Job 24:4

American Standard Version (1901)

They turn the needy out of the way: The poor of the earth all hide themselves.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 28:28 : 28 When the wicked rise, men hide themselves; But when they perish, the righteous increase.
  • Amos 2:7 : 7 they that pant after the dust of the earth on the head of the poor, and turn aside the way of the meek: and a man and his father go unto the [same] maiden, to profane my holy name:
  • Job 24:14 : 14 The murderer riseth with the light; He killeth the poor and needy; And in the night he is as a thief.
  • Job 29:12 : 12 Because I delivered the poor that cried, The fatherless also, that had none to help him.
  • Job 30:25 : 25 Did not I weep for him that was in trouble? Was not my soul grieved for the needy?
  • Job 31:16 : 16 If I have withheld the poor from [their] desire, Or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail,
  • Ps 41:1 : 1 [For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David]. Blessed is he that considereth the poor: Jehovah will deliver him in the day of evil.
  • Ps 109:16 : 16 Because he remembered not to show kindness, But persecuted the poor and needy man, And the broken in heart, to slay [them] .
  • Prov 22:16 : 16 He that oppresseth the poor to increase his [gain], [And] he that giveth to the rich, [shall come] only to want.
  • Prov 28:12 : 12 When the righteous triumph, there is great glory; But when the wicked rise, men hide themselves.
  • Amos 8:4-6 : 4 Hear this, O ye that would swallow up the needy, and cause the poor of the land to fail, 5 saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell grain? and the sabbath, that we may set forth wheat, making the ephah small, and the shekel great, and dealing falsely with balances of deceit; 6 that we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes, and sell the refuse of the wheat?
  • Mic 2:1-2 : 1 Woe to them that devise iniquity and work evil upon their beds! when the morning is light, they practise it, because it is in the power of their hand. 2 And they covet fields, and seize them; and houses, and take them away: and they oppress a man and his house, even a man and his heritage.
  • Jas 5:4-6 : 4 Behold, the hire of the laborers who mowed your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth out: and the cries of them that reaped have entered into the ears of the Lord of Sabaoth. 5 Ye have lived delicately on the earth, and taken your pleasure; ye have nourished your hearts in a day of slaughter. 6 Ye have condemned, ye have killed the righteous [one] ; he doth not resist you.
  • Prov 30:14 : 14 There is a generation whose teeth are [as] swords, and their jaw teeth [as] knives, To devour the poor from off the earth, and the needy from among men.
  • Isa 10:2 : 2 to turn aside the needy from justice, and to rob the poor of my people of their right, that widows may be their spoil, and that they may make the fatherless their prey!
  • Ezek 18:12 : 12 hath wronged the poor and needy, hath taken by robbery, hath not restored the pledge, and hath lifted up his eyes to the idols, hath committed abomination,
  • Ezek 18:18 : 18 As for his father, because he cruelly oppressed, robbed his brother, and did that which is not good among his people, behold, he shall die in his iniquity.
  • Ezek 22:29 : 29 The people of the land have used oppression, and exercised robbery; yea, they have vexed the poor and needy, and have oppressed the sojourner wrongfully.

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    5Behold, as wild asses in the desert They go forth to their work, seeking diligently for food; The wilderness [yieldeth] them bread for their children.

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    7They lie all night naked without clothing, And have no covering in the cold.

    8They are wet with the showers of the mountains, And embrace the rock for want of a shelter.

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    10[ So that] they go about naked without clothing, And being hungry they carry the sheaves.

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    4Hear this, O ye that would swallow up the needy, and cause the poor of the land to fail,

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    3Judge the poor and fatherless: Do justice to the afflicted and destitute.

    4Rescue the poor and needy: Deliver them out of the hand of the wicked.

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    14The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, To cast down the poor and needy, To slay such as are upright in the way.

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    9Thou hast sent widows away empty, And the arms of the fatherless have been broken.

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    6They slay the widow and the sojourner, And murder the fatherless.

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    34So shall thy poverty come as a robber, And thy want as an armed man.

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    10He croucheth, he boweth down, And the helpless fall by his strong ones.

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    14The murderer riseth with the light; He killeth the poor and needy; And in the night he is as a thief.

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    7they that pant after the dust of the earth on the head of the poor, and turn aside the way of the meek: and a man and his father go unto the [same] maiden, to profane my holy name:

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    6The foot shall tread it down; even the feet of the poor, and the steps of the needy.

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    28They are waxed fat, they shine: yea, they overpass in deeds of wickedness; they plead not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, that they may prosper; and the right of the needy do they not judge.

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    5Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, And taketh it even out of the thorns; And the snare gapeth for their substance.

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    5They are driven forth from the midst [of men] ; They cry after them as after a thief;

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    3A needy man that oppresseth the poor Is [like] a sweeping rain which leaveth no food.

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    14There is a generation whose teeth are [as] swords, and their jaw teeth [as] knives, To devour the poor from off the earth, and the needy from among men.

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    29The people of the land have used oppression, and exercised robbery; yea, they have vexed the poor and needy, and have oppressed the sojourner wrongfully.

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    6Ye put to shame the counsel of the poor, Because Jehovah is his refuge.

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    16He that oppresseth the poor to increase his [gain], [And] he that giveth to the rich, [shall come] only to want.

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    5Because of the oppression of the poor, because of the sighing of the needy, Now will I arise, saith Jehovah; I will set him in the safety he panteth for.

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    24Wherefore hidest thou thy face, And forgettest our affliction and our oppression?

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    13Hide them in the dust together; Bind their faces in the hidden [place] .

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    22Rob not the poor, because he is poor; Neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:

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