As a roaring lion, and a ranging bear; so is a wicked ruler over the poor people.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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And thou shalt consume all the people which the LORD thy God shall deliver thee; thine eye shall have no pity upon them: neither shalt thou serve their gods; for that will be a snare unto thee.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAnd his host, and those that were numbered thereof, were fifty and four thousand and four hundred.
Numbers
Law / MosesTherefore I esteem all thy precepts concerning all things to be right; and I hate every false way.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd Israel served the LORD all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders that overlived Joshua, and which had known all the works of the LORD, that he had done for Israel.
Joshua
HistorySo shall the knowledge of wisdom be unto thy soul: when thou hast found it, then there shall be a reward, and thy expectation shall not be cut off.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonAnd he said, O my Lord, send, I pray thee, by the hand of him whom thou wilt send.
Exodus
Law / MosesWhithersoever the spirit was to go, they went, thither was their spirit to go; and the wheels were lifted up over against them: for the spirit of the living creature was in the wheels.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd he made the candlestick of pure gold: of beaten work made he the candlestick; his shaft, and his branch, his bowls, his knops, and his flowers, were of the same:
Exodus
LawThou in thy mercy hast led forth the people which thou hast redeemed: thou hast guided them in thy strength unto thy holy habitation.
Exodus
Law / MosesThen the prophet Jeremiah said unto the prophet Hananiah in the presence of the priests, and in the presence of all the people that stood in the house of the LORD,
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsThen came the messengers to Gibeah of Saul, and told the tidings in the ears of the people: and all the people lifted up their voices, and wept.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelWhen he hath made plain the face thereof, doth he not cast abroad the fitches, and scatter the cummin, and cast in the principal wheat and the appointed barley and the rie in their place?
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahDoth not Hezekiah persuade you to give over yourselves to die by famine and by thirst, saying, The LORD our God shall deliver us out of the hand of the king of Assyria?
2 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd Saul's uncle said, Tell me, I pray thee, what Samuel said unto you.
1 Samuel
HistoryAnd they compel one Simon a Cyrenian, who passed by, coming out of the country, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to bear his cross.
Mark
Gospels / MarkThen they told David, saying, Behold, the Philistines fight against Keilah, and they rob the threshingfloors.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelThey gave him vinegar to drink mingled with gall: and when he had tasted thereof, he would not drink.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewNow therefore hold him not guiltless: for thou art a wise man, and knowest what thou oughtest to do unto him; but his hoar head bring thou down to the grave with blood.
1 Kings
HistoryAnd all the brethren which are with me, unto the churches of Galatia:
Galatians
Pauline EpistlesJesus answered them and said, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Ye seek me, not because ye saw the miracles, but because ye did eat of the loaves, and were filled.
John
Gospels / JohnShall iron break the northern iron and the steel?
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsIt may be they will present their supplication before the LORD, and will return every one from his evil way: for great is the anger and the fury that the LORD hath pronounced against this people.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd Ornan said unto David, Take it to thee, and let my lord the king do that which is good in his eyes: lo, I give thee the oxen also for burnt offerings, and the threshing instruments for wood, and the wheat for the meat offering; I give it all.