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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The copy of the letter that Tatnai, governor on this side the river, and Shethar-boznai, and his companions the Apharsachites, which were on this side the river, sent unto Darius the king:
Ezra
HistoryThese six cities shall be a refuge, both for the children of Israel, and for the stranger, and for the sojourner among them: that every one that killeth any person unawares may flee thither.
Numbers
LawShall I not visit them for these things? saith the LORD: shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahFor the Egyptians buried all their firstborn, which the LORD had smitten among them: upon their gods also the LORD executed judgments.
Numbers
Law / MosesWhile he yet talked to the people, behold, his mother and his brethren stood without, desiring to speak with him.
Matthew
GospelsBehold, the Lord will cast her out, and he will smite her power in the sea; and she shall be devoured with fire.
Zechariah
Minor Prophets / ZechariahAnd Jotham slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David: and Ahaz his son reigned in his stead.
2 Chronicles
HistoryAnd the LORD spake unto the fish, and it vomited out Jonah upon the dry land.
Jonah
Minor Prophets / JonahAnd Saul said, Blessed be ye of the LORD; for ye have compassion on me.
1 Samuel
HistoryWith thee also will I break in pieces man and woman; and with thee will I break in pieces old and young; and with thee will I break in pieces the young man and the maid;
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsThe LORD preserveth all them that love him: but all the wicked will he destroy.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd David consulted with the captains of thousands and hundreds, and with every leader.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd when ye see this, your heart shall rejoice, and your bones shall flourish like an herb: and the hand of the LORD shall be known toward his servants, and his indignation toward his enemies.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd David built there an altar unto the LORD, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings, and called upon the LORD; and he answered him from heaven by fire upon the altar of burnt offering.
1 Chronicles
History(After that Jeconiah the king, and the queen, and the eunuchs, the princes of Judah and Jerusalem, and the carpenters, and the smiths, were departed from Jerusalem;)
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd after this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field of Machpelah before Mamre: the same is Hebron in the land of Canaan.
Genesis
Law / MosesIf it had not been the LORD who was on our side, when men rose up against us:
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersHer wise ladies answered her, yea, she returned answer to herself,
Judges
History / SamuelAnd ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake.
Luke
GospelsTheir heart is divided; now shall they be found faulty: he shall break down their altars, he shall spoil their images.
Hosea
Minor ProphetsBut, behold, I will raise up against you a nation, O house of Israel, saith the LORD the God of hosts; and they shall afflict you from the entering in of Hemath unto the river of the wilderness.
Amos
Minor Prophets / AmosThen Agrippa said unto Paul, Almost thou persuadest me to be a Christian.
Acts
HistoryHow long shall the land mourn, and the herbs of every field wither, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein? the beasts are consumed, and the birds; because they said, He shall not see our last end.