Job 24:3

Bible in Basic English (1941)

They send away the ass of him who has no father, they take the widow's ox for debt.

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Referenced Verses

  • Deut 24:6 : 6 No one is to take, on account of a debt, the stones with which grain is crushed: for in doing so he takes a man's living.
  • Deut 24:10-13 : 10 If you let your brother have the use of anything which is yours, do not go into his house and take anything of his as a sign of his debt; 11 But keep outside till he comes out and gives it to you. 12 If he is a poor man, do not keep his property all night; 13 But be certain to give it back to him when the sun goes down, so that he may have his clothing for sleeping in, and will give you his blessing: and this will be put to your account as righteousness before the Lord your God.
  • Deut 24:17-21 : 17 Be upright in judging the cause of the man from a strange country and of him who has no father; do not take a widow's clothing on account of a debt: 18 But keep in mind that you were a servant in the land of Egypt, and the Lord your God made you free: for this is why I give you orders to do this. 19 When you get in the grain from your field, if some of the grain has been dropped by chance in the field, do not go back and get it, but let it be for the man from a strange land, the child without a father, and the widow: so that the blessing of the Lord your God may be on all the work of your hands. 20 When you are shaking the fruit from your olive-trees, do not go over the branches a second time: let some be for the man from a strange land, the child without a father, and the widow. 21 When you are pulling the grapes from your vines, do not take up those which have been dropped; let them be for the man from a strange land, the child without a father, and the widow.
  • 1 Sam 12:3 : 3 Here I am: give witness against me before the Lord and before the man on whom he has put the holy oil: whose ox or ass have I taken? to whom have I been untrue? who has been crushed down by me? from whose hand have I taken a price for the blinding of my eyes? I will give it all back to you.
  • Job 22:6-9 : 6 For you have taken your brother's goods when he was not in your debt, and have taken away the clothing of those who have need of it. 7 You do not give water to the tired traveller, and from him who has no food you keep back bread. 8 For it was the man with power who had the land, and the man with an honoured name who was living in it. 9 You have sent widows away without hearing their cause, and you have taken away the support of the child who has no father.
  • Job 31:16-17 : 16 If I kept back the desire of the poor; if the widow's eye was looking for help to no purpose; 17 If I kept my food for myself, and did not give some of it to the child with no father;

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Job 24:8-10
    3 verses
    85%

    8They are wet with the rain of the mountains, and get into the cracks of the rock for cover.

    9The child without a father is forced from its mother's breast, and they take the young children of the poor for debt.

    10Others go about without clothing, and though they have no food, they get in the grain from the fields.

  • Job 24:2
    84%

    2The landmarks are changed by evil men, they violently take away flocks, together with their keepers.

  • Job 24:4-6
    3 verses
    84%

    4The crushed are turned out of the way; all the poor of the earth go into a secret place together.

    5Like 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.

    6They get mixed grain from the field, and they take away the late fruit from the vines of those who have wealth.

  • Isa 10:2
    78%

    2Who 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.

  • Deut 24:17
    77%

    17Be upright in judging the cause of the man from a strange country and of him who has no father; do not take a widow's clothing on account of a debt:

  • Ps 94:6
    77%

    6They put to death the widow and the guest, they take the lives of children who have no father;

  • Job 22:9
    76%

    9You have sent widows away without hearing their cause, and you have taken away the support of the child who has no father.

  • Mic 2:2
    74%

    2They 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.

  • Deut 28:31
    74%

    31Your 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.

  • Ezek 22:7
    74%

    7In you they have had no respect for father and mother; in you they have been cruel to the man from a strange land; in you they have done wrong to the child without a father and to the widow.

  • Prov 23:10
    73%

    10Do not let the landmark of the widow be moved, and do not go into the fields of those who have no father;

  • Amos 2:7-8
    2 verses
    73%

    7Crushing 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:

    8By every altar they are stretched on clothing taken from those who are in their debt, drinking in the house of their god the wine of those who have made payment for wrongdoing.

  • Prov 22:22-23
    2 verses
    73%

    22Do not take away the property of the poor man because he is poor, or be cruel to the crushed ones when they come before the judge:

    23For the Lord will give support to their cause, and take the life of those who take their goods.

  • Lam 5:3
    72%

    3We are children without fathers, our mothers are like widows.

  • Job 6:27
    72%

    27Truly, 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.

  • Deut 24:19-21
    3 verses
    72%

    19When you get in the grain from your field, if some of the grain has been dropped by chance in the field, do not go back and get it, but let it be for the man from a strange land, the child without a father, and the widow: so that the blessing of the Lord your God may be on all the work of your hands.

    20When you are shaking the fruit from your olive-trees, do not go over the branches a second time: let some be for the man from a strange land, the child without a father, and the widow.

    21When you are pulling the grapes from your vines, do not take up those which have been dropped; let them be for the man from a strange land, the child without a father, and the widow.

  • Amos 8:4
    72%

    4Give 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,

  • Jer 5:28
    72%

    28They 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.

  • Deut 27:19
    72%

    19Cursed is he who gives a wrong decision in the cause of a man from a strange land, or of one without a father, or of a widow. And let all the people say, So be it.

  • Gen 34:28
    71%

    28They took their flocks and their herds and their asses and everything in their town and in their fields,

  • Deut 24:6
    71%

    6No one is to take, on account of a debt, the stones with which grain is crushed: for in doing so he takes a man's living.

  • Exod 22:22
    71%

    22Do no wrong to a widow, or to a child whose father is dead.

  • Job 24:21
    71%

    21He is not kind to the widow, and he has no pity for her child.

  • Job 22:6
    71%

    6For you have taken your brother's goods when he was not in your debt, and have taken away the clothing of those who have need of it.

  • Isa 1:23
    71%

    23Your chiefs have gone against the Lord, they have become friends of thieves; every one of them is looking for profit and going after rewards; they do not give right decisions for the child who has no father, and they do not let the cause of the widow come before them.

  • Job 5:5
    71%

    5Their 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.

  • Deut 24:11-12
    2 verses
    71%

    11But keep outside till he comes out and gives it to you.

    12If he is a poor man, do not keep his property all night;

  • Ps 82:3-4
    2 verses
    71%

    3Give ear to the cause of the poor and the children without fathers; let those who are troubled and in need have their rights.

    4Be the saviour of the poor and those who have nothing: take them out of the hand of the evil-doers.

  • Exod 22:10
    70%

    10If a man puts an ass or an ox or a sheep or any beast into the keeping of his neighbour, and it comes to death or is damaged or is taken away, without any person seeing it:

  • Job 31:16
    70%

    16If I kept back the desire of the poor; if the widow's eye was looking for help to no purpose;

  • Exod 23:6
    70%

    6Let no wrong decisions be given in the poor man's cause.

  • Isa 5:23
    70%

    23Who for a reward give support to the cause of the sinner, and who take away the righteousness of the upright from him.

  • Amos 5:11
    70%

    11So because the poor man is crushed under your feet, and you take taxes from him of grain: you have made for yourselves houses of cut stone, but you will not take your rest in them; the fair vine-gardens planted by your hands will not give you wine.

  • 1 Sam 8:16
    70%

    16He will take your men-servants and your servant-girls, and the best of your oxen and your asses and put them to his work.

  • Amos 4:1
    70%

    1Give ear to this word, you cows of Bashan, who are in the hill of Samaria, by whom the poor are kept down, and those in need are crushed; who say to their lords, Get out the wine and give us drink.

  • Exod 22:24
    70%

    24And in the heat of my wrath I will put you to death with the sword, so that your wives will be widows and your children without fathers.

  • Ezek 22:29
    70%

    29The 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.

  • Job 20:19
    70%

    19Because 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;

  • Prov 28:3
    69%

    3A man of wealth who is cruel to the poor is like a violent rain causing destruction of food.

  • Isa 3:14
    69%

    14The Lord comes to be the judge of their responsible men and of their rulers: it is you who have made waste the vine-garden, and in your houses is the property of the poor which you have taken by force.