye shall have an holy convocation; ye shall do no servile work.
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd the time drew nigh that Israel must die: and he called his son Joseph, and said unto him, If now I have found grace in thy sight, put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh, and deal kindly and truly with me; bury me not, I pray thee, in Egypt:
Genesis
LawLet them be confounded and troubled for ever; yea, let them be put to shame, and perish:
Psalms
PoetryThe staves shall be in the rings of the ark: they shall not be taken from it.
Exodus
Law / MosesThen Jesus said unto them, My time is not yet come: but your time is alway ready.
John
GospelsO LORD, thou art my God; I will exalt thee, I will praise thy name; for thou hast done wonderful things; thy counsels of old are faithfulness and truth.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsBut in the seventh year shall be a sabbath of rest unto the land, a sabbath for the LORD: thou shalt neither sow thy field, nor prune thy vineyard.