Job 31:21
If my hand had been lifted up against him who had done no wrong, when I saw that I was supported by the judges;
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- Job 22:9 : 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 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.
- Prov 23:10-11 : 10 Do not let the landmark of the widow be moved, and do not go into the fields of those who have no father; 11 For their saviour is strong, and he will take up their cause against you.
- Jer 5:28 : 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.
- Ezek 22:7 : 7 In 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.
- 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.
- Mic 7:3 : 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.
- Job 24:9 : 9 The child without a father is forced from its mother's breast, and they take the young children of the poor for debt.
- Job 6:27 : 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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22 May my arm be pulled from my body, and be broken from its base.
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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;
18 (For I was cared for by God as by a father from my earliest days; he was my guide from the body of my mother;)
19 If I saw one near to death for need of clothing, and that the poor had nothing covering him;
20 If his back did not give me a blessing, and the wool of my sheep did not make him warm;
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11 For when it came to their ears, men said that I was truly happy; and when their eyes saw, they gave witness to me;
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.
13 The blessing of him who was near to destruction came on me, and I put a song of joy into the widow's heart.
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3 O Lord my God, if I have done this; if my hands have done any wrong;
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9 You have sent widows away without hearing their cause, and you have taken away the support of the child who has no father.
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14 You have seen it; for your eyes are on sorrow and grief, to take it into your hand: the poor man puts his faith in you; you have been the helper of the child who has no father.
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25 If I was glad because my wealth was great, and because my hand had got together a great store;
26 If, when I saw the sun shining, and the moon moving on its bright way,
27 A secret feeling of worship came into my heart, and my hand gave kisses from my mouth;
28 That would have been another sin to be rewarded with punishment by the judges; for I would have been false to God on high.
29 If I was glad at the trouble of my hater, and gave cries of joy when evil overtook him;
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7 If my steps have been turned out of the way, or if my heart went after my eyes, or if the property of another is in my hands;
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16 I was a father to the poor, searching out the cause of him who was strange to me.
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38 If my land has made an outcry against me, or the ploughed earth has been in sorrow;
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25 Have I not been weeping for the crushed? and was not my soul sad for him who was in need?
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9 The child without a father is forced from its mother's breast, and they take the young children of the poor for debt.
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15 If I would make clear what it is like, I would say, You are false to the generation of your children.
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7 In 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.
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13 If I did wrong in the cause of my man-servant, or my woman-servant, when they went to law with me;
14 What then will I do when God comes as my judge? and what answer may I give to his questions?
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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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4 Now his children have no safe place, and they are crushed before the judges, for no one takes up their cause.
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2 Of what use is the strength of their hands to me? all force is gone from them.
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9 If my heart went after another man's wife, or if I was waiting secretly at my neighbour's door;
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29 If now you take this one from me, and some evil comes to him, you will make my grey head go down in sorrow to the underworld.
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12 And see, my father, see the skirt of your robe in my hand: for the fact that I took off the skirt of your robe and did not put you to death is witness that I have no evil purpose, and I have done you no wrong, though you are waiting for my life to take it.
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11 Put in my care your children who have no father, and I will keep them safe; and let your widows put their faith in me.
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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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10 When my father and my mother are turned away from me, then the Lord will be my support.
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12 The lines of his men of war put themselves in order, and make high their ways of destruction against me:
13 They have made waste my roads, with a view to my destruction; his bowmen come round about me;
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22 Do 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:
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23 If you are cruel to them in any way, and their cry comes up to me, I will certainly give ear;
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21 May the Lord be praised, because he has made clear to me the wonder of his grace in a strong town.
22 And as for me, I said in my fear, I am cut off from before your eyes; but you gave ear to the voice of my prayer, when my cry went up to you.
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13 I have no help in myself, and wisdom is completely gone from me.
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3 Give ear to the cause of the poor and the children without fathers; let those who are troubled and in need have their rights.
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5 If I have gone in false ways, or my foot has been quick in working deceit;
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7 Truly, I make an outcry against the violent man, but there is no answer: I give a cry for help, but no one takes up my cause.
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39 Anything which was wounded by beasts I did not take to you, but myself made up for the loss of it; you made me responsible for whatever was taken by thieves, by day or by night.