Envy thou not the oppressor, and choose none of his ways.
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And they went up out of Egypt, and came into the land of Canaan unto Jacob their father,
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd Ahaz slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David: and Hezekiah his son reigned in his stead.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahBetter is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire: this is also vanity and vexation of spirit.
Ecclesiastes
WisdomAnd when he was accused of the chief priests and elders, he answered nothing.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd in that day seven women shall take hold of one man, saying, We will eat our own bread, and wear our own apparel: only let us be called by thy name, to take away our reproach.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahBehold, I have made thy face strong against their faces, and thy forehead strong against their foreheads.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsTheir heart cried unto the Lord, O wall of the daughter of Zion, let tears run down like a river day and night: give thyself no rest; let not the apple of thine eye cease.
Lamentations
Major Prophets / JeremiahOpen to me the gates of righteousness: I will go into them, and I will praise the LORD:
Psalms
PoetryThe earth mourneth and languisheth: Lebanon is ashamed and hewn down: Sharon is like a wilderness; and Bashan and Carmel shake off their fruits.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsYea, he had power over the angel, and prevailed: he wept, and made supplication unto him: he found him in Beth-el, and there he spake with us;
Hosea
Minor ProphetsThe mirth of tabrets ceaseth, the noise of them that rejoice endeth, the joy of the harp ceaseth.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd oppress not the widow, nor the fatherless, the stranger, nor the poor; and let none of you imagine evil against his brother in your heart.
Zechariah
Minor ProphetsThat the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment?
Job
Wisdom / JobAlso take no heed unto all words that are spoken; lest thou hear thy servant curse thee:
Ecclesiastes
Wisdom / SolomonAre there yet the treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and the scant measure that is abominable?
Micah
Minor ProphetsThat word, I say, ye know, which was published throughout all Judaea, and began from Galilee, after the baptism which John preached;
Acts
History / LukeI called upon the LORD in distress: the LORD answered me, and set me in a large place.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd David went up, and all Israel, to Baalah, that is, to Kirjath-jearim, which belonged to Judah, to bring up thence the ark of God the LORD, that dwelleth between the cherubims, whose name is called on it.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd oil for the light, and spices for anointing oil, and for the sweet incense,
Exodus
Law / MosesAnd now, O LORD God, the word that thou hast spoken concerning thy servant, and concerning his house, establish it for ever, and do as thou hast said.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanAnd Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, took either of them his censer, and put fire therein, and put incense thereon, and offered strange fire before the LORD, which he commanded them not.
Leviticus
Law / MosesBut let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of that bread, and drink of that cup.
1 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulWherefore doth a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins?