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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1 Chronicles
HistoryWherefore it shall come to pass, that when the Lord hath performed his whole work upon mount Zion and on Jerusalem, I will punish the fruit of the stout heart of the king of Assyria, and the glory of his high looks.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahThou oughtest therefore to have put my money to the exchangers, and then at my coming I should have received mine own with usury.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd the woman conceived, and sent and told David, and said, I am with child.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanIf I rejoiced because my wealth was great, and because mine hand had gotten much;
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd the men, which Moses sent to search the land, who returned, and made all the congregation to murmur against him, by bringing up a slander upon the land,
Numbers
Law / MosesSo all the men of Israel were gathered against the city, knit together as one man.
Judges
History / SamuelThou art more glorious and excellent than the mountains of prey.
Psalms
PoetryAnd they brought him upon horses, and buried him with his fathers in the city of Judah.
2 Chronicles
HistoryWhen Ephraim spake trembling, he exalted himself in Israel; but when he offended in Baal, he died.
Hosea
Minor Prophets / HoseaThe LORD therefore hath performed his word that he hath spoken: for I am risen up in the room of David my father, and am set on the throne of Israel, as the LORD promised, and have built the house for the name of the LORD God of Israel.
2 Chronicles
HistoryAnd the king said, Is not the hand of Joab with thee in all this? And the woman answered and said, As thy soul liveth, my lord the king, none can turn to the right hand or to the left from ought that my lord the king hath spoken: for thy servant Joab, he bade me, and he put all these words in the mouth of thine handmaid:
2 Samuel
HistoryBut thou, O God, shalt bring them down into the pit of destruction: bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days; but I will trust in thee.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersFor the LORD your God is he that goeth with you, to fight for you against your enemies, to save you.
Deuteronomy
LawAnd I John saw these things, and heard them. And when I had heard and seen, I fell down to worship before the feet of the angel which shewed me these things.
Revelation
Apocalyptic / JohnBut he answered her not a word. And his disciples came and besought him, saying, Send her away; for she crieth after us.
Matthew
GospelsFor it is written in the law of Moses, Thou shalt not muzzle the mouth of the ox that treadeth out the corn. Doth God take care for oxen?
1 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulHe directeth it under the whole heaven, and his lightning unto the ends of the earth.
Job
Wisdom / JobFor, lo, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will bring again the captivity of my people Israel and Judah, saith the LORD: and I will cause them to return to the land that I gave to their fathers, and they shall possess it.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd if it be from a month old even unto five years old, then thy estimation shall be of the male five shekels of silver, and for the female thy estimation shall be three shekels of silver.
Leviticus
LawAnd they made ready the present against Joseph came at noon: for they heard that they should eat bread there.
Genesis
Law / MosesWith all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love;
Ephesians
Pauline Epistles / PaulThe sword without, and terror within, shall destroy both the young man and the virgin, the suckling also with the man of gray hairs.