Is not this the fast that I have chosen? to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke?
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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And it came to pass, that at even the quails came up, and covered the camp: and in the morning the dew lay round about the host.
Exodus
Law / MosesAnd Zanoah, and En-gannim, Tappuah, and Enam,
Joshua
HistoryAnd it came to pass, that as soon as he had made an end of offering the burnt offering, behold, Samuel came; and Saul went out to meet him, that he might salute him.
1 Samuel
HistoryAnd they were filled with madness; and communed one with another what they might do to Jesus.
Luke
Gospels / LukeBy thy servants hast thou reproached the Lord, and hast said, By the multitude of my chariots am I come up to the height of the mountains, to the sides of Lebanon; and I will cut down the tall cedars thereof, and the choice fir trees thereof: and I will enter into the height of his border, and the forest of his Carmel.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahHe hath also broken my teeth with gravel stones, he hath covered me with ashes.
Lamentations
Major ProphetsSo shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd take your father and your households, and come unto me: and I will give you the good of the land of Egypt, and ye shall eat the fat of the land.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd the young men that were grown up with him spake unto him, saying, Thus shalt thou speak unto this people that spake unto thee, saying, Thy father made our yoke heavy, but make thou it lighter unto us; thus shalt thou say unto them, My little finger shall be thicker than my father's loins.
1 Kings
HistoryBut with an overrunning flood he will make an utter end of the place thereof, and darkness shall pursue his enemies.
Nahum
Minor Prophets / NahumAnd said unto him, Art thou he that should come, or do we look for another?
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewI go the way of all the earth: be thou strong therefore, and shew thyself a man;
1 Kings
HistoryAnd he called unto him his disciples, and saith unto them, Verily I say unto you, That this poor widow hath cast more in, than all they which have cast into the treasury:
Mark
Gospels / MarkThou hast seen it; for thou beholdest mischief and spite, to requite it with thy hand: the poor committeth himself unto thee; thou art the helper of the fatherless.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd it shall be, that the city which is next unto the slain man, even the elders of that city shall take an heifer, which hath not been wrought with, and which hath not drawn in the yoke;
Deuteronomy
LawWe then that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves.
Romans
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd the sons of Shimon were, Amnon, and Rinnah, Ben-hanan, and Tilon. And the sons of Ishi were, Zoheth, and Ben-zoheth.
1 Chronicles
HistoryMoreover the prince shall not take of the people's inheritance by oppression, to thrust them out of their possession; but he shall give his sons inheritance out of his own possession: that my people be not scattered every man from his possession.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsBut those mine enemies, which would not that I should reign over them, bring hither, and slay them before me.
Luke
GospelsI will also clothe her priests with salvation: and her saints shall shout aloud for joy.
Psalms
PoetryWhere no wood is, there the fire goeth out: so where there is no talebearer, the strife ceaseth.
Proverbs
WisdomBe not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter any thing before God: for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few.
Ecclesiastes
WisdomIt is a night to be much observed unto the LORD for bringing them out from the land of Egypt: this is that night of the LORD to be observed of all the children of Israel in their generations.