2 Kings 4:1
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Elisha and the Widow's Oil
4 Now the wife of one of the (A)sons of the prophets cried to Elisha, “Your servant my husband is dead, and you know that your servant feared the Lord, (B)but the creditor has come to take my two children to be his slaves.”
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Matthew 18:25
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25 (A)And since he could not pay, his master ordered him (B)to be sold, with his wife and (C)children and all that he had, and payment to be made.
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2 Kings 2:3
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3 And (A)the sons of the prophets who were in Bethel came out to Elisha and said to him, “Do you know that today the Lord will take away your master from over you?” And he said, “Yes, I know it; keep quiet.”
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Nehemiah 5:2-5
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2 For there were those who said, “With our sons and our daughters, we are many. So let us get grain, that we may eat and keep alive.” 3 There were also those who said, “We are mortgaging our fields, our vineyards, and our houses to get grain because of the famine.” 4 And there were those who said, “We have borrowed money for (A)the king's tax on our fields and our vineyards. 5 Now (B)our flesh is as the flesh of our brothers, our children are as their children. Yet (C)we are forcing our sons and our daughters to be slaves, and some of our daughters have already been enslaved, but it is not in our power to help it, for other men have our fields and our vineyards.”
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Leviticus 25:39-41
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39 (A)“If your brother becomes poor beside you and sells himself to you, you shall not make him serve as a slave: 40 he shall be with you as a hired worker and as a sojourner. He shall serve with you until the year of the jubilee. 41 (B)Then he shall go out from you, (C)he and his children with him, and go back to his own clan and return (D)to the possession of his fathers.
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Revelation 19:5
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5 And from the throne came a voice saying,
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Matthew 18:30
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30 He refused and went and put him in prison until he should pay the debt.
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Malachi 3:16
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The Book of Remembrance
16 Then those who feared the Lord (A)spoke with one another. The Lord paid attention and heard them, and (B)a book of remembrance was written before him of those who feared the Lord and esteemed his name.
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Psalm 147:11
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11 but the Lord (A)takes pleasure in those who fear him,
in those who (B)hope in his steadfast love.
Psalm 112:1-2
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The Righteous Will Never Be Moved
112 [a] (A)Praise the Lord!
(B)Blessed is the man who fears the Lord,
who (C)greatly delights in his commandments!
2 His (D)offspring will be mighty in the land;
(E)the generation of the upright will be blessed.
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- Psalm 112:1 This psalm is an acrostic poem, each line beginning with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet
Psalm 103:17
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17 But (A)the steadfast love of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting on (B)those who fear him,
and his righteousness to (C)children's children,
Psalm 103:11
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11 For (A)as high as the heavens are above the earth,
so great is his (B)steadfast love toward (C)those who fear him;
1 Samuel 22:2
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2 (A)And everyone who was in distress, and everyone who was in debt, and everyone who was bitter in soul,[a] gathered to him. And he became commander over them. And there were with him (B)about four hundred men.
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- 1 Samuel 22:2 Or discontented
Revelation 15:4
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4 (A)Who will not fear, O Lord,
and glorify your name?
For you alone are (B)holy.
(C)All nations will come
and worship you,
for your righteous acts have been revealed.”
James 2:13
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13 For (A)judgment is without mercy to one who has shown no mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgment.
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Acts 13:26
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26 “Brothers, sons of the family of Abraham, and those among you (A)who fear God, to us has been sent (B)the message of (C)this salvation.
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Matthew 18:35
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35 (A)So also my heavenly Father will do to every one of you, if you do not forgive your brother (B)from your heart.”
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Jeremiah 34:14
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14 (A)‘At the end of seven years each of you must set free the fellow Hebrew who has been sold to you and has served you six years; (B)you must set him free from your service.’ But (C)your fathers did not listen to me or incline their ears to me.
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Ecclesiastes 12:13
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13 The end of the matter; all has been heard. (A)Fear God and keep his commandments, for this is the whole duty of man.[a]
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- Ecclesiastes 12:13 Or the duty of all mankind
Ecclesiastes 8:12
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12 Though a sinner does evil a hundred times and (A)prolongs his life, yet I know that (B)it will be well with (C)those who fear God, because they fear before him.
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Nehemiah 10:31
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31 (A)And if the peoples of the land bring in goods or any grain on the Sabbath day to sell, we will not buy from them on the Sabbath or on a holy day. And we will forego the crops of the (B)seventh year and the (C)exaction of every debt.
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Nehemiah 7:2
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2 I gave (A)my brother Hanani and Hananiah the governor of (B)the castle charge over Jerusalem, for he was (C)a more faithful and God-fearing man than many.
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2 Kings 4:38
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2 Kings 2:5
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5 (A)The sons of the prophets who were at Jericho drew near to Elisha and said to him, “Do you know that today the Lord will take away your master from over you?” And he answered, “Yes, I know it; keep quiet.”
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