Job 6:27

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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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Referenced Verses

  • 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 24:3 : 3 They send away the ass of him who has no father, they take the widow's ox for debt.
  • 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.
  • Ps 7:15 : 15 He has made a hole deep in the earth, and is falling into the hole which he has made
  • Joel 3:3 : 3 And I will let wonders be seen in the heavens and on the earth, blood and fire and pillars of smoke.
  • Nah 3:10 : 10 But even she has been taken away, she has gone away as a prisoner: even her young children are smashed to bits at the top of all the streets: the fate of her honoured men is put to the decision of chance, and all her great men are put in chains.
  • Jas 1:27 : 27 The religion which is holy and free from evil in the eyes of our God and Father is this: to take care of children who have no fathers and of widows who are in trouble, and to keep oneself untouched by the world.
  • 2 Pet 2:3 : 3 And in their desire for profit they will come to you with words of deceit, like traders doing business in souls: whose punishment has been ready for a long time and their destruction is watching for them.
  • Mal 3:5 : 5 And I will come near to you for judging; I will quickly be a witness against the wonder-workers, against those who have been untrue in married life, against those who take false oaths; against those who keep back from the servant his payment, and who are hard on the widow and the child without a father, who do not give his rights to the man from a strange country, and have no fear of me, says the Lord of armies.
  • Exod 22:22-24 : 22 Do no wrong to a widow, or to a child whose father is dead. 23 If you are cruel to them in any way, and their cry comes up to me, I will certainly give ear; 24 And 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.
  • Ps 57:6 : 6 They have made ready a net for my steps; my soul is bent down; they have made a great hole before me, and have gone down into it themselves. (Selah.)
  • Ps 82:3 : 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.
  • 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 18:20 : 20 Is evil to be the reward of good? for they have made a deep hole for my soul. Keep in mind how I took my place before you, to say a good word for them so that your wrath might be turned away from them.
  • Jer 18:22 : 22 Let a cry for help go up from their houses, when you send an armed band on them suddenly: for they have made a hole in which to take me, and have put nets for my feet secretly.
  • 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.
  • 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 31:17 : 17 If I kept my food for myself, and did not give some of it to the child with no father;
  • Job 31:21 : 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;

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Job 22:9-10
    2 verses
    77%

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

    10 For this cause nets are round your feet, and you are overcome with sudden fear.

  • Ps 10:14
    76%

    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.

  • Job 6:26
    75%

    26 My words may seem wrong to you, but the words of him who has no hope are for the wind.

  • Ezek 22:7
    75%

    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.

  • Ps 94:6
    75%

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

  • Isa 10:2
    75%

    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.

  • Job 36:17
    74%

    17 ...

  • Job 24:9
    74%

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

  • Prov 6:1-3
    3 verses
    74%

    1 My son, if you have made yourself responsible for your neighbour, or given your word for another,

    2 You are taken as in a net by the words of your mouth, the sayings of your lips have overcome you.

    3 Do this, my son, and make yourself free, because you have come into the power of your neighbour; go without waiting, and make a strong request to your neighbour.

  • Jer 5:28
    73%

    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.

  • Amos 8:4
    73%

    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,

  • Job 6:14
    73%

    14 He whose heart is shut against his friend has given up the fear of the Ruler of all.

  • Ps 58:2
    73%

    2 The purposes of your hearts are evil; your hands are full of cruel doings on the earth.

  • Amos 5:11
    73%

    11 So 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.

  • Job 24:3-4
    2 verses
    72%

    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.

  • Prov 23:10
    72%

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

  • Job 22:6-7
    2 verses
    72%

    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.

  • Isa 3:6
    72%

    6 When one man puts his hand on another in his father's house, and says, You have clothing, be our ruler and be responsible for us in our sad condition:

  • Deut 27:19
    72%

    19 Cursed 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.

  • Ps 7:15
    71%

    15 He has made a hole deep in the earth, and is falling into the hole which he has made

  • Amos 2:7
    71%

    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:

  • Jer 7:6
    71%

    6 If you are not cruel to the man from a strange country, and to the child without a father, and to the widow, and do not put the upright to death in this place, or go after other gods, causing damage to yourselves:

  • Prov 17:18
    71%

    18 A man without sense gives his hand in an agreement, and makes himself responsible before his neighbour.

  • Exod 22:22
    71%

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

  • Job 10:3
    71%

    3 What profit is it to you to be cruel, to give up the work of your hands, looking kindly on the design of evil-doers?

  • Job 13:26
    71%

    26 For you put bitter things on record against me, and send punishment on me for the sins of my early years;

  • Exod 23:6
    71%

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

  • Job 14:3
    71%

    3 Is it on such a one as this that your eyes are fixed, with the purpose of judging him?

  • Isa 29:21
    71%

    21 Who give help to a man in a wrong cause, and who put a net for the feet of him who gives decisions in the public place, taking away a man's right without cause.

  • Prov 26:27
    71%

    27 He who makes a hole in the earth will himself go falling into it: and on him by whom a stone is rolled the stone will come back again.

  • Deut 24:17
    71%

    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:

  • Prov 22:16
    71%

    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.

  • Job 31:17
    71%

    17 If I kept my food for myself, and did not give some of it to the child with no father;

  • Job 13:9
    71%

    9 Will it be good for you to be searched out by him, or have you the thought that he may be guided into error like a man?

  • Jer 6:21
    71%

    21 For this reason the Lord has said, See, I will put stones in the way of this people: and the fathers and the sons together will go falling over them; the neighbour and his friend will come to destruction.

  • Prov 19:7
    71%

    7 All the brothers of the poor man are against him: how much more do his friends go far from him! ...

  • Job 15:4
    71%

    4 Truly, you make the fear of God without effect, so that the time of quiet worship before God is made less by your outcry.

  • Job 31:21
    70%

    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;

  • Isa 57:4
    70%

    4 Of whom do you make sport? against whom is your mouth open wide and your tongue put out? are you not uncontrolled children, a false seed,

  • Ps 82:3
    70%

    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.

  • Job 35:8
    70%

    8 Your evil-doing may have an effect on a man like yourself, or your righteousness on a son of man.

  • Zech 7:10
    70%

    10 Do not be hard on the widow, or the child without a father, on the man from a strange country, or on the poor; let there be no evil thought in your heart against your brother.

  • Ps 10:18
    70%

    18 To give decision for the child without a father and for the broken-hearted, so that the man of the earth may no longer be feared.

  • Amos 5:7
    70%

    7 You who make the work of judging a bitter thing, crushing down righteousness to the earth;

  • Job 17:5
    70%

    5 As for him who is false to his friend for a reward, light will be cut off from the eyes of his children.