For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith the LORD; I will set him in safety from him that puffeth at him.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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With the ancient is wisdom; and in length of days understanding.
Job
Wisdom / JobFor all his judgments were before me, and I did not put away his statutes from me.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersRest in the LORD, and wait patiently for him: fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersA reproof entereth more into a wise man than an hundred stripes into a fool.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonAnd God Almighty give you mercy before the man, that he may send away your other brother, and Benjamin. If I be bereaved of my children, I am bereaved.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd they shall eat the flesh in that night, roast with fire, and unleavened bread; and with bitter herbs they shall eat it.
Exodus
LawI have commanded my sanctified ones, I have also called my mighty ones for mine anger, even them that rejoice in my highness.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd there were seven steps to go up to it, and the arches thereof were before them: and it had palm trees, one on this side, and another on that side, upon the posts thereof.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsShe shall be brought unto the king in raiment of needlework: the virgins her companions that follow her shall be brought unto thee.
Psalms
PoetrySay unto them, As I live, saith the Lord GOD, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live: turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways; for why will ye die, O house of Israel?
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd Jacob lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, Esau came, and with him four hundred men. And he divided the children unto Leah, and unto Rachel, and unto the two handmaids.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd it came to pass afterward, that he loved a woman in the valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah.
Judges
HistoryFor he is the minister of God to thee for good. But if thou do that which is evil, be afraid; for he beareth not the sword in vain: for he is the minister of God, a revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil.
Romans
Pauline EpistlesWhen thou hast made an end of tithing all the tithes of thine increase the third year, which is the year of tithing, and hast given it unto the Levite, the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, that they may eat within thy gates, and be filled;
Deuteronomy
LawThat day is a day of wrath, a day of trouble and distress, a day of wasteness and desolation, a day of darkness and gloominess, a day of clouds and thick darkness,
Zephaniah
Minor ProphetsSo when his fellowservants saw what was done, they were very sorry, and came and told unto their lord all that was done.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd they burnt the house of God, and brake down the wall of Jerusalem, and burnt all the palaces thereof with fire, and destroyed all the goodly vessels thereof.
2 Chronicles
HistoryThus saith the Lord GOD; It shall also come to pass, that at the same time shall things come into thy mind, and thou shalt think an evil thought:
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielBut the princes of the children of Ammon said to Hanun, Thinkest thou that David doth honour thy father, that he hath sent comforters unto thee? are not his servants come unto thee for to search, and to overthrow, and to spy out the land?
1 Chronicles
HistoryAnd the officers which were over thousands of the host, the captains of thousands, and captains of hundreds, came near unto Moses:
Numbers
LawMy heart is sore pained within me: and the terrors of death are fallen upon me.
Psalms
PoetryNeither shall he regard the God of his fathers, nor the desire of women, nor regard any god: for he shall magnify himself above all.
Daniel
Major ProphetsAnd of the children of Israel's half, thou shalt take one portion of fifty, of the persons, of the beeves, of the asses, and of the flocks, of all manner of beasts, and give them unto the Levites, which keep the charge of the tabernacle of the LORD.