Forasmuch therefore as your treading is upon the poor, and ye take from him burdens of wheat: ye have built houses of hewn stone, but ye shall not dwell in them; ye have planted pleasant vineyards, but ye shall not drink wine of them.
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Wherefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Woe to the bloody city, to the pot whose scum is therein, and whose scum is not gone out of it! bring it out piece by piece; let no lot fall upon it.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd if it appear still in the garment, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in any thing of skin; it is a spreading plague: thou shalt burn that wherein the plague is with fire.
Leviticus
Law / MosesAnd that day Joshua took Makkedah, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and the king thereof he utterly destroyed, them, and all the souls that were therein; he let none remain: and he did to the king of Makkedah as he did unto the king of Jericho.
Joshua
History / JoshuaO LORD, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahMan did eat angels' food: he sent them meat to the full.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd Moses took the redemption money of them that were over and above them that were redeemed by the Levites:
Numbers
LawShe weepeth sore in the night, and her tears are on her cheeks: among all her lovers she hath none to comfort her: all her friends have dealt treacherously with her, they are become her enemies.
Lamentations
Major Prophets / JeremiahWho is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth in mercy.
Micah
Minor ProphetsAnd Ben-hadad sent unto him, and said, The gods do so unto me, and more also, if the dust of Samaria shall suffice for handfuls for all the people that follow me.
1 Kings
HistoryMy son, give me thine heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonAll they that be fat upon earth shall eat and worship: all they that go down to the dust shall bow before him: and none can keep alive his own soul.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd Zedekiah the king sent Jehucal the son of Shelemiah and Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah the priest to the prophet Jeremiah, saying, Pray now unto the LORD our God for us.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsSo the people took victuals in their hand, and their trumpets: and he sent all the rest of Israel every man unto his tent, and retained those three hundred men: and the host of Midian was beneath him in the valley.
Judges
HistoryThus were they defiled with their own works, and went a whoring with their own inventions.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd as a yearly hired servant shall he be with him: and the other shall not rule with rigour over him in thy sight.
Leviticus
LawAnd the angel of the LORD said unto him, Why askest thou thus after my name, seeing it is secret?
Judges
HistoryIf thy whole body therefore be full of light, having no part dark, the whole shall be full of light, as when the bright shining of a candle doth give thee light.
Luke
GospelsAnd by the border of Simeon, from the east side unto the west side, Issachar a portion.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd when they came that were hired about the eleventh hour, they received every man a penny.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd they arrived at the country of the Gadarenes, which is over against Galilee.
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd Huram sent him by the hands of his servants ships, and servants that had knowledge of the sea; and they went with the servants of Solomon to Ophir, and took thence four hundred and fifty talents of gold, and brought them to king Solomon.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraLet the lying lips be put to silence; which speak grievous things proudly and contemptuously against the righteous.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersSharp stones are under him: he spreadeth sharp pointed things upon the mire.