Thou shalt not oppress an hired servant that is poor and needy, whether he be of thy brethren, or of thy strangers that are in thy land within thy gates:
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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I bring near my righteousness; it shall not be far off, and my salvation shall not tarry: and I will place salvation in Zion for Israel my glory.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsThen said Jeremiah, It is false; I fall not away to the Chaldeans. But he hearkened not to him: so Irijah took Jeremiah, and brought him to the princes.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahHe looketh upon men, and if any say, I have sinned, and perverted that which was right, and it profited me not;
Job
Wisdom / JobWherefore Hanun took David's servants, and shaved them, and cut off their garments in the midst hard by their buttocks, and sent them away.
1 Chronicles
HistoryLest strangers be filled with thy wealth; and thy labours be in the house of a stranger;
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonAnd Mordecai told him of all that had happened unto him, and of the sum of the money that Haman had promised to pay to the king's treasuries for the Jews, to destroy them.
Esther
HistoryMeekness, temperance: against such there is no law.
Galatians
Pauline EpistlesAnd Sarah my master's wife bare a son to my master when she was old: and unto him hath he given all that he hath.
Genesis
LawFor neither did his brethren believe in him.
John
Gospels / JohnAnd they said unto me, The remnant that are left of the captivity there in the province are in great affliction and reproach: the wall of Jerusalem also is broken down, and the gates thereof are burned with fire.
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahHowbeit we speak wisdom among them that are perfect: yet not the wisdom of this world, nor of the princes of this world, that come to nought:
1 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulOr those eighteen, upon whom the tower in Siloam fell, and slew them, think ye that they were sinners above all men that dwelt in Jerusalem?
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd Saul answered, God do so and more also: for thou shalt surely die, Jonathan.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelAnd he said, Blessed be thou of the LORD, my daughter: for thou hast shewed more kindness in the latter end than at the beginning, inasmuch as thou followedst not young men, whether poor or rich.
Ruth
HistoryAnd God stirred him up another adversary, Rezon the son of Eliadah, which fled from his lord Hadadezer king of Zobah:
1 Kings
History / JeremiahBut now I go unto Jerusalem to minister unto the saints.
Romans
Pauline EpistlesTherefore as I live, saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, Surely Moab shall be as Sodom, and the children of Ammon as Gomorrah, even the breeding of nettles, and saltpits, and a perpetual desolation: the residue of my people shall spoil them, and the remnant of my people shall possess them.
Zephaniah
Minor Prophets / ZephaniahFor thy mercy is great unto the heavens, and thy truth unto the clouds.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersSpeak unto Rehoboam the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and to all Israel in Judah and Benjamin, saying,
2 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd he said, For these seven ewe lambs shalt thou take of my hand, that they may be a witness unto me, that I have digged this well.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd Abishai the brother of Joab, he was chief of the three: for lifting up his spear against three hundred, he slew them, and had a name among the three.
1 Chronicles
HistoryThat it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying, I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things which have been kept secret from the foundation of the world.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewLet brotherly love continue.