He that oppresseth the poor to increase his riches, and he that giveth to the rich, shall surely come to want.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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So the spirit lifted me up, and took me away, and I went in bitterness, in the heat of my spirit; but the hand of the LORD was strong upon me.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielFor strangers are risen up against me, and oppressors seek after my soul: they have not set God before them. Selah.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersTherefore night shall be unto you, that ye shall not have a vision; and it shall be dark unto you, that ye shall not divine; and the sun shall go down over the prophets, and the day shall be dark over them.
Micah
Minor ProphetsThey say unto the blind man again, What sayest thou of him, that he hath opened thine eyes? He said, He is a prophet.
John
Gospels / JohnBlessed are the poor in spirit: for their's is the kingdom of heaven.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewLet us lift up our heart with our hands unto God in the heavens.
Lamentations
Major Prophets / JeremiahHe that speaketh of himself seeketh his own glory: but he that seeketh his glory that sent him, the same is true, and no unrighteousness is in him.
John
Gospels / JohnAnd the men of the city said unto him on the seventh day before the sun went down, What is sweeter than honey? and what is stronger than a lion? And he said unto them, If ye had not plowed with my heifer, ye had not found out my riddle.
Judges
History / SamuelBut I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you;
Matthew
GospelsTherefore he knoweth their works, and he overturneth them in the night, so that they are destroyed.
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd they killed the passover, and the priests sprinkled the blood from their hands, and the Levites flayed them.
2 Chronicles
HistoryAnd I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.
Genesis
Law / MosesOf whom we have many things to say, and hard to be uttered, seeing ye are dull of hearing.
Hebrews
General Epistles / UnknownO wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death?
Romans
Pauline Epistles / PaulThe ark, and the staves thereof, with the mercy seat, and the vail of the covering,
Exodus
Law / MosesOf the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat the son of Hori.
Numbers
LawAnd his concubine that was in Shechem, she also bare him a son, whose name he called Abimelech.
Judges
History / SamuelAnd to the office of Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest pertaineth the oil for the light, and the sweet incense, and the daily meat offering, and the anointing oil, and the oversight of all the tabernacle, and of all that therein is, in the sanctuary, and in the vessels thereof.
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd the covenant that I have made with you ye shall not forget; neither shall ye fear other gods.
2 Kings
HistoryAnd it was so, when Ahijah heard the sound of her feet, as she came in at the door, that he said, Come in, thou wife of Jeroboam; why feignest thou thyself to be another? for I am sent to thee with heavy tidings.
1 Kings
HistoryAnd he called for Moses and Aaron by night, and said, Rise up, and get you forth from among my people, both ye and the children of Israel; and go, serve the LORD, as ye have said.
Exodus
Law / MosesYe shall walk in all the ways which the LORD your God hath commanded you, that ye may live, and that it may be well with you, and that ye may prolong your days in the land which ye shall possess.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAnd he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD; he departed not from all the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel sin: but he walked therein.