For the poor shall never cease out of the land: therefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt open thine hand wide unto thy brother, to thy poor, and to thy needy, in thy land.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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And he sent messengers to Ahab king of Israel into the city, and said unto him, Thus saith Ben-hadad,
1 Kings
HistoryFor thy servant vowed a vow while I abode at Geshur in Syria, saying, If the LORD shall bring me again indeed to Jerusalem, then I will serve the LORD.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanAnd she said, Behold my maid Bilhah, go in unto her; and she shall bear upon my knees, that I may also have children by her.
Genesis
LawWhich in time past was to thee unprofitable, but now profitable to thee and to me:
Philemon
Pauline Epistles / PaulLikewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble.
1 Peter
General Epistles / PeterAnd he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father Amaziah did.
2 Chronicles
HistoryNow the building that was before the separate place at the end toward the west was seventy cubits broad; and the wall of the building was five cubits thick round about, and the length thereof ninety cubits.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielSave thy people, and bless thine inheritance: feed them also, and lift them up for ever.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd the priest shall pour of the oil into the palm of his own left hand:
Leviticus
Law / MosesThis is the service of the families of the sons of Merari, according to all their service, in the tabernacle of the congregation, under the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.
Numbers
Law / MosesFor unto which of the angels said he at any time, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee? And again, I will be to him a Father, and he shall be to me a Son?
Hebrews
General EpistlesFor the earth which drinketh in the rain that cometh oft upon it, and bringeth forth herbs meet for them by whom it is dressed, receiveth blessing from God:
Hebrews
General Epistles / UnknownFor I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come,
Romans
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd the fifth angel poured out his vial upon the seat of the beast; and his kingdom was full of darkness; and they gnawed their tongues for pain,
Revelation
Apocalyptic / JohnIt was meet that we should make merry, and be glad: for this thy brother was dead, and is alive again; and was lost, and is found.
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd the children of Gad and the children of Reuben answered, saying, As the LORD hath said unto thy servants, so will we do.
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd they shall be mine, saith the LORD of hosts, in that day when I make up my jewels; and I will spare them, as a man spareth his own son that serveth him.
Malachi
Minor Prophets / MalachiSeeing he despised the oath by breaking the covenant, when, lo, he had given his hand, and hath done all these things, he shall not escape.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsMy son, fear thou the LORD and the king: and meddle not with them that are given to change:
Proverbs
WisdomWhen my spirit was overwhelmed within me, then thou knewest my path. In the way wherein I walked have they privily laid a snare for me.
Psalms
PoetryHave ye forgotten the wickedness of your fathers, and the wickedness of the kings of Judah, and the wickedness of their wives, and your own wickedness, and the wickedness of your wives, which they have committed in the land of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem?
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahI have manifested thy name unto the men which thou gavest me out of the world: thine they were, and thou gavest them me; and they have kept thy word.
John
Gospels / JohnAnd when he had sent the multitudes away, he went up into a mountain apart to pray: and when the evening was come, he was there alone.