He keepeth back his soul from the pit, and his life from perishing by the sword.
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So that they cause the cry of the poor to come unto him, and he heareth the cry of the afflicted.
Job
Wisdom / JobIn the seventeenth year of Pekah the son of Remaliah Ahaz the son of Jotham king of Judah began to reign.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahThat pant after the dust of the earth on the head of the poor, and turn aside the way of the meek: and a man and his father will go in unto the same maid, to profane my holy name:
Amos
Minor ProphetsThe children of thy servants shall continue, and their seed shall be established before thee.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersFor the king knoweth of these things, before whom also I speak freely: for I am persuaded that none of these things are hidden from him; for this thing was not done in a corner.
Acts
History / LukeAlso of the sons of Aaron the priests, which were in the fields of the suburbs of their cities, in every several city, the men that were expressed by name, to give portions to all the males among the priests, and to all that were reckoned by genealogies among the Levites.
2 Chronicles
HistoryAs free, and not using your liberty for a cloke of maliciousness, but as the servants of God.
1 Peter
General Epistles / PeterFor the king said to Joab the captain of the host, which was with him, Go now through all the tribes of Israel, from Dan even to Beer-sheba, and number ye the people, that I may know the number of the people.
2 Samuel
HistoryThus saith the LORD; Execute ye judgment and righteousness, and deliver the spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor: and do no wrong, do no violence to the stranger, the fatherless, nor the widow, neither shed innocent blood in this place.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahBut if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness!
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd he commanded them, saying, Thus shall ye speak unto my lord Esau; Thy servant Jacob saith thus, I have sojourned with Laban, and stayed there until now:
Genesis
Law / MosesWho went in the way before you, to search you out a place to pitch your tents in, in fire by night, to shew you by what way ye should go, and in a cloud by day.
Deuteronomy
LawI commend unto you Phebe our sister, which is a servant of the church which is at Cenchrea:
Romans
Pauline EpistlesThe son of Amzi, the son of Bani, the son of Shamer,
1 Chronicles
HistoryAnd Jerubbaal the son of Joash went and dwelt in his own house.
Judges
HistoryAnd I, behold, I have taken the Levites from among the children of Israel instead of all the firstborn that openeth the matrix among the children of Israel: therefore the Levites shall be mine;
Numbers
LawThe LORD looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, and seek God.
Psalms
PoetryThen Peter, turning about, seeth the disciple whom Jesus loved following; which also leaned on his breast at supper, and said, Lord, which is he that betrayeth thee?
John
Gospels / JohnBut pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, neither on the sabbath day:
Matthew
GospelsAre ye not as children of the Ethiopians unto me, O children of Israel? saith the LORD. Have not I brought up Israel out of the land of Egypt? and the Philistines from Caphtor, and the Syrians from Kir?
Amos
Minor ProphetsAnd when Jesus came to the place, he looked up, and saw him, and said unto him, Zacchaeus, make haste, and come down; for to day I must abide at thy house.
Luke
GospelsAnd now, behold, Adonijah reigneth; and now, my lord the king, thou knowest it not:
1 Kings
HistoryThe staves shall be in the rings of the ark: they shall not be taken from it.