Ye shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child.
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And those men said unto him, We are defiled by the dead body of a man: wherefore are we kept back, that we may not offer an offering of the LORD in his appointed season among the children of Israel?
Numbers
LawThen the king and all the people offered sacrifices before the LORD.
2 Chronicles
HistoryHe that is first in his own cause seemeth just; but his neighbour cometh and searcheth him.
Proverbs
WisdomA poor man that oppresseth the poor is like a sweeping rain which leaveth no food.
Proverbs
WisdomSo were all those that were numbered of the children of Israel, by the house of their fathers, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war in Israel;
Numbers
Law / MosesWhereas our substance is not cut down, but the remnant of them the fire consumeth.
Job
WisdomCome down, and sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon, sit on the ground: there is no throne, O daughter of the Chaldeans: for thou shalt no more be called tender and delicate.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahO my people, what have I done unto thee? and wherein have I wearied thee? testify against me.
Micah
Minor Prophets / MicahAnd Solomon said, If he will shew himself a worthy man, there shall not an hair of him fall to the earth: but if wickedness shall be found in him, he shall die.
1 Kings
HistoryElias was a man subject to like passions as we are, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain: and it rained not on the earth by the space of three years and six months.
James
General Epistles / JamesThey gave him vinegar to drink mingled with gall: and when he had tasted thereof, he would not drink.
Matthew
GospelsAnd conspired all of them together to come and to fight against Jerusalem, and to hinder it.
Nehemiah
HistoryBut the younger widows refuse: for when they have begun to wax wanton against Christ, they will marry;
1 Timothy
Pauline EpistlesNext unto him repaired Uzziel the son of Harhaiah, of the goldsmiths. Next unto him also repaired Hananiah the son of one of the apothecaries, and they fortified Jerusalem unto the broad wall.
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahBut Pilate answered them, saying, Will ye that I release unto you the King of the Jews?
Mark
GospelsMy son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee;
Proverbs
WisdomA good man out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth forth good things: and an evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth evil things.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you.
Ephesians
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd he sighed deeply in his spirit, and saith, Why doth this generation seek after a sign? verily I say unto you, There shall no sign be given unto this generation.
Mark
Gospels / MarkBehold, the days come, that all that is in thine house, and that which thy fathers have laid up in store unto this day, shall be carried into Babylon: nothing shall be left, saith the LORD.
2 Kings
HistoryShall any teach God knowledge? seeing he judgeth those that are high.
Job
Wisdom / JobThen gathered the chief priests and the Pharisees a council, and said, What do we? for this man doeth many miracles.
John
Gospels / JohnOne shall say, I am the LORD'S; and another shall call himself by the name of Jacob; and another shall subscribe with his hand unto the LORD, and surname himself by the name of Israel.