He that oppresseth the poor to increase his riches, and he that giveth to the rich, shall surely come to want.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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My beloved is gone down into his garden, to the beds of spices, to feed in the gardens, and to gather lilies.
Solomon's Song
Poetry / SolomonAnd the LORD called unto Moses, and spake unto him out of the tabernacle of the congregation, saying,
Leviticus
Law / MosesAnd ye shall take one prince of every tribe, to divide the land by inheritance.
Numbers
LawBut I know him: for I am from him, and he hath sent me.
John
Gospels / JohnThese ten times have ye reproached me: ye are not ashamed that ye make yourselves strange to me.
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd there was no more war unto the five and thirtieth year of the reign of Asa.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraThy statutes have been my songs in the house of my pilgrimage.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThe sons of Reuben, and the Gadites, and half the tribe of Manasseh, of valiant men, men able to bear buckler and sword, and to shoot with bow, and skilful in war, were four and forty thousand seven hundred and threescore, that went out to the war.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd the inhabitant shall not say, I am sick: the people that dwell therein shall be forgiven their iniquity.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsO generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewMany of them also which used curious arts brought their books together, and burned them before all men: and they counted the price of them, and found it fifty thousand pieces of silver.
Acts
HistoryYe shall not therefore oppress one another; but thou shalt fear thy God: for I am the LORD your God.
Leviticus
LawFor they have healed the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd when the messengers of John were departed, he began to speak unto the people concerning John, What went ye out into the wilderness for to see? A reed shaken with the wind?
Luke
Gospels / LukeMuch food is in the tillage of the poor: but there is that is destroyed for want of judgment.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonAnd the people came to the house of God, and abode there till even before God, and lifted up their voices, and wept sore;
Judges
History / SamuelThen ye answered and said unto me, We have sinned against the LORD, we will go up and fight, according to all that the LORD our God commanded us. And when ye had girded on every man his weapons of war, ye were ready to go up into the hill.
Deuteronomy
LawGive unto the LORD the glory due unto his name; worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness.
Psalms
PoetryYet ye say, The way of the Lord is not equal. Hear now, O house of Israel; Is not my way equal? are not your ways unequal?
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd there stood a watchman on the tower in Jezreel, and he spied the company of Jehu as he came, and said, I see a company. And Joram said, Take an horseman, and send to meet them, and let him say, Is it peace?
2 Kings
History / JeremiahAgain he said unto me, Prophesy upon these bones, and say unto them, O ye dry bones, hear the word of the LORD.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielBut we are sure that the judgment of God is according to truth against them which commit such things.
Romans
Pauline EpistlesBut not as the offence, so also is the free gift. For if through the offence of one many be dead, much more the grace of God, and the gift by grace, which is by one man, Jesus Christ, hath abounded unto many.