They pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor.
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From men which are thy hand, O LORD, from men of the world, which have their portion in this life, and whose belly thou fillest with thy hid treasure: they are full of children, and leave the rest of their substance to their babes.
Psalms
PoetryAnd he stood before the altar of the LORD in the presence of all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands:
2 Chronicles
HistoryI saw the tents of Cushan in affliction: and the curtains of the land of Midian did tremble.
Habakkuk
Minor Prophets / HabakkukIn the seventh month, in the fifteenth day of the month, shall he do the like in the feast of the seven days, according to the sin offering, according to the burnt offering, and according to the meat offering, and according to the oil.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsWhoso boasteth himself of a false gift is like clouds and wind without rain.
Proverbs
WisdomAnd David said in his heart, I shall now perish one day by the hand of Saul: there is nothing better for me than that I should speedily escape into the land of the Philistines; and Saul shall despair of me, to seek me any more in any coast of Israel: so shall I escape out of his hand.
1 Samuel
HistoryAnd weighed unto them the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, even the offering of the house of our God, which the king, and his counsellors, and his lords, and all Israel there present, had offered:
Ezra
History / EzraFor, lo, I will call all the families of the kingdoms of the north, saith the LORD; and they shall come, and they shall set every one his throne at the entering of the gates of Jerusalem, and against all the walls thereof round about, and against all the cities of Judah.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd she said, Who would have said unto Abraham, that Sarah should have given children suck? for I have born him a son in his old age.
Genesis
LawAnd thus said Shimei when he cursed, Come out, come out, thou bloody man, and thou man of Belial:
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanAnd shall deliver him to the Gentiles to mock, and to scourge, and to crucify him: and the third day he shall rise again.
Matthew
GospelsAnd they said, Thou hast not defrauded us, nor oppressed us, neither hast thou taken ought of any man's hand.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelThese are the families of the Simeonites, twenty and two thousand and two hundred.
Numbers
Law / MosesLikewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.
Romans
Pauline EpistlesAnd it shall come to pass, if they will not believe also these two signs, neither hearken unto thy voice, that thou shalt take of the water of the river, and pour it upon the dry land: and the water which thou takest out of the river shall become blood upon the dry land.
Exodus
Law / MosesAnd it shall be upon Aaron's forehead, that Aaron may bear the iniquity of the holy things, which the children of Israel shall hallow in all their holy gifts; and it shall be always upon his forehead, that they may be accepted before the LORD.
Exodus
Law / MosesAnd they rose up in the twilight, to go unto the camp of the Syrians: and when they were come to the uttermost part of the camp of Syria, behold, there was no man there.
2 Kings
HistoryThe backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways: and a good man shall be satisfied from himself.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonThe heaven, even the heavens, are the LORD'S: but the earth hath he given to the children of men.
Psalms
PoetryAnd as he was yet a coming, the devil threw him down, and tare him. And Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit, and healed the child, and delivered him again to his father.
Luke
Gospels / LukeWho is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature:
Colossians
Pauline EpistlesAnd brought them to the magistrates, saying, These men, being Jews, do exceedingly trouble our city,
Acts
History / LukeAnd I made an ark of shittim wood, and hewed two tables of stone like unto the first, and went up into the mount, having the two tables in mine hand.