The people of the land have used oppression, and exercised robbery, and have vexed the poor and needy: yea, they have oppressed the stranger wrongfully.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Now when Ebed-melech the Ethiopian, one of the eunuchs which was in the king's house, heard that they had put Jeremiah in the dungeon; the king then sitting in the gate of Benjamin;
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd the boys grew: and Esau was a cunning hunter, a man of the field; and Jacob was a plain man, dwelling in tents.
Genesis
Law / MosesBut the king spared Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan the son of Saul, because of the LORD'S oath that was between them, between David and Jonathan the son of Saul.
2 Samuel
HistoryTherefore shalt thou give presents to Moresheth-gath: the houses of Achzib shall be a lie to the kings of Israel.
Micah
Minor ProphetsYe have not yet resisted unto blood, striving against sin.
Hebrews
General EpistlesTherefore shall all hands be faint, and every man's heart shall melt:
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahGod is faithful, by whom ye were called unto the fellowship of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord.
1 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd hired counsellors against them, to frustrate their purpose, all the days of Cyrus king of Persia, even until the reign of Darius king of Persia.
Ezra
History / EzraLet them melt away as waters which run continually: when he bendeth his bow to shoot his arrows, let them be as cut in pieces.
Psalms
PoetryBut ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.
Acts
HistoryThere is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonAlso unto thee, O Lord, belongeth mercy: for thou renderest to every man according to his work.
Psalms
PoetryAnd thou shalt take the Levites for me (I am the LORD) instead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel; and the cattle of the Levites instead of all the firstlings among the cattle of the children of Israel.
Numbers
Law / MosesMy sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:
John
Gospels / JohnIf thou at all take thy neighbour's raiment to pledge, thou shalt deliver it unto him by that the sun goeth down:
Exodus
LawBut thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy face;
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewMany there be which say of my soul, There is no help for him in God. Selah.
Psalms
PoetryTo every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:
Ecclesiastes
WisdomIn the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
John
Gospels / JohnAnd the sons of Eliab; Nemuel, and Dathan, and Abiram. This is that Dathan and Abiram, which were famous in the congregation, who strove against Moses and against Aaron in the company of Korah, when they strove against the LORD:
Numbers
LawThe vine is dried up, and the fig tree languisheth; the pomegranate tree, the palm tree also, and the apple tree, even all the trees of the field, are withered: because joy is withered away from the sons of men.
Joel
Minor ProphetsTherefore thus saith the Lord GOD; An adversary there shall be even round about the land; and he shall bring down thy strength from thee, and thy palaces shall be spoiled.
Amos
Minor Prophets / AmosYe shall keep my sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary: I am the LORD.