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2 Kings 4:1
Now a certain woman, the wife of one of the sons of the prophets, came crying to Elisha and said, Your servant my husband is dead; and to your knowledge he was a worshipper of the Lord; but now, the creditor has come to take my two children as servants in payment of his debt.

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2 Kings 4:1
Now a certain woman, the wife of one of the sons of the prophets, came crying to Elisha and said, Your servant my husband is dead; and to your knowledge he was a worshipper of the Lord; but now, the creditor has come to take my two children as servants in payment of his debt.

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Genesis 20:11
And Abraham said, Because it seemed to me that there was no fear of God in this place, and that they might put me to death because of my wife.

Nehemiah 5:15
But earlier rulers who were before me made the people responsible for their upkeep, and took from them bread and wine at the rate of forty shekels of silver; and even their servants were lords over the people: but I did not do so, because of the fear of God.

Job 1:1
There was a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job. He was without sin and upright, fearing God and keeping himself far from evil.

Job 1:8
And the Lord said to the Satan, Have you taken note of my servant Job, for there is no one like him on the earth, a man without sin and upright, fearing God and keeping himself far from evil?

Psalms 112:1
Let the Lord be praised. Happy is the man who gives honour to the Lord, and has great delight in his laws.

Proverbs 1:7
The fear of the Lord is the start of knowledge: but the foolish have no use for wisdom and teaching.

Ecclesiastes 8:12
Though a sinner does evil a hundred times and his life is long, I am certain that it will be well for those who go in fear of God and are in fear before him.

Ecclesiastes 12:13
This is the last word. All has been said. Have fear of God and keep his laws; because this is right for every man.

Isaiah 11:2
And the spirit of the Lord will be resting on him, the spirit of wisdom and good sense, the spirit of wise guiding and strength, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the Lord;

Matthew 10:28
And have no fear of those who put to death the body, but are not able to put to death the soul. But have fear of him who has power to give soul and body to destruction in hell.

Acts 10:2
A serious-minded man, fearing God with all his family; he gave much money to the poor, and made prayer to God at all times.

Acts 10:35
But in every nation, the man who has fear of him and does righteousness is pleasing to him.

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Genesis 27:28
May God give you the dew of heaven, and the good things of the earth, and grain and wine in full measure:

Genesis 27:36
And he said, Is it because he is named Jacob that he has twice taken my place? for he took away my birthright, and now he has taken away my blessing. And he said, Have you not kept a blessing for me?

Exodus 12:44
But every man's servant, whom he has got for money, may take of it, when he has had circumcision.

Leviticus 25:44
But you may get servants as property from among the nations round about; from them you may take men-servants and women-servants.

1 Corinthians 6:20
For a payment has been made for you: let God be honoured in your body.

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Genesis 37:26
And Judah said to his brothers, What profit is there in putting our brother to death and covering up his blood?

Genesis 37:27
Let us give him to these Ishmaelites for a price, and let us not put violent hands on him, for he is our brother, our flesh. And his brothers gave ear to him.

Genesis 37:28
And some traders from Midian went by; so pulling Joseph up out of the hole, they gave him to the Ishmaelites for twenty bits of silver, and they took him to Egypt.

Amos 8:6
Getting the poor for silver, and him who is in need for the price of two shoes, and taking a price for the waste parts of the grain.

Zechariah 11:5
Whose owners put them to death and have no sense of sin; and those who get a price for them say, May the Lord be praised for I have much wealth: and the keepers of the flock have no pity for them.

Matthew 21:12
And Jesus went into the Temple and sent out all who were trading there, overturning the tables of the money-changers and the seats of those trading in doves.

Matthew 21:13
And he said to them, It is in the Writings, My house is to be named a house of prayer, but you are making it a hole of thieves.

2 Peter 2:3
And in their desire for profit they will come to you with words of deceit, like traders doing business in souls: whose punishment has been ready for a long time and their destruction is watching for them.

Revelation 18:13
And sweet-smelling plants, and perfumes, and wine, and oil, and well crushed grain, and cattle and sheep; and horses and carriages and servants; and souls of men.

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Exodus 22:2
If a thief is taken in the act of forcing his way into a house, and his death is caused by a blow, the owner of the house is not responsible for his blood.

Exodus 22:26
If ever you take your neighbour's clothing in exchange for the use of your money, let him have it back before the sun goes down:

Exodus 22:27
For it is the only thing he has for covering his skin; what is he to go to sleep in? and when his cry comes up to me, I will give ear, for my mercy is great.

Leviticus 25:35
And if your brother becomes poor and is not able to make a living, then you are to keep him with you, helping him as you would a man from another country who is living among you.

Leviticus 25:36
Take no interest from him, in money or in goods, but have the fear of your God before you, and let your brother make a living among you.

Leviticus 25:37
Do not take interest on the money which you let him have or on the food which you give him.

Leviticus 25:48
After he has given himself he has the right to be made free, for a price, by one of his brothers,

Deuteronomy 23:19
Do not take interest from an Israelite on anything, money or food or any other goods, which you let him have:

Deuteronomy 23:20
From men of other nations you may take interest, but not from an Israelite: so that the blessing of the Lord your God may be on everything to which you put your hand, in the land which you are about to take as your heritage.

Nehemiah 5:7
And after turning it over in my mind, I made a protest to the chiefs and the rulers, and said to them, Every one of you is taking interest from his countryman. And I got together a great meeting of protest.

Nehemiah 5:10
Even I and my servants have been taking interest for the money and the grain we have let them have. So now, let us give up this thing.

James 2:13
For the man who has had no mercy will be judged without mercy, but mercy takes pride in overcoming judging.

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Exodus 21:1
Now these are the laws which you are to put before them.

Exodus 21:3
If he comes to you by himself, let him go away by himself: if he is married, let his wife go away with him.

Exodus 21:4
If his master gives him a wife, and he gets sons or daughters by her, the wife and her children will be the property of the master, and the servant is to go away by himself.

Exodus 21:5
But if the servant says clearly, My master and my wife and children are dear to me; I have no desire to be free:

Exodus 21:6
Then his master is to take him to the gods of the house, and at the door, or at its framework, he is to make a hole in his ear with a sharp-pointed instrument; and he will be his servant for ever.

Exodus 21:8
If she is not pleasing to her master who has taken her for himself, let a payment be made for her so that she may go free; her master has no power to get a price for her and send her to a strange land, because he has been false to her.

Exodus 21:9
And if he gives her to his son, he is to do everything for her as if she was his daughter.

Exodus 21:10
And if he takes another woman, her food and clothing and her married rights are not to be less.

Exodus 21:11
And if he does not do these three things for her, she has the right to go free without payment.

Exodus 22:8
If they do not get the thief, let the master of the house come before the judges and take an oath that he has not put his hand on his neighbour's goods.

Leviticus 25:42
For they are my servants whom I took out from the land of Egypt; they may not become the property of another.

Leviticus 25:43
Do not be a hard master to him, but have the fear of God before you.

Jeremiah 34:8
The word which came to Jeremiah from the Lord, after King Zedekiah had made an agreement with all the people in Jerusalem, to give news in public that servants were to be made free;

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Deuteronomy 28:12
Opening his store-house in heaven, the Lord will send rain on your land at the right time, blessing all the work of your hands: other nations will make use of your wealth, and you will have no need of theirs.

Deuteronomy 28:43
The man from a strange land who is living among you will be lifted up higher and higher over you, while you go down lower and lower.

Deuteronomy 28:44
He will let you have his wealth at interest, and will have no need of yours: he will be the head and you the tail.

Psalms 37:21
The sinner takes money and does not give it back; but the upright man has mercy, and gives to others.

Malachi 3:10
Let your tenths come into the store-house so that there may be food in my house, and put me to the test by doing so, says the Lord of armies, and see if I do not make the windows of heaven open and send down such a blessing on you that there is no room for it.

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Joshua 4:14
That day the Lord made Joshua great in the eyes of all Israel; and all the days of his life they went in fear of him, as they had gone in fear of Moses.

2 Kings 2:19
Now the men of the town said to Elisha, You see that the position of this town is good; but the water is bad, causing the young of the cattle to come to birth dead.

2 Kings 4:37
And she came in, and went down on her face to the earth at his feet; then she took her son in her arms and went out.

2 Kings 6:4
So he went with them. And when they came to Jordan, they got to work cutting down trees.

2 Kings 6:5
But one of them, while cutting a board, let the head of his axe go into the water; and he gave a cry, and said, This is a bad business, my master, for it is another's.

2 Kings 6:6
And the man of God said, Where did it go in? and when he saw the place where it had gone into the water, cutting a stick, he put it into the water, and the iron came up to the top of the water.

2 Kings 6:7
Then he said, Take it up. So he put out his hand and took it.

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1 Samuel 10:5
After that you will come to Gibeah, the hill of God, where an armed force of the Philistines is stationed: and when you come to the town, you will see a band of prophets coming down from the high place with instruments of music before them; and they will be acting like prophets:

1 Samuel 10:10
And when they came to Gibeah, a band of prophets came face to face with him; and the spirit of God came on him with power and he took his place among them as a prophet.

1 Samuel 10:11
Now when Saul's old friends saw him among the band of prophets, the people said to one another, What has come to Saul, the son of Kish? Is even Saul among the prophets?

Isaiah 8:18
See, I and the children whom the Lord has given me, are for signs and for wonders in Israel from the Lord of armies, whose resting-place is in Mount Zion.

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1 Kings 18:5
And Ahab said to Obadiah, Come, let us go through all the country, to all the fountains of water and all the rivers, and see if there is any grass to be had for the horses and the transport beasts, so that we may be able to keep some of the beasts from destruction.

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1 Kings 20:38
So the prophet went away, and pulling his head-band over his eyes to keep his face covered, took his place by the road waiting for the king.

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2 Kings 4:6
And when all the vessels were full, she said to her son, Get me another vessel. And he said, There are no more. And the flow of oil was stopped.

2 Kings 4:7
So she came to the man of God and gave him word of what she had done. And he said, Go and get money for the oil and make payment of your debt, and let the rest be for the needs of yourself and your sons.

2 Kings 4:44
So he put it before them, and they had a meal and there was more than enough, as the Lord had said.

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2 Kings 4:24
Then she made the ass ready and said to her servant, Keep driving on; do not make a stop without orders from me.

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2 Kings 4:39
And one went out into the field to get green plants and saw a vine of the field, and pulling off the fruit of it till the fold of his robe was full, he came back and put the fruit, cut up small, into the pot of soup, having no idea what it was.

2 Kings 4:40
Then they gave the men soup from the pot. And while they were drinking the soup, they gave a cry, and said, O man of God, there is death in the pot; and they were not able to take any more food.

2 Kings 4:41
But he said, Get some meal. And he put it into the pot, and said, Now give it to the people so that they may have food. And there was nothing bad in the pot.

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Deuteronomy 32:30
How would it be possible for one to overcome a thousand, and two to send ten thousand in flight, if their rock had not let them go, if the Lord had not given them up?

Esther 7:4
For we are given up, I and my people, to destruction and death and to be cut off. If we had been taken as men-servants and women-servants for a price, I would have said nothing, for our trouble is little in comparison with the king's loss.

Psalms 44:12
You let your people go for nothing; your wealth is not increased by their price.

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Job 6:27
Truly, you are such as would give up the child of a dead man to his creditors, and would make a profit out of your friend.

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Nehemiah 5:11
Give back to them this very day their fields, their vine-gardens, their olive-gardens, and their houses, as well as a hundredth part of the money and the grain and the wine and the oil which you have taken from them.

Nehemiah 10:31
And if the peoples of the lands come to do trade in goods or food on the Sabbath day, that we would do no trade with them on the Sabbath or on a holy day: and that in the seventh year we would take no payment from any debtor.

Job 22:6
For you have taken your brother's goods when he was not in your debt, and have taken away the clothing of those who have need of it.

Proverbs 28:8
He who makes his wealth greater by taking interest, only gets it together for him who has pity on the poor.

Ezekiel 18:8
And has not given his money out at interest or taken great profits, and, turning his hand from evil-doing, has kept faith between man and man,

Ezekiel 18:17
Who has kept his hand from evil-doing and has not taken interest or great profits, who has done my orders and been guided by my rules: he will certainly not be put to death for the evil-doing of his father; life will certainly be his.

Matthew 18:30
And he would not: but went and put him into prison till he had made payment of the debt.

Matthew 25:27
Why, then, did you not put my money in the bank, and at my coming I would have got back what is mine with interest?

Luke 19:23
Why then did you not put my money in a bank, so that when I came I would get it back with interest?

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Proverbs 6:1
My son, if you have made yourself responsible for your neighbour, or given your word for another,

Proverbs 6:2
You are taken as in a net by the words of your mouth, the sayings of your lips have overcome you.

Proverbs 6:3
Do this, my son, and make yourself free, because you have come into the power of your neighbour; go without waiting, and make a strong request to your neighbour.

Proverbs 6:4
Give no sleep to your eyes, or rest to them;

Proverbs 6:5
Make yourself free, like the roe from the hand of the archer, and the bird from him who puts a net for her.

Proverbs 20:16
Take a man's clothing if he makes himself responsible for a strange man, and get an undertaking from him who gives his word for strange men.

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Ruth 2:7
And she said to me, Let me come into the grain-field and take up the grain after the cutters. So she came, and has been here from morning till now, without resting even for a minute.

1 Samuel 2:36
Then it will be that the rest of your family, anyone who has not been cut off, will go down on his knees to him for a bit of silver or a bit of bread, and say, Be pleased to put me into one of the priest's places so that I may have a little food.

Proverbs 18:23
The poor man makes requests for grace, but the man of wealth gives a rough answer.

Isaiah 66:2
For all these things my hand has made, and they are mine, says the Lord; but to this man only will I give attention, to him who is poor and broken in spirit, fearing my word.

Matthew 5:3
Happy are the poor in spirit: for the kingdom of heaven is theirs.

James 1:9
But let the brother of low position be glad that he is lifted up;

James 1:10
But the man of wealth, that he is made low; because like the flower of the grass he will come to his end.

James 1:11
For when the sun comes up with its burning heat, the grass gets dry and the grace of its form is gone with the falling flower; so the man of wealth comes to nothing in his ways.

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Jeremiah 49:11
Put in my care your children who have no father, and I will keep them safe; and let your widows put their faith in me.

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Zechariah 1:5
Your fathers, where are they? and the prophets, do they go on living for ever?

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Psalms 34:19
Great are the troubles of the upright: but the Lord takes him safely out of them all.

Hebrews 12:6
For the Lord sends punishment on his loved ones; everyone whom he takes as his son has experience of his rod.

Hebrews 12:10
For they truly gave us punishment for a short time, as it seemed good to them; but he does it for our profit, so that we may become holy as he is.

Hebrews 12:11
At the time all punishment seems to be pain and not joy: but after, those who have been trained by it get from it the peace-giving fruit of righteousness.

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2 Kings 5:22
And he said, All is well: but my master has sent me, saying, Even now, two young men of the sons of the prophets have come to me from the hill-country of Ephraim; will you give me a talent of silver and two changes of clothing for them?

Psalms 103:11
For as the heaven is high over the earth, so great is his mercy to his worshippers.

Psalms 103:17
But the mercy of the Lord is eternal for his worshippers, and their children's children will see his righteousness;

Psalms 112:2
His seed will be strong on the earth; blessings will be on the generation of the upright.

Psalms 115:13
He will send blessings on the worshippers of the Lord, on the small and on the great.

Psalms 147:11
The Lord takes pleasure in his worshippers, and in those whose hope is in his mercy.

Proverbs 14:26
For him in whose heart is the fear of the Lord there is strong hope: and his children will have a safe place.

Malachi 4:2
But to you who give worship to my name, the sun of righteousness will come up with new life in its wings; and you will go out, playing like young oxen full of food.

Acts 13:26
My brothers, children of the family of Abraham, and those among you who have the fear of God, to us the word of this salvation is sent.

Revelation 15:4
What man is there who will not have fear before you, O Lord, and give glory to your name? because you only are holy; for all the nations will come and give worship before you; for your righteousness has been made clear.

Revelation 19:5
And a voice came from the high seat, saying, Give praise to our God, all you his servants, small and great, in whom is the fear of him.


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