For the LORD heareth the poor, and despiseth not his prisoners.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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And king Solomon answered and said unto his mother, And why dost thou ask Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? ask for him the kingdom also; for he is mine elder brother; even for him, and for Abiathar the priest, and for Joab the son of Zeruiah.
1 Kings
HistoryI would order my cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments.
Job
Wisdom / JobSo I went, and hid it by Euphrates, as the LORD commanded me.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahWherefore he called that place Beer-sheba; because there they sware both of them.
Genesis
Law / MosesIf thieves came to thee, if robbers by night, (how art thou cut off!) would they not have stolen till they had enough? if the grapegatherers came to thee, would they not leave some grapes?
Obadiah
Minor ProphetsSo he went another way, and returned not by the way that he came to Beth-el.
1 Kings
HistoryThen said his servants unto him, What thing is this that thou hast done? thou didst fast and weep for the child, while it was alive; but when the child was dead, thou didst rise and eat bread.
2 Samuel
HistorySeek the LORD, and his strength: seek his face evermore.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersOf the tribe of Gad, Geuel the son of Machi.
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd one goat for a sin offering; beside the continual burnt offering, his meat offering, and his drink offering.
Numbers
Law / MosesSo Hannah rose up after they had eaten in Shiloh, and after they had drunk. Now Eli the priest sat upon a seat by a post of the temple of the LORD.
1 Samuel
HistoryAnd it came to pass in those days, that she was sick, and died: whom when they had washed, they laid her in an upper chamber.
Acts
History / LukeWherefore his servants said unto him, Let there be sought for my lord the king a young virgin: and let her stand before the king, and let her cherish him, and let her lie in thy bosom, that my lord the king may get heat.
1 Kings
HistoryHowbeit they did not hearken, but they did after their former manner.
2 Kings
HistoryAnd he shall burn all his fat upon the altar, as the fat of the sacrifice of peace offerings: and the priest shall make an atonement for him as concerning his sin, and it shall be forgiven him.
Leviticus
LawBut this is a people robbed and spoiled; they are all of them snared in holes, and they are hid in prison houses: they are for a prey, and none delivereth; for a spoil, and none saith, Restore.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsHe hath also stablished them for ever and ever: he hath made a decree which shall not pass.
Psalms
PoetryAnd the LORD appeared to Solomon by night, and said unto him, I have heard thy prayer, and have chosen this place to myself for an house of sacrifice.
2 Chronicles
HistoryAnd the mountains shall be molten under him, and the valleys shall be cleft, as wax before the fire, and as the waters that are poured down a steep place.
Micah
Minor ProphetsAnd he said unto Jether his firstborn, Up, and slay them. But the youth drew not his sword: for he feared, because he was yet a youth.
Judges
History / SamuelYe shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in meteyard, in weight, or in measure.
Leviticus
LawThe LORD also will be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried: they shall call on my name, and I will hear them: I will say, It is my people: and they shall say, The LORD is my God.