Because he hath oppressed and hath forsaken the poor; because he hath violently taken away an house which he builded not;
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And they shall be mine, saith the LORD of hosts, in that day when I make up my jewels; and I will spare them, as a man spareth his own son that serveth him.
Malachi
Minor ProphetsThe LORD grant you that ye may find rest, each of you in the house of her husband. Then she kissed them; and they lifted up their voice, and wept.
Ruth
HistoryIncline thine ear, O LORD, and hear; open thine eyes, O LORD, and see: and hear all the words of Sennacherib, which hath sent to reproach the living God.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahTo judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that the man of the earth may no more oppress.
Psalms
PoetryHe made them also to be pitied of all those that carried them captives.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersO Israel, thou hast sinned from the days of Gibeah: there they stood: the battle in Gibeah against the children of iniquity did not overtake them.
Hosea
Minor ProphetsThou shalt prepare thee a way, and divide the coasts of thy land, which the LORD thy God giveth thee to inherit, into three parts, that every slayer may flee thither.
Deuteronomy
LawStir up thyself, and awake to my judgment, even unto my cause, my God and my Lord.
Psalms
PoetryWith whom my hand shall be established: mine arm also shall strengthen him.
Psalms
PoetryAnd the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
Exodus
LawFor what thanks can we render to God again for you, for all the joy wherewith we joy for your sakes before our God;
1 Thessalonians
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd if it be eaten at all on the third day, it is abominable; it shall not be accepted.
Leviticus
Law / MosesAnd the bay went forth, and sought to go that they might walk to and fro through the earth: and he said, Get you hence, walk to and fro through the earth. So they walked to and fro through the earth.
Zechariah
Minor Prophets / ZechariahPreaching the kingdom of God, and teaching those things which concern the Lord Jesus Christ, with all confidence, no man forbidding him.
Acts
History / LukeAnd this is his commandment, That we should believe on the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, as he gave us commandment.
1 John
General EpistlesAnd his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted judgment.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelThy plants are an orchard of pomegranates, with pleasant fruits; camphire, with spikenard,
Solomon's Song
PoetryBehold, it is cast into the fire for fuel; the fire devoureth both the ends of it, and the midst of it is burned. Is it meet for any work?
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielEnflaming yourselves with idols under every green tree, slaying the children in the valleys under the clifts of the rocks?
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahThe word which God sent unto the children of Israel, preaching peace by Jesus Christ: (he is Lord of all:)
Acts
History / LukeAnd he brought forth the king's son, and put the crown upon him, and gave him the testimony; and they made him king, and anointed him; and they clapped their hands, and said, God save the king.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahThen lifted I up mine eyes, and looked, and, behold, there came out two women, and the wind was in their wings; for they had wings like the wings of a stork: and they lifted up the ephah between the earth and the heaven.
Zechariah
Minor ProphetsAnd Elijah answered and said unto them, If I be a man of God, let fire come down from heaven, and consume thee and thy fifty. And the fire of God came down from heaven, and consumed him and his fifty.