And the LORD sent Nathan unto David. And he came unto him, and said unto him, There were two men in one city; the one rich, and the other poor.
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For the poor always ye have with you; but me ye have not always.
John
GospelsAnd I will call for a sword against him throughout all my mountains, saith the Lord GOD: every man's sword shall be against his brother.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsI was wroth with my people, I have polluted mine inheritance, and given them into thine hand: thou didst shew them no mercy; upon the ancient hast thou very heavily laid thy yoke.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsWe have sinned with our fathers, we have committed iniquity, we have done wickedly.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAll thy commandments are faithful: they persecute me wrongfully; help thou me.
Psalms
PoetryThese two things are come unto thee; who shall be sorry for thee? desolation, and destruction, and the famine, and the sword: by whom shall I comfort thee?
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahTherefore the princes said unto the king, We beseech thee, let this man be put to death: for thus he weakeneth the hands of the men of war that remain in this city, and the hands of all the people, in speaking such words unto them: for this man seeketh not the welfare of this people, but the hurt.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsShould ye not hear the words which the LORD hath cried by the former prophets, when Jerusalem was inhabited and in prosperity, and the cities thereof round about her, when men inhabited the south and the plain?
Zechariah
Minor Prophets / ZechariahAll thy strong holds shall be like fig trees with the firstripe figs: if they be shaken, they shall even fall into the mouth of the eater.
Nahum
Minor Prophets / NahumWhithersoever they went out, the hand of the LORD was against them for evil, as the LORD had said, and as the LORD had sworn unto them: and they were greatly distressed.
Judges
History / SamuelWill the LORD be pleased with thousands of rams, or with ten thousands of rivers of oil? shall I give my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?
Micah
Minor Prophets / MicahAnd the people waited for Zacharias, and marvelled that he tarried so long in the temple.
Luke
GospelsAnd David went out whithersoever Saul sent him, and behaved himself wisely: and Saul set him over the men of war, and he was accepted in the sight of all the people, and also in the sight of Saul's servants.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelThis is the word that came unto Jeremiah from the LORD, after that the king Zedekiah had made a covenant with all the people which were at Jerusalem, to proclaim liberty unto them;
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsThere is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health.
Proverbs
WisdomIf I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail;
Job
WisdomThere shall the great owl make her nest, and lay, and hatch, and gather under her shadow: there shall the vultures also be gathered, every one with her mate.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
Exodus
LawBut murmured in their tents, and hearkened not unto the voice of the LORD.
Psalms
PoetryThese are the journeys of the children of Israel, which went forth out of the land of Egypt with their armies under the hand of Moses and Aaron.
Numbers
Law / MosesIf thy brother, the son of thy mother, or thy son, or thy daughter, or the wife of thy bosom, or thy friend, which is as thine own soul, entice thee secretly, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which thou hast not known, thou, nor thy fathers;
Deuteronomy
LawBefore Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh stir up thy strength, and come and save us.
Psalms
PoetryAnd if the LORD thy God enlarge thy coast, as he hath sworn unto thy fathers, and give thee all the land which he promised to give unto thy fathers;