Verse 28
They are waxed fat,{H8080} they shine:{H6245} yea, they overpass{H5674} in deeds{H1697} of wickedness;{H7451} they plead{H1777} not the cause,{H1779} the cause of the fatherless,{H3490} that they may prosper;{H6743} and the right{H4941} of the needy{H34} do they not judge.{H8199}
Referenced Verses
- Deut 32:15 : 15 But Jeshurun{H3484} waxed fat,{H8080} and kicked:{H1163} Thou art waxed fat,{H8080} thou art grown thick,{H5666} thou art become sleek;{H3780} Then he forsook{H5203} God{H433} who made{H6213} him, And lightly esteemed{H5034} the Rock{H6697} of his salvation.{H3444}
- 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.
- Zech 7:10 : 10 and oppress{H6231} not the widow,{H490} nor the fatherless,{H3490} the sojourner,{H1616} nor the poor;{H6041} and let none of you devise{H2803} evil{H7451} against{H376} his brother{H251} in your heart.{H3824}
- Ps 73:12 : 12 Behold, these are the wicked;{H7563} And, being alway{H5769} at ease,{H7961} they increase{H7685} in riches.{H2428}
- 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}
- Jer 12:1 : 1 Righteous{H6662} art thou, O Jehovah,{H3068} when I contend{H7378} with thee; yet would I reason{H1696} the cause{H4941} with thee: wherefore doth the way{H1870} of the wicked{H7563} prosper?{H6743} wherefore are all they at ease{H7951} that deal very{H899} treacherously?{H898}
- Jer 22:15-19 : 15 Shalt thou reign,{H4427} because thou strivest to excel{H8474} in cedar?{H730} Did not thy father{H1} eat{H398} and drink,{H8354} and do{H6213} justice{H4941} and righteousness?{H6666} then it was well{H2896} with him. 16 He judged{H1777} the cause{H1779} of the poor{H6041} and needy;{H34} then it was well.{H2896} Was not this to know{H1847} me? saith{H5002} Jehovah.{H3068} 17 But thine eyes{H5869} and thy heart{H3820} are not but for thy covetousness,{H1215} and for shedding{H8210} innocent{H5355} blood,{H1818} and for oppression,{H6233} and for violence,{H4835} to do{H6213} it. 18 Therefore thus saith{H559} Jehovah{H3068} concerning Jehoiakim{H3079} the son{H1121} of Josiah,{H2977} king{H4428} of Judah:{H3063} they shall not lament{H5594} for him, [saying], Ah{H1945} my brother!{H251} or, Ah{H1945} sister!{H269} They shall not lament{H5594} for him, [saying] Ah{H1945} lord!{H113} or, Ah{H1945} his glory!{H1935} 19 He shall be buried{H6912} with the burial{H6900} of an ass,{H2543} drawn{H5498} and cast forth{H7993} beyond{H1973} the gates{H8179} of Jerusalem.{H3389}
- Ezek 5:6-7 : 6 And she hath rebelled{H4784} against mine ordinances{H4941} in doing wickedness{H7564} more than the nations,{H1471} and against my statutes{H2708} more than the countries{H776} that are round about{H5439} her; for they have rejected{H3988} mine ordinances,{H4941} and as for my statutes,{H2708} they have not walked{H1980} in them. 7 Therefore thus saith{H559} the Lord{H136} Jehovah:{H3069} Because ye are turbulent{H1995} more than the nations{H1471} that are round about{H5439} you, and have not walked{H1980} in my statutes,{H2708} neither have kept{H6213} mine ordinances,{H4941} neither have done{H6213} after the ordinances{H4941} of the nations{H1471} that are round about{H5439} you;
- Ezek 16:47-52 : 47 Yet hast thou not walked{H1980} in their ways,{H1870} nor done{H6213} after their abominations;{H8441} but, as [if that were] a very{H6985} little{H4592} [thing], thou wast more corrupt{H7843} than they{H2004} in all thy ways.{H1870} 48 As I live,{H2416} saith{H5002} the Lord{H136} Jehovah,{H3069} Sodom{H5467} thy sister{H269} hath not done,{H6213} she nor her daughters,{H1323} as thou hast done,{H6213} thou and thy daughters.{H1323} 49 Behold, this was the iniquity{H5771} of thy sister{H269} Sodom:{H5467} pride,{H1347} fulness{H7653} of bread,{H3899} and prosperous{H7962} ease{H8252} was in her and in her daughters;{H1323} neither did she strengthen{H2388} the hand{H3027} of the poor{H6041} and needy.{H34} 50 And they were haughty,{H1361} and committed{H6213} abomination{H8441} before{H6440} me: therefore I took them away{H5493} as I saw{H7200} [good]. 51 Neither hath Samaria{H8111} committed{H2398} half{H2677} of thy sins;{H2403} but thou hast multiplied{H7235} thine abominations{H8441} more than they,{H2007} and hast justified{H6663} thy sisters{H269} by all thine abominations{H8441} which thou hast done.{H6213} 52 Thou also, bear{H5375} thou thine own shame,{H3639} in that thou hast given judgment{H6419} for thy sisters;{H269} through thy sins{H2403} that thou hast committed more abominable{H8581} than they,{H2004} they are more righteous{H6663} that thou: yea, be thou also confounded,{H954} and bear{H5375} thy shame,{H3639} in that thou hast justified{H6663} thy sisters.{H269}
- Amos 4:1 : 1 Hear{H8085} this word,{H1697} ye kine{H6510} of Bashan,{H1316} that are in the mountain{H2022} of Samaria,{H8111} that oppress{H6231} the poor,{H1800} that crush{H7533} the needy,{H34} that say{H559} unto their lords,{H113} Bring,{H935} and let us drink.{H8354}
- 1 Cor 5:1 : 1 It is actually{G3654} reported{G191} that there is{G3748} fornication{G4202} among{G1722} you,{G5213} and{G2532} such{G5108} fornication{G4202} as is{G3748} not even{G3761} among{G1722} the Gentiles,{G1484} that{G5620} one{G5100} [of you] hath{G2192} his{G3588} father's{G3962} wife.{G1135}
- Jas 5:4-5 : 4 Behold,{G2400} the hire{G3408} of the laborers{G2040} who{G3588} mowed{G270} your{G5216} fields,{G5561} which is of{G575} you{G5216} kept back by fraud,{G650} crieth{G2896} out: and{G2532} the cries{G995} of them{G3588} that reaped{G2325} have entered{G1525} into{G1519} the ears{G3775} of the Lord{G2962} of Sabaoth.{G4519} 5 Ye have lived delicately{G5171} on{G1909} the earth,{G1093} and{G2532} taken your pleasure;{G5171} ye have nourished{G5142} your{G5216} hearts{G2588} {G5613} in{G1722} a day{G2250} of slaughter.{G4967}
- Ps 82:2-4 : 2 How long will ye judge{H8199} unjustly,{H5766} And respect{H5375} the persons{H6440} of the wicked?{H7563} Selah{H5542} 3 Judge{H8199} the poor{H1800} and fatherless:{H3490} Do justice{H6663} to the afflicted{H6041} and destitute.{H7326} 4 Rescue{H6403} the poor{H1800} and needy:{H34} Deliver{H6403} them out of the hand{H3027} of the wicked.{H7563}
- Ps 119:70 : 70 Their heart{H3820} is as fat{H2954} as grease;{H2459} But I delight{H8173} in thy law.{H8451}
- Jer 2:33 : 33 How trimmest{H3190} thou thy way{H1870} to seek{H1245} love!{H160} therefore even the wicked women{H7451} hast thou taught{H3925} thy ways.{H1870}
- Job 12:6 : 6 The tents{H168} of robbers{H7703} prosper,{H7951} And they that provoke{H7264} God{H410} are secure;{H987} Into whose hand{H3027} God{H433} bringeth{H935} [abundantly].
- Job 15:27-28 : 27 Because he hath covered{H3680} his face{H6440} with his fatness,{H2459} And gathered{H6213} fat{H6371} upon his loins;{H3689} 28 And he hath dwelt{H7931} in desolate{H3582} cities,{H5892} In houses{H1004} which no man inhabited,{H3427} Which were ready{H6257} to become heaps;{H1530}
- Job 21:23-24 : 23 One dieth{H4191} in his full{H8537} strength,{H6106} Being wholly at ease{H7946} and quiet:{H7961} 24 His pails{H5845} are full{H4390} of milk,{H2461} And the marrow{H4221} of his bones{H6106} is moistened.{H8248}
- Job 29:12-14 : 12 Because I delivered{H4422} the poor{H6041} that cried,{H7768} The fatherless{H3490} also, that had none to help{H5826} him. 13 The blessing{H1293} of him that was ready to perish{H6} came{H935} upon me; And I caused the widow's{H490} heart{H3820} to sing for joy.{H7442} 14 I put{H3847} on righteousness,{H6664} and it clothed{H3847} me: My justice{H4941} was as a robe{H4598} and a diadem.{H6797}
- Ps 72:4 : 4 He will judge{H8199} the poor{H6041} of the people,{H5971} He will save{H3467} the children{H1121} of the needy,{H34} And will break in pieces{H1792} the oppressor.{H6231}
- Ps 73:6-7 : 6 Therefore pride{H1346} is as a chain{H6059} about their neck; Violence{H2555} covereth{H5848} them as a garment.{H7897} 7 Their eyes{H5869} stand out{H3318} with fatness:{H2459} They have more{H5674} than heart{H3824} could wish.{H4906}