Job 24:2
The landmarks are changed by evil men, they violently take away flocks, together with their keepers.
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Referenced Verses
- Deut 19:14 : 14 Your neighbour's landmark, which was put in its place by the men of old times, is not to be moved or taken away in the land of your heritage which the Lord your God is giving you.
- Deut 27:17 : 17 Cursed is he who takes his neighbour's landmark from its place. And let all the people say, So be it.
- Prov 23:10 : 10 Do not let the landmark of the widow be moved, and do not go into the fields of those who have no father;
- Prov 22:28 : 28 Let not the old landmark be moved which your fathers have put in place.
- Hos 5:10 : 10 The rulers of Judah are like those who take away a landmark; I will let loose my wrath on them like flowing water.
- Job 1:15 : 15 And the men of Sheba came against them and took them away, putting the young men to the sword, and I was the only one who got away safe to give you the news.
- Job 1:17 : 17 And this one was still talking when another came, and said, The Chaldaeans made themselves into three bands, and came down on the camels and took them away, putting the young men to the sword, and I was the only one who got away safe to give you the news.
- Job 5:5 : 5 Their produce is taken by him who has no food, and their grain goes to the poor, and he who is in need of water gets it from their spring.
Similar Verses (AI)
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- Job 24:3-64 verses84%
3 They send away the ass of him who has no father, they take the widow's ox for debt.
4 The crushed are turned out of the way; all the poor of the earth go into a secret place together.
5 Like asses in the waste land they go out to their work, looking for food with care; from the waste land they get bread for their children.
6 They get mixed grain from the field, and they take away the late fruit from the vines of those who have wealth.
- Job 24:9-113 verses79%
9 The child without a father is forced from its mother's breast, and they take the young children of the poor for debt.
10 Others go about without clothing, and though they have no food, they get in the grain from the fields.
11 Between the lines of olive-trees they make oil; though they have no drink, they are crushing out the grapes.
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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.
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10 Do not let the landmark of the widow be moved, and do not go into the fields of those who have no father;
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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.
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28 Let not the old landmark be moved which your fathers have put in place.
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4 In that day this saying will be said about you, and this song of grief will be made: The heritage of my people is measured out, and there is no one to give it back; those who have made us prisoners have taken our fields from us, and complete destruction has come to us.
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24 He takes away the wisdom of the rulers of the earth, and sends them wandering in a waste where there is no way.
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5 Their produce is taken by him who has no food, and their grain goes to the poor, and he who is in need of water gets it from their spring.
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6 They put to death the widow and the guest, they take the lives of children who have no father;
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5 Whose owners put them to death and have no sense of sin; and those who get a price for them say, May the Lord be praised for I have much wealth: and the keepers of the flock have no pity for them.
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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,
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17 Then the lambs will get food as in their grass-lands, and the fat cattle will be feasting in the waste places.
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12 To take their property by force and go off with their goods; turning your hand against the waste places which now are peopled, and against the people who have been got together out of the nations, who have got cattle and goods for themselves, who are living in the middle of the earth.
- Prov 4:16-172 verses71%
16 For they take no rest till they have done evil; their sleep is taken away if they have not been the cause of someone's fall.
17 The bread of evil-doing is their food, the wine of violent acts their drink.
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14 Your neighbour's landmark, which was put in its place by the men of old times, is not to be moved or taken away in the land of your heritage which the Lord your God is giving you.
- Jer 25:36-372 verses71%
36 A sound of the cry of the keepers of sheep, and the bitter crying of the chiefs of the flock! for the Lord has made waste their green fields.
37 And there is no sound in the fields of peace, because of the burning wrath of the Lord.
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23 For the Lord will give support to their cause, and take the life of those who take their goods.
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31 Your ox will be put to death before your eyes, but its flesh will not be your food: your ass will be violently taken away before your face, and will not be given back to you: your sheep will be given to your haters, and there will be no saviour for you.
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19 And as for my sheep, their food is the grass which has been stamped on by your feet, and their drink the water which has been made dirty by your feet.
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10 The keepers of sheep have been the destruction of my vine-garden, crushing my heritage under their feet; they have made my fair heritage an unplanted waste;
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1 Why are times not stored up by the Ruler of all, and why do those who have knowledge of him not see his days?
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12 Who have said, Let us take for our heritage the resting-place of God.
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23 Who for a reward give support to the cause of the sinner, and who take away the righteousness of the upright from him.
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7 For they have taken Jacob for their meat, and made waste his house.
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20 He makes the words of responsible persons without effect, and takes away the good sense of the old;
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3 You who put far away the evil day, causing the rule of the violent to come near;
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28 They took their flocks and their herds and their asses and everything in their town and in their fields,
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3 You take the milk and are clothed with the wool, you put the fat beasts to death, but you give the sheep no food.
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14 In the evening there is fear, and in the morning they are gone. This is the fate of those who take our goods, and the reward of those who violently take our property for themselves.
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19 Such is the fate of everyone who goes in search of profit; it takes away the life of its owners.
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19 Because he has been cruel to the poor, turning away from them in their trouble; because he has taken a house by force which he did not put up;
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5 They are sent out from among their townsmen, men are crying after them as thieves
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5 If thieves came, attacking you by night, (how are you cut off!) would they not go on taking till they had enough? if men came cutting your grapes would they take them all?
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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.
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27 Truly, you are such as would give up the child of a dead man to his creditors, and would make a profit out of your friend.
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3 Their hands are made ready to do evil; the ruler makes requests for money, and the judge is looking for a reward; and the great man gives decisions at his pleasure, and the right is twisted.
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14 He will take your fields and your vine-gardens and your olive-gardens, all the best of them, and give them to his servants.
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16 In the dark he makes holes in the walls of houses: in the daytime they are shutting themselves up, they have no knowledge of the light.
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17 Cursed is he who takes his neighbour's landmark from its place. And let all the people say, So be it.
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21 For the keepers of the sheep have become like beasts, not looking to the Lord for directions: so they have not done wisely and all their flocks have been put to flight.
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28 They have become fat and strong: they have gone far in works of evil: they give no support to the cause of the child without a father, so that they may do well; they do not see that the poor man gets his rights.
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7 By their violent acts the evil-doers will be pulled away, because they have no desire to do what is right.