The LORD also will be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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And it came to pass, when he saw her, that he rent his clothes, and said, Alas, my daughter! thou hast brought me very low, and thou art one of them that trouble me: for I have opened my mouth unto the LORD, and I cannot go back.
Judges
HistoryFrom Ekron even unto the sea, all that lay near Ashdod, with their villages:
Joshua
HistoryThen said Absalom, Call now Hushai the Archite also, and let us hear likewise what he saith.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanMy soul fainteth for thy salvation: but I hope in thy word.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersI have seen the travail, which God hath given to the sons of men to be exercised in it.
Ecclesiastes
Wisdom / SolomonThat he may take part of this ministry and apostleship, from which Judas by transgression fell, that he might go to his own place.
Acts
HistoryAnd thou shalt not glean thy vineyard, neither shalt thou gather every grape of thy vineyard; thou shalt leave them for the poor and stranger: I am the LORD your God.
Leviticus
Law / MosesAnd they knew that it was he which sat for alms at the Beautiful gate of the temple: and they were filled with wonder and amazement at that which had happened unto him.
Acts
HistoryBut rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ's sufferings; that, when his glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding joy.
1 Peter
General EpistlesFor at that time day by day there came to David to help him, until it was a great host, like the host of God.
1 Chronicles
HistoryFor thy servant David's sake turn not away the face of thine anointed.
Psalms
PoetryAll the heave offerings of the holy things, which the children of Israel offer unto the LORD, have I given thee, and thy sons and thy daughters with thee, by a statute for ever: it is a covenant of salt for ever before the LORD unto thee and to thy seed with thee.
Numbers
LawBecause they obeyed not the voice of the LORD their God, but transgressed his covenant, and all that Moses the servant of the LORD commanded, and would not hear them, nor do them.
2 Kings
HistoryBehold, we count them happy which endure. Ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord; that the Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy.
James
General Epistles / JamesAnd Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man, of Kabzeel, who had done many acts, he slew two lionlike men of Moab: he went down also and slew a lion in the midst of a pit in time of snow:
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanAnd I will sow her unto me in the earth; and I will have mercy upon her that had not obtained mercy; and I will say to them which were not my people, Thou art my people; and they shall say, Thou art my God.
Hosea
Minor Prophets / HoseaFor thou art not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness: neither shall evil dwell with thee.
Psalms
PoetryAnd Joshua made them that day hewers of wood and drawers of water for the congregation, and for the altar of the LORD, even unto this day, in the place which he should choose.
Joshua
History / JoshuaBe patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter rain.
James
General EpistlesHis remembrance shall perish from the earth, and he shall have no name in the street.
Job
WisdomI beheld the mountains, and, lo, they trembled, and all the hills moved lightly.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsThe word of the LORD that came to Micah the Morasthite in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, which he saw concerning Samaria and Jerusalem.
Micah
Minor ProphetsAnd she wrote in the letters, saying, Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people: