For the poor shall never cease out of the land: therefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt open thine hand wide unto thy brother, to thy poor, and to thy needy, in thy land.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Now it came to pass upon a day, that Jonathan the son of Saul said unto the young man that bare his armour, Come, and let us go over to the Philistines' garrison, that is on the other side. But he told not his father.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelTherefore thus saith the LORD concerning the king of Assyria, He shall not come into this city, nor shoot an arrow there, nor come before it with shield, nor cast a bank against it.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahArise, go to Padan-aram, to the house of Bethuel thy mother's father; and take thee a wife from thence of the daughters of Laban thy mother's brother.
Genesis
LawAnd he commanded them to make all sit down by companies upon the green grass.
Mark
Gospels / MarkAnd the king commanded Joab and Abishai and Ittai, saying, Deal gently for my sake with the young man, even with Absalom. And all the people heard when the king gave all the captains charge concerning Absalom.
2 Samuel
HistoryAnd if they were all one member, where were the body?
1 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd they gathered themselves together against Moses and against Aaron, and said unto them, Ye take too much upon you, seeing all the congregation are holy, every one of them, and the LORD is among them: wherefore then lift ye up yourselves above the congregation of the LORD?
Numbers
LawThis we will do to them; we will even let them live, lest wrath be upon us, because of the oath which we sware unto them.
Joshua
HistoryNow on the fourth day was the silver and the gold and the vessels weighed in the house of our God by the hand of Meremoth the son of Uriah the priest; and with him was Eleazar the son of Phinehas; and with them was Jozabad the son of Jeshua, and Noadiah the son of Binnui, Levites;
Ezra
History / EzraThen thine heart be lifted up, and thou forget the LORD thy God, which brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage;
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAnd thus did Hezekiah throughout all Judah, and wrought that which was good and right and truth before the LORD his God.
2 Chronicles
HistoryAnd I will rejoice in Jerusalem, and joy in my people: and the voice of weeping shall be no more heard in her, nor the voice of crying.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: yea, he did fly upon the wings of the wind.
Psalms
PoetryThen cometh Jesus with them unto a place called Gethsemane, and saith unto the disciples, Sit ye here, while I go and pray yonder.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewLet not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof.
Romans
Pauline EpistlesThese all continued with one accord in prayer and supplication, with the women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brethren.
Acts
HistoryBring me venison, and make me savoury meat, that I may eat, and bless thee before the LORD before my death.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd if the priest look, and, behold, the plague be somewhat dark after the washing of it; then he shall rend it out of the garment, or out of the skin, or out of the warp, or out of the woof:
Leviticus
LawBut as soon as this thy son was come, which hath devoured thy living with harlots, thou hast killed for him the fatted calf.
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd they departed from Iim, and pitched in Dibon-gad.
Numbers
Law / MosesWoe unto them! for they have gone in the way of Cain, and ran greedily after the error of Balaam for reward, and perished in the gainsaying of Core.
Jude
General EpistlesJehoahaz was twenty and three years old when he began to reign, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem.
2 Chronicles
HistoryTake it of them, that they may be to do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation; and thou shalt give them unto the Levites, to every man according to his service.