The people of the land have used oppression, and exercised robbery, and have vexed the poor and needy: yea, they have oppressed the stranger wrongfully.
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And Jehoshaphat dwelt at Jerusalem: and he went out again through the people from Beer-sheba to mount Ephraim, and brought them back unto the LORD God of their fathers.
2 Chronicles
HistoryLet him drink, and forget his poverty, and remember his misery no more.
Proverbs
WisdomBehold, the hand of the LORD is upon thy cattle which is in the field, upon the horses, upon the asses, upon the camels, upon the oxen, and upon the sheep: there shall be a very grievous murrain.
Exodus
Law / MosesFor the priesthood being changed, there is made of necessity a change also of the law.
Hebrews
General EpistlesAnd it waxed great, even to the host of heaven; and it cast down some of the host and of the stars to the ground, and stamped upon them.
Daniel
Major ProphetsAnd the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd in that day shall the deaf hear the words of the book, and the eyes of the blind shall see out of obscurity, and out of darkness.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahFor thus saith the LORD of hosts; As I thought to punish you, when your fathers provoked me to wrath, saith the LORD of hosts, and I repented not:
Zechariah
Minor Prophets / ZechariahFor the kingdom of God is not in word, but in power.
1 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulJudah is gone into captivity because of affliction, and because of great servitude: she dwelleth among the heathen, she findeth no rest: all her persecutors overtook her between the straits.
Lamentations
Major ProphetsThere was a certain man in Caesarea called Cornelius, a centurion of the band called the Italian band,
Acts
HistoryAnd he caused all that were present in Jerusalem and Benjamin to stand to it. And the inhabitants of Jerusalem did according to the covenant of God, the God of their fathers.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraNo man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This commandment have I received of my Father.
John
Gospels / JohnAnd the daughter of Tyre shall be there with a gift; even the rich among the people shall intreat thy favour.
Psalms
PoetryWatch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh.
Matthew
GospelsShe is empty, and void, and waste: and the heart melteth, and the knees smite together, and much pain is in all loins, and the faces of them all gather blackness.
Nahum
Minor ProphetsFor thou hast trusted in thy wickedness: thou hast said, None seeth me. Thy wisdom and thy knowledge, it hath perverted thee; and thou hast said in thine heart, I am, and none else beside me.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahIf thy children will keep my covenant and my testimony that I shall teach them, their children shall also sit upon thy throne for evermore.
Psalms
PoetryAnd thou shalt come unto the priests the Levites, and unto the judge that shall be in those days, and enquire; and they shall shew thee the sentence of judgment:
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAnd it came to pass, because the midwives feared God, that he made them houses.
Exodus
Law / MosesAnd from under these chambers was the entry on the east side, as one goeth into them from the utter court.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd when he saw their faith, he said unto him, Man, thy sins are forgiven thee.
Luke
GospelsAnd Hazael said, But what, is thy servant a dog, that he should do this great thing? And Elisha answered, The LORD hath shewed me that thou shalt be king over Syria.