Matthew 8:20
And Jesus said to him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of heaven have a resting-place; but the Son of man has nowhere to put his head.
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Matthew 8:20
And Jesus said to him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of heaven have a resting-place; but the Son of man has nowhere to put his head.
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Genesis 28:11
And coming to a certain place, he made it his resting-place for the night, for the sun had gone down; and he took one of the stones which were there, and putting it under his head he went to sleep in that place.
Genesis 28:18
And early in the morning Jacob took the stone which had been under his head, and put it up as a pillar and put oil on it.
Genesis 31:46
And Jacob said to his people, Get stones together; and they did so; and they had a meal there by the stones.
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Exodus 19:8
And all the people, answering together, said, Whatever the Lord has said we will do. And Moses took back to the Lord the words of the people.
Joshua 24:19
And Joshua said to the people, You are not able to be the servants of the Lord, for he is a holy God, a God who will not let his honour be given to another: he will have no mercy on your wrongdoing or your sins.
Joshua 24:20
If you are turned away from the Lord and become the servants of strange gods, then turning against you he will do you evil, cutting you off, after he has done you good.
Joshua 24:21
And the people said to Joshua, No! But we will be the servants of the Lord.
Joshua 24:22
And Joshua said to the people, You are witnesses against yourselves that you have made the decision to be the servants of the Lord. And they said, We are witnesses.
Joshua 24:23
Then, he said, put away the strange gods among you, turning your hearts to the Lord, the God of Israel.
Joshua 24:24
And the people said to Joshua, We will be the servants of the Lord our God, and we will give ear to his voice.
Matthew 20:22
But Jesus made answer and said, You have no idea what you are requesting. Are you able to take of the cup which I am about to take?
Luke 14:26
And turning round, he said to them, If any man comes to me, and has not hate for his father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, and even for his life, he may not be my disciple.
Luke 14:28
For which of you, desiring to put up a tower, does not first give much thought to the price, if he will have enough to make it complete?
Luke 14:33
And so whoever is not ready to give up all he has may not be my disciple.
John 13:37
Peter said to him, Why may I not come with you even now? I will give up my life for you.
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Judges 15:4
So Samson went and got three hundred foxes and some sticks of fire-wood; and he put the foxes tail to tail with a stick between every two tails;
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Ruth 1:12
Go back, my daughters, and go on your way; I am so old now that I may not have another husband. If I said, I have hopes, if I had a husband tonight, and might have sons,
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Nehemiah 4:3
Now Tobiah the Ammonite was by him, and he said, Such is their building that if a fox goes up it, their stone wall will be broken down.
Psalms 63:10
They will be cut off by the sword; they will be food for foxes.
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Psalms 4:2
O you sons of men, how long will you go on turning my glory into shame? how long will you give your love to foolish things, going after what is false? (Selah.)
Psalms 49:2
High and low together, the poor, and those who have wealth.
Psalms 62:9
Truly men of low birth are nothing, and men of high position are not what they seem; if they are put in the scales together they are less than a breath.
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Psalms 8:5
For you have made him only a little lower than the gods, crowning him with glory and honour.
Psalms 8:6
You have made him ruler over the works of your hands; you have put all things under his feet;
Psalms 21:3
For you go before him with the blessings of good things: you put a crown of fair gold on his head.
Psalms 24:1
A Psalm. Of David. The earth is the Lord's, with all its wealth; the world and all the people living in it.
Psalms 144:3
Lord, what is man, that you keep him in mind? or the son of man that you take him into account?
1 Corinthians 15:27
For, as it says, He has put all things under his feet. But when he says, All things are put under him, it is clear that it is not said about him who put all things under him.
Hebrews 2:8
You put all things under his feet. For in making man the ruler over all things, God did not put anything outside his authority; though we do not see everything under him now.
Hebrews 2:9
But we see him who was made a little lower than the angels, even Jesus, crowned with glory and honour, because he let himself be put to death so that by the grace of God he might undergo death for all men.
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Psalms 109:23
I am gone like the shade when it is stretched out: I am forced out of my place like a locust.
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Psalms 132:6
We had news of it at Ephrathah: we came to it in the fields of the wood.
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Ecclesiastes 9:1
All this I took to heart, and my heart saw it all: that the upright and the wise and their works are in the hand of God; and men may not be certain if it will be love or hate; all is to no purpose before them.
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Song of Solomon 2:14
O my dove, you are in the holes of the mountain sides, in the cracks of the high hills; let me see your face, let your voice come to my ears; for sweet is your voice, and your face is fair.
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Isaiah 9:6
For to us a child has come, to us a son is given; and the government has been placed in his hands; and he has been named Wise Guide, Strong God, Father for ever, Prince of Peace.
Zechariah 9:9
Be full of joy, O daughter of Zion; give a glad cry, O daughter of Jerusalem: see, your king comes to you: he is upright and has overcome; gentle and seated on an ass, on a young ass.
Matthew 12:50
For whoever does the pleasure of my Father in heaven, he is my brother, and sister, and mother.
Luke 2:11
For on this day, in the town of David, a Saviour has come to birth, who is Christ the Lord.
John 1:10
He was in the world, the world which came into being through him, but the world had no knowledge of him.
John 1:14
And so the Word became flesh and took a place among us for a time; and we saw his glory--such glory as is given to an only son by his father--saw it to be true and full of grace.
1 Timothy 3:16
And without argument, great is the secret of religion: He who was seen in the flesh, who was given God's approval in the spirit, was seen by the angels, of whom the good news was given among the nations, in whom the world had faith, who was taken up in glory.
Hebrews 2:14
And because the children are flesh and blood, he took a body himself and became like them; so that by his death he might put an end to him who had the power of death, that is to say, the Evil One;
Hebrews 2:15
And let those who all their lives were in chains because of their fear of death, go free.
Hebrews 2:16
For, truly, he does not take on the life of angels, but that of the seed of Abraham.
Hebrews 2:17
Because of this it was necessary for him to be made like his brothers in every way, so that he might be a high priest full of mercy and keeping faith in everything to do with God, making offerings for the sins of the people.
Hebrews 2:18
For having been put to the test himself, he is able to give help to others when they are tested.
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Isaiah 34:15
The arrowsnake will make her hole and put her eggs there, and get her young together under her shade: there the hawks will come together by twos.
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Isaiah 53:4
But it was our pain he took, and our diseases were put on him: while to us he seemed as one diseased, on whom God's punishment had come.
Isaiah 53:5
But it was for our sins he was wounded, and for our evil doings he was crushed: he took the punishment by which we have peace, and by his wounds we are made well.
Isaiah 53:6
We all went wandering like sheep; going every one of us after his desire; and the Lord put on him the punishment of us all.
Isaiah 53:10
And the Lord was pleased...see a seed, long life, ...will do well in his hand. ...
Zechariah 13:7
Awake! O sword, against the keeper of my flock, and against him who is with me, says the Lord of armies: put to death the keeper of the sheep, and the sheep will go in flight: and my hand will be turned against the little ones.
Zechariah 13:9
And I will make the third part go through the fire, cleaning them as silver is made clean, and testing them as gold is tested: and they will make their prayer to me and I will give them an answer: I will say, It is my people; and they will say, The Lord is my God.
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Jeremiah 48:28
O people of Moab, go away from the towns and take cover in the rock; be like the dove of the Arabah, which makes her living-place in holes.
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Ezekiel 8:15
Then he said to me, Have you seen this, O son of man? you will see even more disgusting things than these.
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Ezekiel 33:31
And they come to you as my people come, and are seated before you as my people, hearing your words but doing them not: for deceit is in their mouth and their heart goes after profit for themselves.
Ezekiel 33:32
And truly you are to them like a love song by one who has a very pleasing voice and is an expert player on an instrument: for they give ear to your words but do them not.
Matthew 13:20
And that which went on the stones, this is he who, hearing the word, straight away takes it with joy;
Matthew 13:21
But having no root in himself, he goes on for a time; and when trouble comes or pain, because of the word, he quickly becomes full of doubts.
Mark 4:16
And in the same way, these are they who are planted on the stones, who, when the word has come to their ears, straight away take it with joy;
Mark 6:20
For Herod was in fear of John, being conscious that he was an upright and holy man, and kept him safe. And hearing him, he was much troubled; and he gave ear to him gladly.
Mark 10:17
And while he was going out into the way, a man came running to him, and went down on his knees, saying, Good Master, what have I to do so that I may have eternal life?
Mark 10:18
And Jesus said to him, Why do you say I am good? no one is good but one, and that is God.
Mark 10:19
You have knowledge of what is said in the law, Do not put any one to death, Do not be untrue in married life, Do not take what is not yours, Do not give false witness, Do not get money by deceit, Give honour to your father and mother.
Mark 10:20
And he said to him, Master, all these laws I have kept from the time when I was young.
Mark 10:21
And Jesus, looking on him and loving him, said, There is one thing needed: go, get money for your goods, and give it to the poor, and you will have wealth in heaven: and come with me.
Mark 10:22
But his face became sad at the saying, and he went away sorrowing: for he was one who had much property.
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Daniel 7:10
A stream of fire was flowing and coming out from before him: a thousand thousands were his servants, and ten thousand times ten thousand were in their places before him: the judge was seated and the books were open.
Daniel 7:11
Then I saw--because of the voice of the great words which the horn said--I saw till the beast was put to death, and its body was given to destruction, and the beast was given to the burning of fire.
Daniel 7:12
As for the rest of the beasts, their authority was taken away: but they let them go on living for a measure of time.
Daniel 7:25
And he will say words against the Most High, attempting to put an end to the saints of the Most High; and he will have the idea of changing times and law; and the saints will be given into his hands for a time and times and half a time.
Daniel 7:27
And the kingdom and the authority and the power of the kingdoms under all the heaven will be given to the people of the saints of the Most High: his kingdom is an eternal kingdom, and all powers will be his servants and do his pleasure.
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Matthew 4:1
Then Jesus was sent by the Spirit into the waste land to be tested by the Evil One.
Matthew 12:32
And whoever says a word against the Son of man, will have forgiveness; but whoever says a word against the Holy Spirit, will not have forgiveness in this life or in that which is to come.
John 1:11
He came to the things which were his and his people did not take him to their hearts.
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Jeremiah 45:5
And as for you, are you looking for great things for yourself? Have no desire for them: for truly I will send evil on all flesh, says the Lord: but your life I will keep safe from attack wherever you go.
Matthew 6:26
See the birds of heaven; they do not put seeds in the earth, they do not get in grain, or put it in store-houses; and your Father in heaven gives them food. Are you not of much more value than they?
Matthew 6:33
But let your first care be for his kingdom and his righteousness; and all these other things will be given to you in addition.
Matthew 13:4
And while he did so, some seeds were dropped by the wayside, and the birds came and took them for food:
Philippians 4:11
But I will not say anything about my needs, for I am able, wherever I am, to be dependent on myself.
1 Timothy 6:8
But if we have food and a roof over us, let that be enough.
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Matthew 8:2
And a leper came and gave him worship, saying, Lord, if it is your pleasure, you have power to make me clean.
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Matthew 8:14
And when Jesus had come into Peter's house, he saw his wife's mother in bed, very ill.
Mark 1:29
And when they came out of the Synagogue, they went into the house of Simon and Andrew, with James and John.
Mark 1:30
Now Simon's wife's mother was ill, with a burning heat; and they gave him word of her:
Mark 1:31
And he came and took her by the hand, lifting her up; and she became well, and took care of their needs.
Luke 4:38
And he got up and went out of the Synagogue and went into the house of Simon. And Simon's wife's mother was very ill with a burning heat; and in answer to their prayers for her
Luke 4:39
He went near her, and with a sharp word he gave orders to the disease and it went away from her; and straight away she got up and took care of their needs.
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Matthew 9:9
And when Jesus was going from there, he saw a man whose name was Matthew, seated at the place where taxes were taken; and he said to him, Come after me. And he got up and went after him.
Matthew 9:34
But the Pharisees said, By the ruler of evil spirits, he sends evil spirits out of men.
Matthew 9:35
And Jesus went about all the towns and small places, teaching in their Synagogues and preaching the good news of the kingdom and making well all sorts of disease and pain.
Matthew 10:21
And brother will give up brother to death, and the father his child: and children will go against their fathers and mothers, and put them to death.
Matthew 10:35
For I have come to put a man against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law:
Matthew 10:36
And a man will be hated by those of his house.
John 1:43
The day after this, Jesus had a desire to go into Galilee. He came across Philip and said to him, Come and be my disciple.
John 7:53
And every man went to his house;
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Matthew 11:16
But what comparison may I make of this generation? It is like children seated in the market-places, crying out to one another,
Matthew 11:17
We made music for you and you did not take part in the dance; we gave cries of sorrow and you made no signs of grief.
Matthew 11:18
For John came, taking no food or drink, and they say, He has an evil spirit.
Matthew 20:3
And he went out about the third hour, and saw others in the market-place doing nothing;
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Matthew 15:7
You false ones, well did Isaiah say of you,
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Matthew 15:8
These people give me honour with their lips, but their heart is far from me.
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Matthew 17:24
And when they had come to Capernaum, those who took the Temple tax came to Peter and said, Does not your master make payment of the Temple tax?
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Matthew 17:26
And when he said, From other people, Jesus said to him, Then are the sons free.
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Matthew 20:18
See, we go up to Jerusalem; and the Son of man will be given into the hands of the chief priests and scribes; and they will give orders for him to be put to death,
Matthew 26:2
After two days is the Passover, and the Son of man will be given up to the death of the cross.
Luke 24:7
The Son of man will be given up into the hands of evil-doers, and be put to death on the cross, and on the third day he will come back to life.
John 3:14
As the snake was lifted up by Moses in the waste land, even so it is necessary for the Son of man to be lifted up:
John 8:28
So Jesus said, When the Son of man has been lifted up by you, then it will be clear to you who I am, and that I do nothing of myself, but say as the Father gave me teaching.
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Psalms 90:1
A Prayer of Moses, the man of God. Lord, you have been our resting-place in all generations.
Psalms 91:1
Happy is he whose resting-place is in the secret of the Lord, and under the shade of the wings of the Most High;
Psalms 116:7
Come back to your rest, O my soul; for the Lord has given you your reward.
Matthew 23:37
O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, putting to death the prophets, and stoning those who are sent to her! Again and again would I have taken your children to myself as a bird takes her young ones under her wings, and you would not!
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Matthew 3:17
And a voice came out of heaven, saying, This is my dearly loved Son, with whom I am well pleased.
Matthew 11:26
Yes, Father, for so it was pleasing in your eyes.
Matthew 16:16
And Simon Peter made answer and said, You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.
Matthew 17:5
While he was still talking, a bright cloud came over them: and a voice out of the cloud, saying, This is my dearly loved Son, with whom I am well pleased; give ear to him.
Mark 1:1
The first words of the good news of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.
Luke 1:35
And the angel in answer said to her, The Holy Spirit will come on you, and the power of the Most High will come to rest on you, and so that which will come to birth will be named holy, Son of God.
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Mark 2:15
And it came about that he was seated at meat in his house, and a number of tax-farmers and sinners were at table with Jesus and his disciples: for there were a great number of them, and they came after him.
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Mark 2:10
But so that you may see that the Son of man has authority for the forgiveness of sins on earth, (he said to the man,)
Mark 2:28
So that the Son of man is lord even of the Sabbath.
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Mark 10:1
And he got up, and went into the country of Judaea on the other side of Jordan: and great numbers of people came together to him again; and, as was his way, he gave them teaching.
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Luke 2:16
And they came quickly, and saw Mary and Joseph, and the child in the place where the cattle had their food.
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Luke 4:29
And they got up and took him out of the town to the edge of the mountain on which their town was, so that they might send him down to his death.
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Luke 4:30
But he came through them and went on his way.
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Mark 6:3
Is not this the woodworker, the son of Mary, and brother of James and Joses and Judas and Simon? and are not his sisters here with us? And they were bitter against him.
Luke 4:31
And he came down to Capernaum, a town of Galilee; and he was giving them teaching on the Sabbath.
John 2:12
After this he went down to Capernaum, with his mother, his brothers, and his disciples, and they were there not more than two or three days.
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Luke 5:12
And it came about that while he was in one of the towns, there was a leper there: and when he saw Jesus he went down on his face in prayer to him, saying, Lord, if it is your pleasure, you have power to make me clean.
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Luke 8:1
And it came about, after a short time, that he went through town and country giving the good news of the kingdom of God, and with him were the twelve,
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Luke 8:2
And certain women who had been made free from evil spirits and diseases, Mary named Magdalene, from whom seven evil spirits had gone out,
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Luke 8:13
And those on the rock are those who with joy give hearing to the word; but having no root, they have faith for a time, and when the test comes they give up.
John 5:35
He was a burning and shining light, and for a time you were ready to be happy in his light.
Acts 8:13
And Simon himself had faith and, having had baptism, he went with Philip and, seeing the signs and the great wonders which he did, he was full of surprise.
Acts 8:18
Now when Simon saw that the Holy Spirit was given through the touch of the Apostles' hands, he made them an offering of money, saying,
Acts 8:19
Give me this power, so that when I put my hands on anyone he may get the Holy Spirit.
Acts 8:20
But Peter said, May your money come to destruction with you, because you had the idea that what is freely given by God may be got for a price.
Acts 8:21
You have no part in this business, because your heart is not right before God.
Acts 24:25
And while he was talking about righteousness and self-control and the judging which was to come, Felix had great fear and said, Go away for the present, and when the right time comes I will send for you.
Acts 24:26
For he was hoping that Paul would give him money: so he sent for him more frequently and had talk with him.
Acts 26:28
And Agrippa said to Paul, A little more and you will be making me a Christian.
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Luke 12:40
So be ready: for the Son of man is coming at a time when you are not looking for him.
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Luke 22:69
But in the future the Son of man will be seated at the right hand of the power of God.
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Luke 22:70
And they all said, Are you then the Son of God? and he said, You say that I am.
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Ruth 1:16
But Ruth said, Give up requesting me to go away from you, or to go back without you: for where you go I will go; and where you take your rest I will take my rest; your people will be my people, and your God my God.
Ruth 1:17
Wherever death comes to you, death will come to me, and there will be my last resting-place; the Lord do so to me and more if we are parted by anything but death.
2 Samuel 15:21
And Ittai the Gittite in answer said, By the living Lord, and by the life of my lord the king, in whatever place my lord the king may be, for life or death, there will your servant be.
Proverbs 17:17
A friend is loving at all times, and becomes a brother in times of trouble.
Proverbs 18:24
There are friends who may be a man's destruction, but there is a lover who keeps nearer than a brother.
Song of Solomon 5:9
What is your loved one more than another, O fairest among women? What is your loved one more than another, that you say this to us?
John 6:66
Because of what he said, a number of the disciples went back and would no longer go with him.
John 6:67
So Jesus said to the twelve, Have you a desire to go away?
John 6:68
Then Simon Peter gave this answer: Lord, to whom are we to go? you have the words of eternal life;
John 6:69
And we have faith and are certain that you are the Holy One of God.
Acts 11:23
Who, when he came and saw the grace of God, was glad; and he made clear to them the need of keeping near the Lord with all the strength of their hearts:
2 Corinthians 7:3
It is not with the purpose of judging you that I say this: for I have said before that you are in our hearts for life and death together.
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John 19:25
Now by the side of the cross of Jesus were his mother, and his mother's sister Mary, the wife of Cleopas, and Mary Magdalene.
John 19:26
So when Jesus saw his mother and the disciple who was dear to him, he said to his mother, Mother, there is your son!
John 19:27
Then he said to the disciple, There is your mother! And from that hour the disciple took her to his house.
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1 Corinthians 15:45
And so it is said, The first man Adam was a living soul. The last Adam is a life-giving spirit.
1 Corinthians 15:46
But that which is natural comes before that which is of the spirit.
1 Corinthians 15:47
The first man is from the earth, and of the earth: the second man is from heaven.
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1 Corinthians 4:9
For it seems to me that God has put us the Apostles last of all, as men whose fate is death: for we are put on view to the world, and to angels, and to men.
1 Corinthians 4:10
We are made to seem foolish for Christ, but you are wise in Christ; we are feeble, but you are strong; you have glory, but we have shame.
1 Corinthians 4:12
And with our hands we do the hardest work: when they give us curses we give blessings, when we undergo punishment we take it quietly;
1 Corinthians 4:13
When evil things are said about us we give gentle answers: we are made as the unclean things of the world, as that for which no one has any use, even till now.
2 Corinthians 1:5
For as we undergo more of the pain which Christ underwent, so through Christ does our comfort become greater.
2 Corinthians 11:23
Are they servants of Christ? (I am talking foolishly) I am more so; I have had more experience of hard work, of prisons, of blows more than measure, of death.
2 Corinthians 11:24
Five times the Jews gave me forty blows but one.
2 Corinthians 11:25
Three times I was whipped with rods, once I was stoned, three times the ship I was in came to destruction at sea, a night and a day I have been in the water;
2 Corinthians 11:26
In frequent travels, in dangers on rivers, in dangers from outlaws, in dangers from my countrymen, in dangers from the Gentiles, in dangers in the town, in dangers in the waste land, in dangers at sea, in dangers among false brothers;
2 Corinthians 11:27
In hard work and weariness, in frequent watchings, going without food and drink, cold and in need of clothing.
2 Corinthians 12:10
So I take pleasure in being feeble, in unkind words, in needs, in cruel attacks, in troubles, on account of Christ: for when I am feeble, then am I strong.
Hebrews 11:38
Wandering in waste places and in mountains and in holes in the rocks; for whom the world was not good enough.
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1 Thessalonians 3:4
And when we were with you, we said to you that trouble was before us; and so it came about, as you see.
1 Thessalonians 3:5
For this reason, when I was no longer able to keep quiet, I sent to get news of your faith, fearing that you might be tested by the Evil One and that our work might come to nothing.
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Song of Solomon 8:7
Much water may not put out love, or the deep waters overcome it: if a man would give all the substance of his house for love, it would be judged a price not great enough.
Matthew 5:5
Happy are the gentle: for the earth will be their heritage.
Matthew 13:41
The Son of man will send out his angels, and they will take out of his kingdom everything which is a cause of error, and all those who do wrong,
Matthew 13:44
The kingdom of heaven is like a secret store of wealth in a field, which a man came across and put back again; and in his joy he goes and gives all he has, to get that field.
Matthew 19:23
And Jesus said to his disciples, Truly I say to you, It is hard for a man with much money to go into the kingdom of heaven.
Matthew 24:31
And he will send out his angels with a great sound of a horn, and they will get his saints together from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.
Matthew 25:31
But when the Son of man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, then will he be seated in his glory:
Matthew 25:34
Then will the King say to those on his right, Come, you who have the blessing of my Father, into the kingdom made ready for you before the world was:
Luke 9:62
But Jesus said, No man, having put his hand to the plough and looking back, is good enough for the kingdom of God.
Ephesians 6:16
And most of all, using faith as a cover to keep off all the flaming arrows of the Evil One.
Hebrews 11:26
Judging a part in the shame of Christ to be better than all the wealth of Egypt; for he was looking forward to his reward.
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Romans 13:14
But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and do not give thought to the flesh to do its desires.
Hebrews 12:1
For this reason, as we are circled by so great a cloud of witnesses, putting off every weight, and the sin into which we come so readily, let us keep on running in the way which is marked out for us,
Hebrews 12:2
Having our eyes fixed on Jesus, the guide and end of our faith, who went through the pains of the cross, not caring for the shame, because of the joy which was before him, and who has now taken his place at the right hand of God's seat of power.
Hebrews 12:3
Give thought to him who has undergone so much of the hate of sinners against himself, so that you may not be tired and feeble of purpose.
James 5:10
Take as an example of pain nobly undergone and of strength in trouble, the prophets who gave to men the words of the Lord.
James 5:11
We say that those men who have gone through pain are happy: you have the story of Job and the troubles through which he went and have seen that the Lord was full of pity and mercy in the end.
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Psalms 34:6
This poor man's cry came before the Lord, and he gave him salvation from all his troubles.
Psalms 40:5
O Lord my God, great are the wonders which you have done in your thought for us; it is not possible to put them out in order before you; when I would give an account of them, their number is greater than I may say.
Psalms 69:33
For the ears of the Lord are open to the poor, and he takes thought for his prisoners.
Psalms 70:5
But I am poor and in need; come to me quickly, O God; you are my help and my saviour; let there be no waiting, O Lord.
Psalms 86:1
A Prayer. Of David. Let your ears be open to my voice, O Lord, and give me an answer; for I am poor and in need.
Psalms 102:17
When he has given ear to the prayer of the poor, and has not put his request on one side.
Psalms 102:18
This will be put in writing for the coming generation, and the people of the future will give praise to the Lord.
Psalms 102:19
For from his holy place the Lord has seen, looking down on the earth from heaven;
Psalms 102:20
Hearing the cry of the prisoner, making free those for whom death is ordered;
Psalms 109:31
For he is ever at the right hand of the poor, to take him out of the hands of those who go after his soul.
Isaiah 41:17
The poor and crushed are looking for water where no water is, and their tongue is dry for need of it: I the Lord will give ear to their prayer, I the God of Israel will not give them up.
James 2:5
Give ear, my dear brothers; are not those who are poor in the things of this world marked out by God to have faith as their wealth, and for their heritage the kingdom which he has said he will give to those who have love for him?
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2 Peter 1:13
And it seems right to me, as long as I am in this tent of flesh, to keep your minds awake by working on your memory;
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2 Peter 1:14
For I am conscious that in a short time I will have to put off this tent of flesh, as our Lord Jesus Christ has made clear to me.
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