To turn aside the needy from judgment, and to take away the right from the poor of my people, that widows may be their prey, and that they may rob the fatherless!
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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And sent his servant at supper time to say to them that were bidden, Come; for all things are now ready.
Luke
Gospels / LukeAll things are full of labour; man cannot utter it: the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.
Ecclesiastes
Wisdom / SolomonWherefore by their fruits ye shall know them.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewBecause of thy temple at Jerusalem shall kings bring presents unto thee.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersMy strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; and thou hast brought me into the dust of death.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersWhat then? are we better than they? No, in no wise: for we have before proved both Jews and Gentiles, that they are all under sin;
Romans
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd their nobles shall be of themselves, and their governor shall proceed from the midst of them; and I will cause him to draw near, and he shall approach unto me: for who is this that engaged his heart to approach unto me? saith the LORD.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd it came to pass, when their hearts were merry, that they said, Call for Samson, that he may make us sport. And they called for Samson out of the prison house; and he made them sport: and they set him between the pillars.
Judges
History / SamuelThey abhor me, they flee far from me, and spare not to spit in my face.
Job
Wisdom / JobBut he said unto her, Thou speakest as one of the foolish women speaketh. What? shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil? In all this did not Job sin with his lips.
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd one loaf of bread, and one cake of oiled bread, and one wafer out of the basket of the unleavened bread that is before the LORD:
Exodus
Law / MosesWill he make a covenant with thee? wilt thou take him for a servant for ever?
Job
Wisdom / JobBe not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter any thing before God: for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few.
Ecclesiastes
WisdomAnd seek not ye what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink, neither be ye of doubtful mind.
Luke
GospelsThen Martha, as soon as she heard that Jesus was coming, went and met him: but Mary sat still in the house.
John
GospelsAnd they shall recompense your lewdness upon you, and ye shall bear the sins of your idols: and ye shall know that I am the Lord GOD.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd he went into the synagogue, and spake boldly for the space of three months, disputing and persuading the things concerning the kingdom of God.
Acts
History / LukeLet us search and try our ways, and turn again to the LORD.
Lamentations
Major ProphetsAnd Jehoshaphat feared, and set himself to seek the LORD, and proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd ye shall know that I am the LORD, when I have opened your graves, O my people, and brought you up out of your graves,
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielIt shall be established for ever as the moon, and as a faithful witness in heaven. Selah.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd the sons of Tola; Uzzi, and Rephaiah, and Jeriel, and Jahmai, and Jibsam, and Shemuel, heads of their father's house, to wit, of Tola: they were valiant men of might in their generations; whose number was in the days of David two and twenty thousand and six hundred.
1 Chronicles
HistoryAnd Israel was greatly impoverished because of the Midianites; and the children of Israel cried unto the LORD.