Proverbs 18:23
The poor plead for mercy, but the rich answer harshly.
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Proverbs 18:23
The poor plead for mercy, but the rich answer harshly.
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Genesis 25:13
These are the names of the sons of Ishmael, by their names, according to the order of their birth: the firstborn of Ishmael, Nebaioth, then Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam,
Genesis 37:25
They sat down to eat bread, and they lifted up their eyes and looked, and saw a caravan of Ishmaelites was coming from Gilead, with their camels bearing spices and balm and myrrh, going to carry it down to Egypt.
Genesis 37:28
Midianites who were merchants passed by, and they drew and lifted up Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmaelites for twenty pieces of silver. The merchants brought Joseph into Egypt.
Judges 5:23
‘Curse Meroz,’ said Yahweh’s angel. ‘Curse bitterly its inhabitants, because they didn’t come to help Yahweh, to help Yahweh against the mighty.’
Judges 8:6
The princes of Succoth said, “Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna now in your hand, that we should give bread to your army?”
Ruth 2:4
Behold, Boaz came from Bethlehem, and said to the reapers, “May Yahweh be with you.” They answered him, “May Yahweh bless you.”
1 Samuel 25:11
Shall I then take my bread, my water, and my meat that I have killed for my shearers, and give it to men who I don’t know where they come from?”
1 Kings 20:11
The king of Israel answered, “Tell him, ‘Don’t let him who puts on his armor brag like he who takes it off.’ ”
2 Kings 14:9
Jehoash the king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, “The thistle that was in Lebanon sent to the cedar that was in Lebanon, saying, ‘Give your daughter to my son as wife.’ Then a wild animal that was in Lebanon passed by, and trampled down the thistle.
Psalms 34:10
The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger, but those who seek Yahweh shall not lack any good thing.
Philippians 2:21
For they all seek their own, not the things of Jesus Christ.
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Genesis 33:12
Esau said, “Let’s take our journey, and let’s go, and I will go before you.”
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Genesis 42:14
Joseph said to them, “It is like I told you, saying, ‘You are spies!’
Genesis 42:15
By this you shall be tested. By the life of Pharaoh, you shall not go out from here, unless your youngest brother comes here.
Genesis 42:16
Send one of you, and let him get your brother, and you shall be bound, that your words may be tested, whether there is truth in you, or else by the life of Pharaoh surely you are spies.”
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Exodus 5:2
Pharaoh said, “Who is Yahweh, that I should listen to his voice to let Israel go? I don’t know Yahweh, and moreover I will not let Israel go.”
Proverbs 15:33
The fear of Yahweh teaches wisdom. Before honor is humility.
Isaiah 66:2
For my hand has made all these things, and so all these things came to be,” says Yahweh: “but I will look to this man, even to he who is poor and of a contrite spirit, and who trembles at my word.
Ephesians 5:21
subjecting yourselves to one another in the fear of Christ.
1 Peter 5:5
Likewise, you younger ones, be subject to the elder. Yes, all of you clothe yourselves with humility and subject yourselves to one another; for “God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”
1 Peter 5:6
Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time,
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1 Samuel 20:10
Then David said to Jonathan, “Who will tell me if your father answers you roughly?”
1 Samuel 20:30
Then Saul’s anger burned against Jonathan, and he said to him, “You son of a perverse rebellious woman, don’t I know that you have chosen the son of Jesse to your own shame, and to the shame of your mother’s nakedness?
1 Samuel 20:31
For as long as the son of Jesse lives on the earth, you will not be established, nor will your kingdom. Therefore now send and bring him to me, for he shall surely die!”
1 Samuel 20:32
Jonathan answered Saul his father, and said to him, “Why should he be put to death? What has he done?”
1 Samuel 20:33
Saul cast his spear at him to strike him. By this Jonathan knew that his father was determined to put David to death.
1 Samuel 20:34
So Jonathan arose from the table in fierce anger, and ate no food the second day of the month; for he was grieved for David, because his father had treated him shamefully.
1 Samuel 25:14
But one of the young men told Abigail, Nabal’s wife, saying, “Behold, David sent messengers out of the wilderness to greet our master; and he insulted them.
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1 Samuel 2:36
It will happen that everyone who is left in your house will come and bow down to him for a piece of silver and a loaf of bread, and will say, “Please put me into one of the priests’ offices, that I may eat a morsel of bread.” ’ ”
2 Kings 4:1
Now a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets cried out to Elisha, saying, “Your servant my husband is dead. You know that your servant feared Yahweh. Now the creditor has come to take for himself my two children to be slaves.”
2 Kings 4:2
Elisha said to her, “What should I do for you? Tell me, what do you have in the house?” She said, “Your servant has nothing in the house, except a pot of oil.”
James 1:9
Let the brother in humble circumstances glory in his high position;
James 1:10
and the rich, in that he is made humble, because like the flower in the grass, he will pass away.
James 1:11
For the sun arises with the scorching wind and withers the grass; and the flower in it falls, and the beauty of its appearance perishes. So the rich man will also fade away in his pursuits.
James 3:17
But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceful, gentle, reasonable, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.
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Job 2:6
Yahweh said to Satan, “Behold, he is in your hand. Only spare his life.”
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Job 8:5
If you want to seek God diligently, make your supplication to the Almighty.
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Job 15:2
“Should a wise man answer with vain knowledge, and fill himself with the east wind?
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Psalms 49:5
Why should I fear in the days of evil, when iniquity at my heels surrounds me?
Psalms 49:6
Those who trust in their wealth, and boast in the multitude of their riches—
Psalms 52:7
“Behold, this is the man who didn’t make God his strength, but trusted in the abundance of his riches, and strengthened himself in his wickedness.”
Mark 10:23
Jesus looked around and said to his disciples, “How difficult it is for those who have riches to enter into God’s Kingdom!”
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Proverbs 13:23
An abundance of food is in poor people’s fields, but injustice sweeps it away.
Proverbs 21:17
He who loves pleasure will be a poor man. He who loves wine and oil won’t be rich.
Proverbs 29:1
He who is often rebuked and stiffens his neck will be destroyed suddenly, with no remedy.
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Job 41:3
Will he make many petitions to you, or will he speak soft words to you?
Psalms 55:21
His mouth was smooth as butter, but his heart was war. His words were softer than oil, yet they were drawn swords.
Proverbs 15:1
A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.
Proverbs 25:15
By patience a ruler is persuaded. A soft tongue breaks the bone.
Isaiah 30:10
who tell the seers, “Don’t see!” and the prophets, “Don’t prophesy to us right things. Tell us pleasant things. Prophesy deceits.
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Hosea 2:21
It will happen in that day, that I will respond,” says Yahweh. “I will respond to the heavens, and they will respond to the earth;
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Amos 5:11
Therefore, because you trample on the poor and take taxes from him of wheat, you have built houses of cut stone, but you will not dwell in them. You have planted pleasant vineyards, but you shall not drink their wine.
Amos 5:12
For I know how many are your offenses, and how great are your sins— you who afflict the just, who take a bribe, and who turn away the needy in the courts.
Matthew 6:9
Pray like this: “ ‘Our Father in heaven, may your name be kept holy.
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Acts 23:17
Paul summoned one of the centurions and said, “Bring this young man to the commanding officer, for he has something to tell him.”
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Romans 4:16
For this cause it is of faith, that it may be according to grace, to the end that the promise may be sure to all the offspring, not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all.
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Job 31:16
“If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail,
Proverbs 14:21
He who despises his neighbor sins, but he who has pity on the poor is blessed.
Proverbs 14:31
He who oppresses the poor shows contempt for his Maker, but he who is kind to the needy honors him.
Proverbs 19:7
All the relatives of the poor shun him; how much more do his friends avoid him! He pursues them with pleas, but they are gone.
Proverbs 22:7
The rich rule over the poor. The borrower is servant to the lender.
Proverbs 22:16
Whoever oppresses the poor for his own increase and whoever gives to the rich, both come to poverty.
Proverbs 22:22
Don’t exploit the poor because he is poor; and don’t crush the needy in court;
Amos 2:6
Yahweh says: “For three transgressions of Israel, yes, for four, I will not turn away its punishment, because they have sold the righteous for silver, and the needy for a pair of sandals;
Amos 4:1
Listen to this word, you cows of Bashan, who are on the mountain of Samaria, who oppress the poor, who crush the needy, who tell their husbands, “Bring us drinks!”
Amos 8:4
Hear this, you who desire to swallow up the needy, and cause the poor of the land to fail,
Amos 8:6
that we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of sandals, and sell the sweepings with the wheat?’ ”
Micah 6:12
Her rich men are full of violence, her inhabitants speak lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their speech.
James 2:6
But you have dishonored the poor man. Don’t the rich oppress you and personally drag you before the courts?
James 5:1
Come now, you rich, weep and howl for your miseries that are coming on you.
James 5:4
Behold, the wages of the laborers who mowed your fields, which you have kept back by fraud, cry out; and the cries of those who reaped have entered into the ears of the Lord of Armies.
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James 2:15
And if a brother or sister is naked and in lack of daily food,
James 2:16
and one of you tells them, “Go in peace. Be warmed and filled;” yet you didn’t give them the things the body needs, what good is it?
1 John 3:17
But whoever has the world’s goods and sees his brother in need, then closes his heart of compassion against him, how does God’s love remain in him?
1 John 3:18
My little children, let’s not love in word only, or with the tongue only, but in deed and truth.
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