James 5:4
See, the money which you falsely kept back from the workers cutting the grass in your field, is crying out against you; and the cries of those who took in your grain have come to the ears of the Lord of armies.
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James 5:4
See, the money which you falsely kept back from the workers cutting the grass in your field, is crying out against you; and the cries of those who took in your grain have come to the ears of the Lord of armies.
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Genesis 19:4
But before they had gone to bed, the men of the town, all the men of Sodom, came round the house, young and old, from every part of the town;
Genesis 19:5
And crying out to Lot, they said, Where are the men who came to your house this night? Send them out to us, so that we may take our pleasure with them.
Genesis 19:6
And Lot went out to them in the doorway, shutting the door after him.
Genesis 19:7
And he said, My brothers, do not this evil.
Genesis 19:8
See now, I have two unmarried daughters; I will send them out to you so that you may do to them whatever seems good to you: only do nothing to these men, for this is why they have come under the shade of my roof.
Genesis 19:9
And they said, Give way there. This one man, they said, came here from a strange country, and will he now be our judge? now we will do worse to you than to them; and pushing violently against Lot, they came near to get the door broken in.
Genesis 19:10
But the men put out their hands and took Lot into the house to them, shutting the door again.
Genesis 19:11
But the men who were outside the door they made blind, all of them, small and great, so that they were tired out with looking for the door.
Genesis 19:12
Then the men said to Lot, Are there any others of your family here? sons-in-law or sons or daughters, take them all out of this place;
Genesis 19:14
And Lot went out and said to his sons-in-law, who were married to his daughters, Come, let us go out of this place, for the Lord is about to send destruction on the town. But his sons-in-law did not take him seriously.
Genesis 19:15
And when morning came, the angels did all in their power to make Lot go, saying, Get up quickly and take your wife and your two daughters who are here, and go, for fear that you come to destruction in the punishment of the town.
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Genesis 30:25
Now after the birth of Joseph, Jacob said to Laban, Let me go away to my place and my country.
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Genesis 31:38
These twenty years I have been with you; your sheep and your goats have had young without loss, not one of your he-goats have I taken for food.
Ephesians 6:5
Servants, do what is ordered by those who are your natural masters, having respect and fear for them, with all your heart, as to Christ;
Ephesians 6:9
And, you masters, do the same things to them, not making use of violent words: in the knowledge that their Master and yours is in heaven, and he has no respect for a man's position.
Colossians 3:25
For the wrongdoer will have punishment for the wrong he has done, without respect for any man's position.
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Genesis 38:10
And what he did was evil in the eyes of the Lord, so that he put him to death, like his brother.
Numbers 11:1
Now the people were saying evil against the Lord; and the Lord, hearing it, was angry and sent fire on them, burning the outer parts of the tent-circle.
2 Samuel 11:27
And when the days of weeping were past, David sent for her, and took her into his house, and she became his wife and gave him a son. But the Lord was not pleased with the thing David had done.
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Exodus 11:6
And there will be a great cry through all the land of Egypt, such as never has been or will be again.
Joshua 24:27
And Joshua said to all the people, See now, this stone is to be a witness against us; for all the words of the Lord have been said to us in its hearing: so it will be a witness against you if you are false to the Lord your God.
Ezekiel 28:24
And there will no longer be a plant with sharp points wounding the children of Israel, or a thorn troubling them among any who are round about them, who put shame on them; and they will be certain that I am the Lord.
Malachi 3:18
Then you will again see how the upright man is different from the sinner, and the servant of God from him who is not.
Luke 19:40
And he said in answer, I say to you, if these men keep quiet, the very stones will be crying out.
2 Thessalonians 1:4
So that we ourselves take pride in you in the churches of God for your untroubled mind and your faith in all the troubles and sorrows which you are going through;
2 Thessalonians 1:5
Which is a clear sign of the decision which God in his righteousness has made; to give you a part in his kingdom, for which you have undergone this pain;
2 Thessalonians 1:6
For it is an act of righteousness on God's part to give trouble as their reward to those who are troubling you,
2 Thessalonians 1:7
And to you who are troubled, rest with us, when the Lord Jesus comes from heaven with the angels of his power in flames of fire,
2 Thessalonians 1:8
To give punishment to those who have no knowledge of God, and to those who do not give ear to the good news of our Lord Jesus:
2 Thessalonians 1:9
Whose reward will be eternal destruction from the face of the Lord and from the glory of his strength,
2 Thessalonians 1:10
At his coming, when he will have glory in his saints, and will be a cause of wonder in all those who had faith (because our witness among you had effect) in that day.
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Joshua 7:1
But the children of Israel did wrong about the cursed thing: for Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the family of Judah, took of the cursed thing, moving the Lord to wrath against the children of Israel.
2 Kings 5:23
And Naaman said, Be good enough to take two talents. And forcing him to take them, he put two talents of silver in two bags, with two changes of clothing, and gave them to his two servants to take before him.
2 Kings 5:24
When he came to the hill, he took them from their hands, and put them away in the house; and he sent the men away, and they went.
Proverbs 9:17
Drink taken without right is sweet, and food in secret is pleasing.
Proverbs 20:17
Bread of deceit is sweet to a man; but after, his mouth will be full of sand.
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Judges 10:11
And the Lord said to the children of Israel, Were not the Egyptians and the Amorites and the children of Ammon and the Philistines
Judges 10:12
And the Zidonians and Amalek and Midian crushing you down, and in answer to your cry did I not give you salvation from their hands?
Nehemiah 9:9
And you saw the trouble of our fathers in Egypt, and their cry came to your ears by the Red Sea;
Psalms 81:6
I took the weight from his back; his hands were made free from the baskets.
Psalms 81:7
You gave a cry in your trouble, and I made you free; I gave you an answer in the secret place of the thunder; I put you to the test at the waters of Meribah. (Selah.)
Psalms 107:19
Then they send up their cry to the Lord in their sorrow, and he gives them salvation out of all their troubles.
Psalms 107:20
He sent his word and made them well, and kept them safe from the underworld.
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Judges 10:16
So they put away the strange gods from among them, and became the Lord's servants; and his soul was angry because of the sorrows of Israel.
Psalms 50:15
Let your voice come up to me in the day of trouble; I will be your saviour, so that you may give glory to me.
Psalms 74:21
O let not the crushed be turned back in shame; let the low man and the poor give praise to your name.
Psalms 74:22
Up! O God, be the judge of your cause; keep in mind the bitter things which the man of evil behaviour says against you every day.
Psalms 79:10
Why may the nations say, Where is their God? Let payment for the blood of your servants be made openly among the nations before our eyes.
Psalms 79:11
Let the cry of the prisoner come before you; with your strong arm make free the children of death;
Isaiah 52:5
Now then, what have I here? says the Lord, for my people are taken away without cause; they are made waste and give cries of sorrow, says the Lord, and all the day the nations put shame on my name.
Jeremiah 14:7
Though our sins give witness against us, do something, O Lord, for the honour of your name: for again and again we have been turned away from you, we have done evil against you.
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2 Kings 13:4
Then Jehoahaz made prayer to the Lord, and the Lord gave ear to him, for he saw how cruelly Israel was crushed by the king of Aram.
Isaiah 19:4
And I will give the Egyptians into the hand of a cruel lord; and a hard king will be their ruler, says the Lord, the Lord of armies.
Isaiah 20:4
So will the king of Assyria take away the prisoners of Egypt and those forced out of Ethiopia, young and old, unclothed and without shoes, and with backs uncovered, to the shame of Egypt.
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2 Kings 13:5
(And the Lord gave Israel a saviour, so that they became free from the hands of the Aramaeans; and the children of Israel were living in their tents as in the past.
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Exodus 21:2
If you get a Hebrew servant for money, he is to be your servant for six years, and in the seventh year you are to let him go free without payment.
Nehemiah 5:2
For there were some who said, We, our sons and our daughters, are a great number: let us get grain, so that we may have food for our needs.
Nehemiah 5:3
And there were some who said, We are giving our fields and our vine-gardens and our houses for debt: let us get grain because we are in need.
Nehemiah 5:4
And there were others who said, We have given up our fields and our vine-gardens to get money for the king's taxes.
Nehemiah 5:5
But our flesh is the same as the flesh of our countrymen, and our children as their children: and now we are giving our sons and daughters into the hands of others, to be their servants, and some of our daughters are servants even now: and we have no power to put a stop to it; for other men have our fields and our vine-gardens.
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 5:8
And I said to them, We have given whatever we were able to give, to make our brothers the Jews free, who were servants and prisoners of the nations: and would you now give up your brothers for a price, and are they to become our property? Then they said nothing, answering not a word.
Nehemiah 5:9
And I said, What you are doing is not good: is it not the more necessary for you to go in the fear of our God, because of the shame which the nations may put on us?
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.
Nehemiah 5:13
And shaking out the folds of my robe, I said, So may God send out from his house and his work every man who does not keep this agreement; even so let him be sent out and made as nothing. And all the meeting of the people said, So be it, and gave praise to the Lord. And the people did as they had said.
Ezekiel 18:13
And has given out his money at interest and taken great profits: he will certainly not go on living: he has done all these disgusting things: death will certainly be his fate; his blood will be on him.
Ezekiel 18:18
As for his father, because he was cruel, took goods by force, and did what is not good among his people, truly, death will overtake him in his evil-doing.
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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 5:12
Then they said, We will give them back, and take nothing for them; we will do as you say. Then I sent for the priests and made them take an oath that they would keep this agreement.
Proverbs 22:7
The man of wealth has rule over the poor, and he who gets into debt is a servant to his creditor.
Matthew 18:31
So when the other servants saw what was done they were very sad, and came and gave word to their lord of what had been done.
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Job 2:9
And his wife said to him, Are you still keeping your righteousness? Say a curse against God, and put an end to yourself.
Job 2:12
And lifting up their eyes when they were still far off, it did not seem that the man they saw was Job because of the change in him. And they gave way to bitter weeping, with signs of grief, and put dust on their heads.
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Job 2:11
And Job's three friends had word of all this evil which had come on him. And they came every one from his place, Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite. So they came together to a meeting-place, in order that they might go and make clear to Job their grief for him, and give him comfort.
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Job 7:2
As a servant desiring the shades of evening, and a workman looking for his payment:
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Job 15:20
The evil man is in pain all his days, and the number of the years stored up for the cruel is small.
Psalms 90:12
So give us knowledge of the number of our days, that we may get a heart of wisdom.
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Job 15:29
He does not get wealth for himself, and is unable to keep what he has got; the heads of his grain are not bent down to the earth.
Job 20:15
He takes down wealth as food, and sends it up again; it is forced out of his stomach by God.
Job 20:27
The heavens make clear his sin, and the earth gives witness against him.
Job 20:28
The produce of his house is taken away into another country, like things given into the hands of others in the day of wrath.
Job 27:13
This is the punishment of the evil-doer from God, and the heritage given to the cruel by the Ruler of all.
Job 27:16
Though he may get silver together like dust, and make ready great stores of clothing;
Job 27:17
He may get them ready, but the upright will put them on, and he who is free from sin will take the silver for a heritage.
Proverbs 13:11
Wealth quickly got will become less; but he who gets a store by the work of his hands will have it increased.
Proverbs 20:21
A heritage may be got quickly at first, but the end of it will not be a blessing.
Ecclesiastes 5:14
And I saw the destruction of his wealth by an evil chance; and when he became the father of a son he had nothing in his hand.
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Job 15:27
Because his face is covered with fat, and his body has become thick;
Job 21:23
One comes to his end in complete well-being, full of peace and quiet:
Job 21:24
His buckets are full of milk, and there is no loss of strength in his bones.
Psalms 73:7
Their eyes are bursting with fat; they have more than their heart's desire.
Psalms 73:12
Truly, such are the sinners; they do well at all times, and their wealth is increased.
Psalms 119:70
Their hearts are shut up with fat; but my delight is in your law.
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Leviticus 19:15
Do no wrong in your judging: do not give thought to the position of the poor, or honour to the position of the great; but be a judge to your neighbour in righteousness.
Deuteronomy 24:17
Be upright in judging the cause of the man from a strange country and of him who has no father; do not take a widow's clothing on account of a debt:
Deuteronomy 27:19
Cursed is he who gives a wrong decision in the cause of a man from a strange land, or of one without a father, or of a widow. And let all the people say, So be it.
Job 22:9
You have sent widows away without hearing their cause, and you have taken away the support of the child who has no father.
Job 24:4
The crushed are turned out of the way; all the poor of the earth go into a secret place together.
Job 31:21
If my hand had been lifted up against him who had done no wrong, when I saw that I was supported by the judges;
Job 31:22
May my arm be pulled from my body, and be broken from its base.
Psalms 10:2
The evil-doer in his pride is cruel to the poor; let him be taken by the tricks of his invention.
Isaiah 3:14
The Lord comes to be the judge of their responsible men and of their rulers: it is you who have made waste the vine-garden, and in your houses is the property of the poor which you have taken by force.
Isaiah 3:15
By what right are you crushing my people, and putting a bitter yoke on the necks of the poor? This is the word of the Lord, the Lord of armies.
Isaiah 10:1
Cursed are those who make evil decisions, and the writers who make the records of their cruel acts:
Isaiah 33:15
He whose ways are true, and whose words are upright; he who gives no thought to the profits of false acts, whose hands have not taken rewards, who will have no part in putting men to death, and whose eyes are shut against evil;
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Job 29:12
For I was a saviour to the poor when he was crying for help, to the child with no father, and to him who had no supporter.
Job 29:13
The blessing of him who was near to destruction came on me, and I put a song of joy into the widow's heart.
Job 31:16
If I kept back the desire of the poor; if the widow's eye was looking for help to no purpose;
Job 31:17
If I kept my food for myself, and did not give some of it to the child with no father;
Job 31:18
(For I was cared for by God as by a father from my earliest days; he was my guide from the body of my mother;)
Job 31:23
For the fear of God kept me back, and because of his power I might not do such things.
Job 31:40
Then in place of grain let thorns come up, and in place of barley evil-smelling plants.
Psalms 10:12
Up! O Lord; let your hand be lifted: give thought to the poor.
Psalms 10:14
You have seen it; for your eyes are on sorrow and grief, to take it into your hand: the poor man puts his faith in you; you have been the helper of the child who has no father.
Psalms 72:14
He will keep their souls free from evil designs and violent attacks; and their blood will be of value in his eyes.
Psalms 146:9
The Lord takes care of those who are in a strange land; he gives help to the widow and to the child who has no father; but he sends destruction on the way of sinners.
Micah 3:4
Then they will be crying to the Lord for help, but he will not give them an answer: yes, he will keep his face veiled from them at that time, because their acts have been evil.
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Job 36:5
Truly, God gives up the hard-hearted, and will not give life to the sinner.
Job 36:6
His eyes are ever on the upright, and he gives to the crushed their right;
Psalms 10:10
The upright are crushed and made low, and the feeble are overcome by his strong ones.
Psalms 10:17
Lord, you have given ear to the prayer of the poor: you will make strong their hearts, you will give them a hearing:
Psalms 145:19
To his worshippers, he will give their desire; their cry comes to his ears, and he gives them salvation.
Proverbs 28:3
A man of wealth who is cruel to the poor is like a violent rain causing destruction of food.
Matthew 19:27
Then Peter said to him, See, we have given up everything and have come after you; what then will we have?
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Psalms 24:10
Who is the King of glory? The Lord of armies, he is the King of glory. (Selah.)
Jeremiah 48:15
He who makes Moab waste has gone up against her; and the best of her young men have gone down to their death, says the King, whose name is the Lord of armies.
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Psalms 42:3
My tears have been my food day and night, while they keep saying to me, Where is your God?
Psalms 42:9
I will say to God my Rock, Why have you let me go from your memory? why do I go in sorrow because of the attacks of my haters?
Psalms 80:5
You have given them the bread of weeping for food; for their drink you have given them sorrow in great measure.
Psalms 102:8
My haters say evil of me all day; those who are violent against me make use of my name as a curse.
Psalms 102:9
I have had dust for bread and my drink has been mixed with weeping:
Malachi 2:13
And this again you do: covering the altar of the Lord with weeping and with grief, so that he gives no more thought to the offering, and does not take it with pleasure from your hand.
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Psalms 90:3
You send man back to his dust; and say, Go back, you children of men.
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Psalms 90:4
For to you a thousand years are no more than yesterday when it is past, and like a watch in the night.
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Job 22:10
For this cause nets are round your feet, and you are overcome with sudden fear.
Job 24:5
Like asses in the waste land they go out to their work, looking for food with care; from the waste land they get bread for their children.
Job 31:13
If I did wrong in the cause of my man-servant, or my woman-servant, when they went to law with me;
Job 31:14
What then will I do when God comes as my judge? and what answer may I give to his questions?
Job 31:15
Did not God make him as well as me? did he not give us life in our mothers' bodies?
Psalms 10:9
He keeps himself in a secret place like a lion in his hole, waiting to put his hands on the poor man, and pulling him into his net.
Psalms 10:18
To give decision for the child without a father and for the broken-hearted, so that the man of the earth may no longer be feared.
Psalms 140:12
I am certain that the Lord will take care of the cause of the poor, and of the rights of those who are troubled.
Proverbs 3:31
Have no envy of the violent man, or take any of his ways as an example.
Proverbs 17:5
Whoever makes sport of the poor puts shame on his Maker; and he who is glad because of trouble will not go free from punishment.
Proverbs 30:14
There is a generation whose teeth are like swords, their strong teeth like knives, for the destruction of the poor from the earth, and of those who are in need from among men.
Luke 3:12
Then tax-farmers came to him for baptism and said to him, Master, what have we to do?
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Proverbs 10:22
The blessing of the Lord gives wealth: hard work makes it no greater.
Proverbs 11:17
The man who has mercy will be rewarded, but the cruel man is the cause of trouble to himself.
Proverbs 12:10
An upright man has thought for the life of his beast, but the hearts of evil-doers are cruel.
Proverbs 18:23
The poor man makes requests for grace, but the man of wealth gives a rough answer.
Proverbs 21:10
The desire of the evil-doer is fixed on evil: he has no kind feeling for his neighbour.
Ecclesiastes 11:1
Put out your bread on the face of the waters; for after a long time it will come back to you again.
Ecclesiastes 11:2
Give a part to seven or even to eight, because you have no knowledge of the evil which will be on the earth.
Isaiah 32:6
For the foolish man will say foolish things, having evil thoughts in his heart, working what is unclean, and talking falsely about the Lord, to keep food from him who is in need of it, and water from him whose soul is desiring it.
Isaiah 32:8
But the noble-hearted man has noble purposes, and by these he will be guided.
Isaiah 58:8
Then will light be shining on you like the morning, and your wounds will quickly be well: and your righteousness will go before you, and the glory of the Lord will come after you.
Isaiah 58:9
Then at the sound of your voice, the Lord will give an answer; at your cry he will say, Here am I. If you take away from among you the yoke, the putting out of the finger of shame, and the evil word;
Isaiah 58:10
And if you give your bread to those in need of it, so that the troubled one may have his desire; then you will have light in the dark, and your night will be as the full light of the sun:
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Proverbs 28:12
When the upright do well, there is great glory; but when evil-doers are lifted up, men do not let themselves be seen.
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Proverbs 28:28
When evil-doers are lifted up, men take cover; but when destruction overtakes them, the upright are increased.
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Isaiah 16:3
Give wise directions, make a decision; let your shade be as night in full day: keep safe those who are in flight; do not give up the wandering ones.
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Isaiah 16:4
Let those who have been forced out of Moab have a resting-place with you; be a cover to them from him who is making waste their land: till the cruel ones are cut off, and wasting has come to an end, and those who take pleasure in crushing the poor are gone from the land.
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Exodus 20:15
Do not take the property of another.
Deuteronomy 5:19
Do not take the property of another.
Proverbs 29:24
A man who takes part with a thief has hate for his soul; he is put under oath, but says nothing.
Proverbs 30:9
For fear that if I am full, I may be false to you and say, Who is the Lord? or if I am poor, I may become a thief, using the name of my God wrongly.
Isaiah 3:9
Their respect for a man's position is a witness against them; and their sin is open to the view of all; like that of Sodom, it is not covered. A curse on their soul! for the measure of their sin is full.
Isaiah 56:11
Yes, the dogs are for ever looking for food; while these, the keepers of the sheep, are without wisdom: they have all gone after their pleasure, every one looking for profit; they are all the same.
Jeremiah 5:31
The prophets give false words and the priests give decisions by their direction; and my people are glad to have it so: and what will you do in the end?
Luke 17:28
In the same way, in the days of Lot; they were feasting and trading, they were planting and building;
Luke 18:11
The Pharisee, taking up his position, said to himself these words: God, I give you praise because I am not like other men, who take more than their right, who are evil-doers, who are untrue to their wives, or even like this tax-farmer.
1 Corinthians 6:9
Have you not knowledge that evil-doers will have no part in the kingdom of God? Have no false ideas about this: no one who goes after the desires of the flesh, or gives worship to images, or is untrue when married, or is less than a man, or makes a wrong use of men,
1 Corinthians 6:10
Or is a thief, or the worse for drink, or makes use of strong language, or takes by force what is not his, will have any part in the kingdom of God.
Revelation 18:5
For her sins have gone up even to heaven, and God has taken note of her evil-doing.
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1 Samuel 25:8
If your young men are questioned they will say the same thing. So now, let my young men have grace in your eyes, for we are come at a good time; please give anything you may have by you to your servants and to your son David.
1 Samuel 25:9
And when David's young men came, they said all this to Nabal, in David's name, and said nothing more.
1 Samuel 25:10
And Nabal gave them his answer and said, Who is David? who is the son of Jesse? there are a number of servants in these days running away from their masters.
1 Samuel 25:11
Am I to take my bread and my wine and the meat I have got ready for my wool-cutters and give it to men coming from I have no idea where?
Psalms 112:5
All is well for the man who is kind and gives freely to others; he will make good his cause when he is judged.
Isaiah 58:3
They say, Why have we kept ourselves from food, and you do not see it? why have we kept ourselves from pleasure, and you take no note of it? If, in the days when you keep from food, you take the chance to do your business, and get in your debts;
Isaiah 58:4
If keeping from food makes you quickly angry, ready for fighting and giving blows with evil hands; your holy days are not such as to make your voice come to my ears on high.
Isaiah 58:7
Is it not to give your bread to those in need, and to let the poor who have no resting-place come into your house? to put a robe on the unclothed one when you see him, and not to keep your eyes shut for fear of seeing his flesh?
Malachi 3:8
Will a man keep back from God what is right? But you have kept back what is mine. But you say, What have we kept back from you? Tenths and offerings.
Malachi 3:9
You are cursed with a curse; for you have kept back from me what is mine, even all this nation.
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.
1 John 3:17
But if a man has this world's goods, and sees that his brother is in need, and keeps his heart shut against his brother, how is it possible for the love of God to be in him?
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Proverbs 11:24
A man may give freely, and still his wealth will be increased; and another may keep back more than is right, but only comes to be in need.
Proverbs 11:25
He who gives blessing will be made fat, but the curser will himself be cursed.
Proverbs 19:17
He who has pity on the poor gives to the Lord, and the Lord will give him his reward.
Isaiah 58:11
And the Lord will be your guide at all times; in dry places he will give you water in full measure, and will make strong your bones; and you will be like a watered garden, and like an ever-flowing spring.
Isaiah 58:12
And your sons will be building again the old waste places: you will make strong the bases of old generations: and you will be named, He who puts up the broken walls, and, He who makes ready the ways for use.
Amos 5:13
So the wise will say nothing in that time; for it is an evil time.
Acts 2:45
And exchanging their goods and property for money, they made division of it among them all, as they had need.
2 Corinthians 8:15
As it says in the Writings, He who had taken up much had nothing over and he who had little had enough.
2 Corinthians 9:1
But there is no need for me to say anything in my letter about the giving to the saints:
2 Corinthians 9:9
As it is said in the Writings, He has sent out far and wide, he has given to the poor; his righteousness is for ever.
James 2:14
What use is it, my brothers, for a man to say that he has faith, if he does nothing? will such a faith give him salvation?
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Isaiah 9:20
On the right a man was cutting off bits and was still in need; on the left a man took a meal but had not enough; no man had pity on his brother; every man was making a meal of the flesh of his neighbour.
Isaiah 9:21
Manasseh was making a meal of Ephraim, and Ephraim of Manasseh; and together they were attacking Judah. For all this his wrath is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
Isaiah 11:13
And the envy of Ephraim will be gone, and those who make trouble for Judah will come to an end: Ephraim will have no more envy of Judah, and there will be an end of Judah's hate for Ephraim.
Isaiah 59:3
For your hands are unclean with blood, and your fingers with sin; your lips have said false things, and your tongue gives out deceit.
Isaiah 59:7
Their feet go quickly to evil, and they take delight in the death of the upright; their thoughts are thoughts of sin; wasting and destruction are in their ways.
Jeremiah 5:7
How is it possible for you to have my forgiveness for this? your children have given me up, taking their oaths by those who are no gods: when I had given them food in full measure, they were false to their wives, taking their pleasure in the houses of loose women.
Jeremiah 5:29
Am I not to give punishment for these things? says the Lord: will not my soul take payment from such a nation as this?
Jeremiah 9:7
So the Lord of armies has said, See, I will make them soft in the fire and put them to the test; this I will do because of their evil-doing.
Jeremiah 9:8
His tongue is an arrow causing death; the words of his mouth are deceit: he says words of peace to his neighbour, but in his heart he is waiting secretly for him.
Jeremiah 9:9
Am I not to send punishment for these things? says the Lord: will not my soul take payment from such a nation as this?
Ezekiel 22:6
See, the rulers of Israel, every one in his family, have been causing death in you.
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Isaiah 14:11
Your pride has gone down into the underworld, and the noise of your instruments of music; the worms are under you, and your body is covered with them.
Isaiah 23:7
Is this the town which was full of joy, whose start goes back to times long past, whose wanderings took her into far-off countries?
Isaiah 24:8
The pleasing sound of all instruments of music has come to an end, and the voices of those who are glad.
Isaiah 24:9
There is no more drinking of wine with a song; strong drink will be bitter to those who take it.
Isaiah 66:6
There is a noise of war from the town, a sound from the Temple, the voice of the Lord giving punishment to his haters.
Hosea 2:11
And I will put an end to all her joy, her feasts, her new moons, and her Sabbaths, and all her regular meetings.
Amos 6:4
Who are resting on beds of ivory, stretched out on soft seats, feasting on lambs from the flock and young oxen from the cattle-house;
Amos 6:5
Making foolish songs to the sound of corded instruments, and designing for themselves instruments of music, like David;
Amos 6:6
Drinking wine in basins, rubbing themselves with the best oils; but they have no grief for the destruction of Joseph.
Amos 6:7
So now they will go away prisoners with the first of those who are made prisoners, and the loud cry of those who were stretched out will come to an end.
Revelation 18:22
And the voice of players and makers of music will never again be sounding in you: and no worker, expert in art, will ever again be living in you; and there will be no sound of the crushing of grain any more at all in you;
Revelation 18:23
And never again will the shining of lights be seen in you; and the voice of the newly-married man and the bride will never again be sounding in you: for your traders were the lords of the earth, and by your evil powers were all the nations turned out of the right way.
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1 Samuel 25:36
And Abigail went back to Nabal; and he was feasting in his house like a king; and Nabal's heart was full of joy, for he had taken much wine; so she said nothing to him till dawn came.
Proverbs 15:27
He whose desires are fixed on profit is a cause of trouble to his family; but he who has no desire for offerings will have life.
Jeremiah 6:13
For from the least of them even to the greatest, everyone is given up to getting money; from the prophet even to the priest, everyone is working deceit.
Jeremiah 7:9
Will you take the goods of others, put men to death, and be untrue to your wives, and take false oaths, and have perfumes burned to the Baal, and go after other gods which are strange to you;
Hosea 4:2
There is cursing and broken faith, violent death and attacks on property, men are untrue in married life, houses are broken into, and there is blood touching blood.
Micah 3:11
Its heads take rewards for judging, and the priests take payment for teaching, and the prophets get silver for reading the future: but still, supporting themselves on the Lord, they say, Is not the Lord among us? no evil will overtake us.
Acts 5:3
But Peter said, Ananias, why has the Evil One put it into your heart to be false to the Holy Spirit, and to keep back part of the price of the land?
Romans 13:7
Give to all what is their right: taxes to him whose they are, payment to him whose right it is, fear to whom fear, honour to whom honour is to be given.
Ephesians 4:28
Let him who was a thief be so no longer, but let him do good work with his hands, so that he may have something to give to him who is in need.
1 Thessalonians 4:6
And that no man may make attempts to get the better of his brother in business: for the Lord is the judge in all these things, as we said to you before and gave witness.
1 Timothy 6:5
Bitter talk of men who, being evil in mind and dead to what is true, take the faith to be a way of making profit.
James 5:12
But most of all, my brothers, do not take oaths, not by the heaven, or by the earth, or by any other thing: but let your Yes be Yes, and your No be No: so that you may not be judged.
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Isaiah 9:19
The land was dark with the wrath of the Lord of armies: the people were like those who take men's flesh for food.
Isaiah 59:4
No one puts forward an upright cause, or gives a true decision: their hope is in deceit, and their words are false; they are with child with sin, and give birth to evil.
Isaiah 59:5
They give birth to snake's eggs, and make spider's threads: whoever takes their eggs for food comes to his death, and the egg which is crushed becomes a poison-snake.
Isaiah 59:6
Their twisted threads will not make clothing, and their works will give them nothing for covering themselves: their works are works of sin, and violent acts are in their hands.
Jeremiah 5:9
Am I not to give punishment for these things? says the Lord: will not my soul take payment from such a nation as this?
Jeremiah 9:3
Their tongues are bent like a bow to send out false words: they have become strong in the land, but not for good faith: they go on from evil to evil, and they have no knowledge of me, says the Lord.
Jeremiah 9:4
Let everyone keep watch on his neighbour, and put no faith in any brother: for every brother will certainly be tricking his brother, and every neighbour will go about saying evil.
Jeremiah 9:5
Everyone will make sport of his neighbour with deceit, not saying what is true: their tongues have been trained to say false words; they are twisted, hating to come back.
Jeremiah 9:6
There is wrong on wrong, deceit on deceit; they have given up the knowledge of me, says the Lord.
Micah 7:2
The good man is gone from the earth, there is no one upright among men: they are all waiting secretly for blood, every man is going after his brother with a net.
Zechariah 7:9
This is what the Lord of armies has said: Let your judging be upright and done in good faith, let every man have mercy and pity for his brother:
Zechariah 7:11
But they would not give attention, turning their backs and stopping their ears from hearing;
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Jeremiah 11:5
So that I may give effect to the oath which I made to your fathers, to give them a land flowing with milk and honey as at this day. And I said in answer, So be it, O Lord.
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Jeremiah 22:1
This is what the Lord has said: Go down to the house of the king of Judah and there give him this word,
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Job 31:24
If I made gold my hope, or if I ever said to the best gold, I have put my faith in you;
Job 31:25
If I was glad because my wealth was great, and because my hand had got together a great store;
Jeremiah 22:14
Who says, I will make a wide house for myself, and rooms of great size, and has windows cut out, and has it roofed with cedar and painted with bright red.
Jeremiah 22:15
Are you to be a king because you make more use of cedar than your father? did not your father take food and drink and do right, judging in righteousness, and then it was well for him?
Jeremiah 22:16
He was judge in the cause of the poor and those in need; then it was well. Was not this to have knowledge of me? says the Lord.
Mark 10:24
And the disciples were full of wonder at his words. But Jesus said to them again, Children, how hard it is for those who put faith in wealth to come into the kingdom of God!
Luke 12:16
And he said to them, in a story, The land of a certain man of great wealth was very fertile:
Luke 12:17
And he said to himself, What is to be done? for I have no place in which to put all my fruit.
Luke 12:18
And he said, This I will do: I will take down my store-houses and make greater ones, and there I will put all my grain and my goods.
Luke 16:21
Desiring the broken bits of food which came from the table of the man of wealth; and even the dogs came and put their tongues on his wounds.
Luke 16:25
But Abraham said, Keep in mind, my son, that when you were living, you had your good things, while Lazarus had evil things: but now, he is comforted and you are in pain.
Luke 16:26
And in addition, there is a deep division fixed between us and you, so that those who might go from here to you are not able to do so, and no one may come from you to us.
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Jeremiah 48:27
For did you not make sport of Israel? was he taken among thieves? for whenever you were talking about him, you were shaking your head over him.
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Exodus 1:13
And they gave the children of Israel even harder work to do:
Leviticus 25:53
And he will be with him as a servant working for payment year by year; his master is not to be cruel to him before your eyes.
Ezekiel 34:4
You have not made the diseased ones strong or made well that which was ill; you have not put bands on the broken or got back that which had been sent away or made search for the wandering ones; and the strong you have been ruling cruelly.
Matthew 21:35
And the workmen made an attack on his servants, giving blows to one, putting another to death, and stoning another.
Matthew 24:49
And is cruel to the other servants, taking his pleasure with those who are overcome with wine;
2 Corinthians 1:24
Not that we have authority over your faith, but we are helpers of your joy: for it is faith which is your support.
1 Peter 5:2
Keep watch over the flock of God which is in your care, using your authority, not as forced to do so, but gladly; and not for unclean profit but with a ready mind;
1 Peter 5:3
Not as lords over God's heritage, but making yourselves examples to the flock.
Revelation 13:14
And those who are on the earth are turned from the true way by him through the signs which he was given power to do before the beast; giving orders to those who are on the earth to make an image to the beast, who was wounded by the sword, and came to life.
Revelation 13:15
And he had power to give breath to the image of the beast, so that words might come from the image of the beast, and that he might have all those who did not give worship to the image of the beast put to death.
Revelation 13:16
And he gives to all, small and great, the poor and those who have wealth, the free and those who are not free, a mark on their right hand or on their brows;
Revelation 13:17
So that no man might be able to do trade but he who has the mark, even the name of the beast or the number of his name.
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Isaiah 22:2
You, who are full of loud voices, a town of outcries, given up to joy; your dead men have not been put to the sword, or come to their death in war.
Isaiah 23:16
Take an instrument of music, go about the town, O loose woman who has gone out from the memory of man; make sweet melody with songs, so that you may come back to men's minds.
Jeremiah 7:34
And in the towns of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem, I will put an end to the laughing voices, the voice of joy and the voice of the newly-married man and the voice of the bride: for the land will become a waste.
Jeremiah 16:9
For the Lord of armies, the God of Israel, has said, See, before your eyes and in your days I will put an end in this place to the laughing voices and the voice of joy; to the voice of the newly-married man and the voice of the bride.
Jeremiah 25:10
And more than this, I will take from them the sound of laughing voices, the voice of joy, the voice of the newly-married man, and the voice of the bride, the sound of the stones crushing the grain, and the shining of lights.
Ezekiel 26:13
I will put an end to the noise of your songs, and the sound of your instruments of music will be gone for ever.
Ezekiel 28:13
You were in Eden, the garden of God; every stone of great price was your clothing, the sardius, the topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the emerald and the carbuncle: your store-houses were full of gold, and things of great price were in you; in the day when you were made they were got ready.
Amos 2:16
And he who is without fear among the fighting men will go in flight without his clothing in that day, says the Lord.
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Hosea 12:7
As for Canaan, the scales of deceit are in his hands; he takes pleasure in twisted ways.
Amos 3:9
Give out the news in the great houses of Assyria and in the land of Egypt, and say, Come together on the mountains of Samaria, and see what great outcries are there, and what cruel acts are done in it.
Amos 8:7
The Lord has taken an oath by the pride of Jacob, Truly I will ever keep in mind all their works.
Amos 8:8
Will not the land be shaking with fear because of this, and everyone in it have sorrow? and all of it will be overflowing like the River; and it will be troubled and go down again like the River of Egypt.
Micah 6:6
With what am I to come before the Lord and go with bent head before the high God? am I to come before him with burned offerings, with young oxen a year old?
Micah 6:10
Am I to let the stores of the evil-doer go out of my memory, and the short measure, which is cursed?
Micah 6:11
Is it possible for me to let wrong scales and the bag of false weights go without punishment?
Micah 6:15
You will put in seed, but you will not get in the grain; you will be crushing olives, but your bodies will not be rubbed with the oil; and you will get in the grapes, but you will have no wine.
Romans 4:4
Now, the reward is credited to him who does works, not as of grace but as a debt.
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Matthew 24:13
But he who goes through to the end will get salvation.
1 Thessalonians 5:1
But about the times and their order, my brothers, there is no need for me to say anything to you.
1 Thessalonians 5:2
For you yourselves have the knowledge that the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night.
Hebrews 10:23
Let us keep the witness of our hope strong and unshaking, for he is true who has given his word:
1 John 2:18
Little children, it is the last hour; and as you were given word that the Antichrist would come, so now a number of Antichrists have come to you; and by this we are certain that it is the last hour.
1 John 4:3
And every spirit which does not say this is not from God: this is the spirit of Antichrist, of which you have had word; and it is in the world even now.
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Mark 6:13
And they sent out a number of evil spirits, and put oil on a great number who were ill, and made them well.
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Mark 10:10
And in the house the disciples put questions to him again about this thing.
Luke 18:24
And Jesus, looking at him, said, How hard it is for those who have wealth to get into the kingdom of God!
Luke 18:25
It is simpler for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a man who has much money to come into the kingdom of God.
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Matthew 27:57
And in the evening, there came a man of wealth from Arimathaea, Joseph by name, who was a disciple of Jesus:
Mark 15:43
There came Joseph of Arimathaea, a responsible man in high honour, who was himself waiting for the kingdom of God; and he went in to Pilate without fear, and made a request for the body of Jesus.
Luke 23:50
Now there was a man named Joseph, a man of authority and a good and upright man
Luke 23:51
(He had not given his approval to their decision or their acts), of Arimathaea, a town of the Jews, who was waiting for the kingdom of God:
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Acts 3:14
But you would have nothing to do with the Holy and Upright One, and made request for a man of blood to be given to you,
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Acts 3:13
The God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, the God of our fathers, has given glory to his servant Jesus; whom you gave up, turning your backs on him, when Pilate had made the decision to let him go free.
Acts 7:52
Which of the prophets was not cruelly attacked by your fathers? and they put to death those who gave them the news of the coming of the Upright One; whom you have now given up and put to death;
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Matthew 10:27
What I say to you in the dark, say in the light: and what comes to your ear secretly, say publicly from the house-tops.
Luke 1:44
For, truly, when the sound of your voice came to my ears, the baby in my body made a sudden move for joy.
Acts 11:22
And news of them came to the ears of the church at Jerusalem: and they sent Barnabas as far as Antioch:
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2 Corinthians 6:18
And will be a Father to you; and you will be my sons and daughters, says the Lord, the Ruler of all.
Galatians 4:6
And because you are sons, God has sent out the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, saying, Abba, Father.
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2 Kings 9:26
I saw the blood of Naboth and of his sons yesterday; and I will give you full payment in this field, says the Lord? So now, take him and put him in this field, as the Lord said.
Job 16:18
O earth, let not my blood be covered, and let my cry have no resting-place!
Job 20:23
God gives him his desire, and sends the heat of his wrath on him, making it come down on him like rain.
Psalms 49:14
Death will give them their food like sheep; the underworld is their fate and they will go down into it; their flesh is food for worms; their form is wasted away; the underworld is their resting-place for ever.
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.
Acts 5:9
But Peter said to her, Why have you made an agreement together to be false to the Spirit of the Lord? See, the feet of the young men who have put the body of your husband in the earth, are at the door, and they will take you out.
1 Corinthians 5:11
But the sense of my letter was that if a brother had the name of being one who went after the desires of the flesh, or had the desire for other people's property, or was in the way of using violent language, or being the worse for drink, or took by force what was not his, you might not keep company with such a one, or take food with him.
1 Corinthians 7:5
Do not keep back from one another what is right, but only for a short time, and by agreement, so that you may give yourselves to prayer, and come together again; so that Satan may not get the better of you through your loss of self-control.
Galatians 6:10
So then, as we have the chance, let us do good to all men, and specially to those who are of the family of the faith.
Hebrews 11:4
By faith Abel made a better offering to God than Cain, and he had witness through it of his righteousness, God giving his approval of his offering: and his voice still comes to us through it though he is dead.
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.
James 1:12
There is a blessing on the man who undergoes testing; because, if he has God's approval, he will be given the crown of life, which the Lord has said he will give to those who have love for him.
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Matthew 24:9
Then they will be cruel to you, and will put you to death: and you will be hated by all nations because of my name.
Matthew 24:10
And numbers of people will be turned from the right way, and will give one another up and have hate for one another.
Matthew 24:11
And a number of false prophets will come, causing error.
Matthew 24:24
For there will come up false Christs, and false prophets, who will do great signs and wonders; so that if possible even the saints might be tricked.
Luke 18:8
I say to you that he will quickly do right in their cause. But when the Son of man comes, will there be any faith on earth?
Luke 21:21
Then let those who are in Judaea go in flight to the mountains; and those who are in the middle of the town go out; and let not those who are in the country come in.
1 Thessalonians 5:3
When they say, There is peace and no danger, then sudden destruction will come on them, as birth-pains on a woman with child; and they will not be able to get away from it.
1 Timothy 4:1
But the Spirit says clearly that in later times some will be turned away from the faith, giving their minds to spirits of deceit, and the teachings of evil spirits,
Titus 2:14
Who gave himself for us, so that he might make us free from all wrongdoing, and make for himself a people clean in heart and on fire with good works.
Hebrews 10:24
And let us be moving one another at all times to love and good works;
Hebrews 10:25
Not giving up our meetings, as is the way of some, but keeping one another strong in faith; and all the more because you see the day coming near.
Hebrews 10:26
For if we do evil on purpose after we have had the knowledge of what is true, there is no more offering for sins,
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Matthew 23:25
A curse is on you, scribes and Pharisees, false ones! for you make clean the outside of the cup and of the plate, but inside they are full of violent behaviour and uncontrolled desire.
1 Timothy 3:3
Not quickly moved to wrath or blows, but gentle; no fighter, no lover of money;
James 1:13
Let no man say when he is tested, I am tested by God; for it is not possible for God to be tested by evil, and he himself puts no man to such a test:
James 4:1
What is the cause of wars and fighting among you? is it not in your desires which are at war in your bodies?
James 4:13
How foolish it is to say, Today or tomorrow we will go into this town, and be there for a year and do business there and get wealth:
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Proverbs 21:30
Wisdom and knowledge and wise suggestions are of no use against the Lord.
Jeremiah 2:31
O generation, see the word of the Lord. Have I been a waste land to Israel? or a land of dark night? why do my people say, We have got loose, we will not come to you again?
Ezekiel 22:25
Her rulers in her are like a loud-voiced lion violently taking his food; they have made a meal of souls; they have taken wealth and valued property; they have made great the number of widows in her.
Ezekiel 22:26
Her priests have been acting violently against my law; they have made my holy things unclean: they have made no division between what is holy and what is common, and they have not made it clear that the unclean is different from the clean, and their eyes have been shut to my Sabbaths, and I am not honoured among them.
Ezekiel 22:28
And her prophets have been using whitewash, seeing foolish visions and making false use of secret arts, saying, This is what the Lord has said, when the Lord has said nothing.
Hosea 13:6
When I gave them food they were full, and their hearts were full of pride, and they did not keep me in mind.
Luke 10:7
And keep in that same house, taking what food and drink they give you: for the worker has a right to his reward. Do not go from house to house.
Galatians 6:8
Because he who puts in the seed of the flesh will of the flesh get the reward of death; but he who puts in the seed of the Spirit will of the Spirit get the reward of eternal life.
James 4:3
You make your request but you do not get it, because your request has been wrongly made, desiring the thing only so that you may make use of it for your pleasure.
James 4:4
O you who are false to God, do you not see that the friends of this world are not God's friends? Every man desiring to be a friend of this world makes himself a hater of God.
James 5:13
Is anyone among you in trouble? let him say prayers. Is anyone glad? let him make a song of praise.
Jude 1:11
A curse on them! They have gone in the way of Cain, running uncontrolled into the error of Balaam for reward, and have come to destruction by saying evil against the Lord, like Korah.
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2 Peter 3:1
My loved ones, this is now my second letter to you, and in this as in the first, I am attempting to keep your true minds awake;
2 Peter 3:2
So that you may keep in mind the words of the holy prophets in the past, and the law of the Lord and Saviour which was given to you by his Apostles.
Jude 1:17
But you, my loved ones, keep in memory the words which were said before by the Apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ,
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Psalms 96:11
Let the heavens have joy and the earth be glad; let the sea be thundering with all its waters;
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.
Romans 8:19
For the strong desire of every living thing is waiting for the revelation of the sons of God.
Jude 1:14
The prophet Enoch, who was the seventh after Adam, said of these men, The Lord came with tens of thousands of his saints,
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John 1:29
The day after, John sees Jesus coming to him and says, See, here is the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!
Revelation 4:8
And the four beasts, having every one of them six wings, are full of eyes round about and inside: and without resting day and night, they say, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God, Ruler of all, who was and is and is to come.
Revelation 5:11
And I saw, and there came to my ears the sound of a great number of angels round about the high seat and the beasts and the rulers; and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands;
Revelation 5:12
Saying with a great voice, It is right to give to the Lamb who was put to death, power and wealth and wisdom and strength and honour and glory and blessing.
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Revelation 17:5
And on her brow was a name, SECRET, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF THE EVIL WOMEN AND OF THE UNCLEAN THINGS OF THE EARTH.
Revelation 17:6
And I saw the woman overcome as with the wine of the blood of the saints, and the blood of those put to death because of Jesus. And when I saw her, I was overcome with a great wonder.
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