Because he hath oppressed and hath forsaken the poor; because he hath violently taken away an house which he builded not;
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that I had laboured to do: and, behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun.
Ecclesiastes
Wisdom / SolomonLearn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd ye came near and stood under the mountain; and the mountain burned with fire unto the midst of heaven, with darkness, clouds, and thick darkness.
Deuteronomy
LawAs also ye have acknowledged us in part, that we are your rejoicing, even as ye also are our's in the day of the Lord Jesus.
2 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulMine anger was kindled against the shepherds, and I punished the goats: for the LORD of hosts hath visited his flock the house of Judah, and hath made them as his goodly horse in the battle.
Zechariah
Minor ProphetsI will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahHe fought also with the king of the Ammonites, and prevailed against them. And the children of Ammon gave him the same year an hundred talents of silver, and ten thousand measures of wheat, and ten thousand of barley. So much did the children of Ammon pay unto him, both the second year, and the third.
2 Chronicles
HistoryAnd it came to pass after these things, that Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of the LORD, died, being an hundred and ten years old.
Joshua
History / JoshuaI would order my cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments.
Job
WisdomAnd in the morning, then ye shall see the glory of the LORD; for that he heareth your murmurings against the LORD: and what are we, that ye murmur against us?
Exodus
LawBut the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and grew. And they were grieved because of the children of Israel.
Exodus
LawAnd they made proclamation throughout Judah and Jerusalem unto all the children of the captivity, that they should gather themselves together unto Jerusalem;
Ezra
History / EzraPraise ye the LORD. Sing unto the LORD a new song, and his praise in the congregation of saints.
Psalms
PoetryWhere are they? where are thy wise men? and let them tell thee now, and let them know what the LORD of hosts hath purposed upon Egypt.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd thou his son, O Belshazzar, hast not humbled thine heart, though thou knewest all this;
Daniel
Major Prophets / DanielAnd the king spake unto Ashpenaz the master of his eunuchs, that he should bring certain of the children of Israel, and of the king's seed, and of the princes;
Daniel
Major ProphetsFor verily I say unto you, That many prophets and righteous men have desired to see those things which ye see, and have not seen them; and to hear those things which ye hear, and have not heard them.
Matthew
GospelsAnd they took counsel, and bought with them the potter's field, to bury strangers in.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewThe sons of Japheth; Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras.
Genesis
LawHappy is the man that feareth alway: but he that hardeneth his heart shall fall into mischief.
Proverbs
WisdomSo the poor hath hope, and iniquity stoppeth her mouth.
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd they bring him unto the place Golgotha, which is, being interpreted, The place of a skull.
Mark
GospelsAnd there are gathered unto him vain men, the children of Belial, and have strengthened themselves against Rehoboam the son of Solomon, when Rehoboam was young and tenderhearted, and could not withstand them.