Verse 2

to turn aside{H5186} the needy{H1800} from justice,{H1779} and to rob{H1497} the poor{H6041} of my people{H5971} of their right,{H4941} that widows{H490} may be their spoil,{H7998} and that they may make the fatherless{H3490} their prey!{H962}

Referenced Verses

  • Mal 3:5 : 5 And I will come near{H7126} to you to judgment;{H4941} and I will be a swift{H4116} witness{H5707} against the sorcerers,{H3784} and against the adulterers,{H5003} and against the false{H8267} swearers,{H7650} and against those that oppress{H6231} the hireling{H7916} in his wages,{H7939} the widow,{H490} and the fatherless,{H3490} and that turn aside{H5186} the sojourner{H1616} [from his right], and fear{H3372} not me, saith{H559} Jehovah{H3068} of hosts.{H6635}
  • Isa 3:14 : 14 Jehovah{H3068} will enter{H935} into judgment{H4941} with the elders{H2205} of his people,{H5971} and the princes{H8269} thereof: It is ye that have eaten up{H1197} the vineyard;{H3754} the spoil{H1500} of the poor{H6041} is in your houses:{H1004}
  • Ezek 22:7 : 7 In thee have they set light{H7043} by father{H1} and mother;{H517} in the midst{H8432} of thee have they dealt{H6213} by oppression{H6233} with the sojourner;{H1616} in thee have they wronged{H3238} the fatherless{H3490} and the widow.{H490}
  • Isa 5:23 : 23 that justify{H6663} the wicked{H7563} for{H6118} a bribe,{H7810} and take away{H5493} the righteousness{H6666} of the righteous{H6662} from him!
  • Isa 29:21 : 21 that make a man{H120} an offender{H2398} in [his] cause,{H1697} and lay a snare{H6983} for him that reproveth{H3198} in the gate,{H8179} and turn aside{H5186} the just{H6662} with a thing of nought.{H8414}
  • Isa 1:23 : 23 Thy princes{H8269} are rebellious,{H5637} and companions{H2270} of thieves;{H1590} every one loveth{H157} bribes,{H7810} and followeth{H7291} after rewards:{H8021} they judge{H8199} not the fatherless,{H3490} neither doth the cause{H7379} of the widow{H490} come{H935} unto them.
  • Matt 23:13 : 13 But woe{G3759} unto you,{G5213} scribes{G1122} and{G2532} Pharisees,{G5330} hypocrites!{G5273} because{G3754} ye shut{G2808} the kingdom{G932} of heaven{G3772} against{G1715} men:{G444} for{G1063} ye{G5210} enter not{G3756} in{G1525} yourselves, neither{G3756} suffer ye{G5210} them that are entering{G1525} in{G1525} to enter.
  • Jer 7:6 : 6 if ye oppress{H6231} not the sojourner,{H1616} the fatherless,{H3490} and the widow,{H490} and shed{H8210} not innocent{H5355} blood{H1818} in this place,{H4725} neither walk{H3212} after{H310} other{H312} gods{H430} to your own hurt:{H7451}
  • Lam 3:35 : 35 To turn aside{H5186} the right{H4941} of a man{H1397} before the face{H6440} of the Most High,{H5945}
  • Amos 2:7 : 7 they that pant{H7602} after the dust{H6083} of the earth{H776} on the head{H7218} of the poor,{H1800} and turn aside{H5186} the way{H1870} of the meek:{H6035} and a man{H376} and his father{H1} go{H3212} unto the [same] maiden,{H5291} to profane{H2490} my holy{H6944} name:{H8034}
  • Amos 5:11-12 : 11 Forasmuch{H3282} therefore as ye trample{H1318} upon the poor,{H1800} and take{H3947} exactions{H4864} from him of wheat:{H1250} ye have built{H1129} houses{H1004} of hewn stone,{H1496} but ye shall not dwell{H3427} in them; ye have planted{H5193} pleasant{H2531} vineyards,{H3754} but ye shall not drink{H8354} the wine{H3196} thereof. 12 For I know{H3045} how manifold{H7227} are your transgressions,{H6588} and how mighty{H6099} are your sins—{H2403} ye that afflict{H6887} the just,{H6662} that take{H3947} a bribe,{H3724} and that turn aside{H5186} the needy{H34} in the gate{H8179} [from their right].
  • Isa 5:7 : 7 For the vineyard{H3754} of Jehovah{H3068} of hosts{H6635} is the house{H1004} of Israel,{H3478} and the men{H376} of Judah{H3063} his pleasant{H8191} plant:{H5194} and he looked{H6960} for justice,{H4941} but, behold, oppression;{H4939} for righteousness,{H6666} but, behold, a cry.{H6818}