Verse 4

The crushed are turned out of the way; all the poor of the earth go into a secret place together.

Referenced Verses

  • Prov 28:28 : 28 When evil-doers are lifted up, men take cover; but when destruction overtakes them, the upright are increased.
  • Amos 2:7 : 7 Crushing the head of the poor, and turning the steps of the gentle out of the way: and a man and his father go in to the same young woman, putting shame on my holy name:
  • Job 24:14 : 14 He who is purposing death gets up before day, so that he may put to death the poor and those in need.
  • Job 29:12 : 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 30:25 : 25 Have I not been weeping for the crushed? and was not my soul sad for him who was in need?
  • Job 31:16 : 16 If I kept back the desire of the poor; if the widow's eye was looking for help to no purpose;
  • Ps 41:1 : 1 <To the chief music-maker. A Psalm. Of David.> Happy is the man who gives thought to the poor; the Lord will be his saviour in the time of trouble.
  • Ps 109:16 : 16 Because he had no mercy, but was cruel to the low and the poor, designing the death of the broken-hearted.
  • Prov 22:16 : 16 He who is cruel to the poor for the purpose of increasing his profit, and he who gives to the man of wealth, will only come to be in need.
  • Prov 28:12 : 12 When the upright do well, there is great glory; but when evil-doers are lifted up, men do not let themselves be seen.
  • Amos 8:4-6 : 4 Give ear to this, you who are crushing the poor, and whose purpose is to put an end to those who are in need in the land, 5 Saying, When will the new moon be gone, so that we may do trade in grain? and the Sabbath, so that we may put out in the market the produce of our fields? making the measure small and the price great, and trading falsely with scales of deceit; 6 Getting the poor for silver, and him who is in need for the price of two shoes, and taking a price for the waste parts of the grain.
  • Mic 2:1-2 : 1 A curse on the designers of evil, working on their beds! in the morning light they do it, because it is in their power. 2 They have a desire for fields and take them by force; and for houses and take them away: they are cruel to a man and his family, even to a man and his heritage.
  • Jas 5:4-6 : 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. 5 You have been living delicately on earth and have taken your pleasure; you have made your hearts fat for a day of destruction. 6 You have given your decision against the upright man and have put him to death. He puts up no fight against you.
  • Prov 30:14 : 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.
  • Isa 10:2 : 2 Who do wrong to the poor in their cause, and take away the right of the crushed among my people, so that they may have the property of widows, and get under their power those who have no father.
  • Ezek 18:12 : 12 Has done wrong to the poor and to him who is in need, and taken property by force, and has not given back to one in his debt what is his, and has given worship to images and has done disgusting things,
  • Ezek 18:18 : 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.
  • Ezek 22:29 : 29 The people of the land have been acting cruelly, taking men's goods by force; they have been hard on the poor and those in need, and have done wrong to the man from a strange land.