Thou shalt not oppress an hired servant that is poor and needy, whether he be of thy brethren, or of thy strangers that are in thy land within thy gates:
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Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy, even to make the poor of the land to fail,
Amos
Minor Prophets / AmosBe afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness.
James
General Epistles / JamesAnd say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; In the day when I chose Israel, and lifted up mine hand unto the seed of the house of Jacob, and made myself known unto them in the land of Egypt, when I lifted up mine hand unto them, saying, I am the LORD your God;
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielThey that hate thee shall be clothed with shame; and the dwelling place of the wicked shall come to nought.
Job
WisdomThou shalt not see thy brother's ox or his sheep go astray, and hide thyself from them: thou shalt in any case bring them again unto thy brother.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesThat bringeth the princes to nothing; he maketh the judges of the earth as vanity.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAt the time appointed he shall return, and come toward the south; but it shall not be as the former, or as the latter.
Daniel
Major ProphetsThus saith the whole congregation of the LORD, What trespass is this that ye have committed against the God of Israel, to turn away this day from following the LORD, in that ye have builded you an altar, that ye might rebel this day against the LORD?
Joshua
HistoryAnd he had brethren the sons of Jehoshaphat, Azariah, and Jehiel, and Zechariah, and Azariah, and Michael, and Shephatiah: all these were the sons of Jehoshaphat king of Israel.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd all the people departed every man to his house: and David returned to bless his house.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraYet I will distress Ariel, and there shall be heaviness and sorrow: and it shall be unto me as Ariel.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsFor Heshbon was the city of Sihon the king of the Amorites, who had fought against the former king of Moab, and taken all his land out of his hand, even unto Arnon.
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd whither I go ye know, and the way ye know.
John
GospelsAnd over the host of the tribe of the children of Naphtali was Ahira the son of Enan.
Numbers
LawAnd he put the candlestick in the tent of the congregation, over against the table, on the side of the tabernacle southward.
Exodus
Law / MosesAnd she said unto her servants, Go on before me; behold, I come after you. But she told not her husband Nabal.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelAnd ye shall eat it in the holy place, because it is thy due, and thy sons' due, of the sacrifices of the LORD made by fire: for so I am commanded.
Leviticus
Law / MosesAnd the wild beasts of the islands shall cry in their desolate houses, and dragons in their pleasant palaces: and her time is near to come, and her days shall not be prolonged.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahIs not this thy fear, thy confidence, thy hope, and the uprightness of thy ways?
Job
WisdomAmong the bushes they brayed; under the nettles they were gathered together.
Job
WisdomAnd the flowers, and the lamps, and the tongs, made he of gold, and that perfect gold;
2 Chronicles
HistoryAnd I contended with them, and cursed them, and smote certain of them, and plucked off their hair, and made them swear by God, saying, Ye shall not give your daughters unto their sons, nor take their daughters unto your sons, or for yourselves.
Nehemiah
HistoryThen Philip opened his mouth, and began at the same scripture, and preached unto him Jesus.