Job 24:5

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Like wild donkeys in the wilderness, they go out for their work diligently seeking prey; the steppe provides food for their children.

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  • Job 39:5-7 : 5 Who set the wild donkey free? Who released the bonds of the onager? 6 I made the wilderness its home and the barren land its dwelling place. 7 It laughs at the commotion of the city; it does not hear the shouts of the driver.
  • Ps 104:23 : 23 Man goes out to his work and to his labor until evening.
  • Prov 4:16 : 16 For they cannot rest until they do evil; they are robbed of sleep until they make someone stumble.
  • Jer 2:24 : 24 You are like a wild donkey accustomed to the wilderness, sniffing the wind in her desire. Who can restrain her in her mating season? None of those seeking her will grow weary; in her month, they will find her.
  • Hos 7:6 : 6 Their hearts are like an oven as they plot; all night their anger smolders, in the morning it blazes like a flaming fire.
  • Hos 8:9 : 9 For they have gone up to Assyria like a wild donkey wandering alone. Ephraim has sold herself to lovers.
  • Mic 2:1 : 1 Woe to those who devise wickedness and plan evil on their beds! At dawn, they carry it out because they have the power to do it.
  • Zeph 3:3 : 3 Her officials are roaring lions in her midst; her judges are wolves of the evening, leaving nothing for the morning.
  • John 18:28 : 28 Then they led Jesus from Caiaphas to the governor's headquarters. It was early morning, and they did not enter the headquarters themselves to avoid becoming ceremonially unclean, so that they could eat the Passover.
  • Acts 23:12 : 12 When daylight came, some of the Jews formed a conspiracy and bound themselves under a curse, declaring that they would neither eat nor drink until they had killed Paul.
  • Gen 16:12 : 12 He will be a wild man; his hand will be against everyone, and everyone's hand will be against him. He will live in hostility toward all his brothers.
  • Gen 27:40 : 40 You will live by the sword and serve your brother. But when you grow restless, you will throw his yoke from off your neck.
  • Job 5:5 : 5 The hungry devour his harvest, even taking it from among thorns; the thirsty swallow his wealth.
  • Job 12:6 : 6 "The tents of robbers are at ease, and those who provoke God are secure, who bring their god in their own hand."
  • Job 24:14 : 14 At daybreak, the murderer rises to kill the poor and needy, and at night, he is like a thief.

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    6In the fields, they reap the fodder; they glean the vineyard of the wicked.

  • Job 24:2-4
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    2People remove landmarks; they seize flocks and pasture them.

    3They drive away the orphan’s donkey and take the widow’s ox as security.

    4They turn the needy off the path, and the poor of the land are forced to hide together.

  • Job 39:4-6
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    4Their young grow strong, thrive in the open field, and leave, never returning to them.

    5Who set the wild donkey free? Who released the bonds of the onager?

    6I made the wilderness its home and the barren land its dwelling place.

  • Job 30:3-5
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    3They are gaunt from poverty and hunger; they gnaw the dry ground in desolate wastelands.

    4They pluck salt herbs from the bush, and the roots of broom trees are their food.

    5They are driven out from among society, and people shout at them as if they were thieves.

  • Job 5:4-5
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    4His children are far from safety; they are crushed at the gate with no one to deliver them.

    5The hungry devour his harvest, even taking it from among thorns; the thirsty swallow his wealth.

  • Job 24:9-11
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    9They snatch the orphan from the breast and take the poor as a pledge.

    10They go about naked without clothing, and they carry sheaves while hungry.

    11They press oil between the rows, they tread the wine presses, yet they go thirsty.

  • Ps 104:11
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    11They give drink to every wild animal; the wild donkeys quench their thirst.

  • Jer 14:5-6
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    5Even the doe in the field abandons her newborn because there is no grass.

    6Wild donkeys stand on the barren heights, panting like jackals; their eyes fail because there is no vegetation.

  • Ps 59:15
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    15They return at evening, snarling like dogs as they prowl the city.

  • Jer 2:24
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    24You are like a wild donkey accustomed to the wilderness, sniffing the wind in her desire. Who can restrain her in her mating season? None of those seeking her will grow weary; in her month, they will find her.

  • Isa 30:6
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    6An oracle concerning the animals of the Negev: Through a land of trouble and distress, of lions, lionesses, adders, and flying serpents, they carry their wealth on donkeys’ backs and their treasures on the humps of camels to a people who will not help them.

  • Lam 4:3-4
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    3Even jackals offer their breasts to nurse their young; but the daughter of my people has become cruel, like ostriches in the wilderness.

    4The tongue of the nursing infant clings to the roof of its mouth because of thirst. The children beg for bread, but no one gives it to them.

  • Isa 5:29
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    29Their roar is like that of a lion; they roar like young lions. They growl and seize their prey and carry it off, with no one to rescue it.

  • Isa 30:24
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    24The oxen and donkeys that work the soil will eat fodder and mash, spread out with fork and shovel.

  • Ps 107:4
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    4They wandered in the wilderness, in a desolate place; they found no way to a city where they could settle.

  • Prov 24:34
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    34and poverty will come upon you like a robber and need like an armed man.

  • Lam 5:9
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    9We risk our lives to bring in our bread because of the sword in the wilderness.

  • Ps 109:10
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    10May his children wander and beg, seeking food far from their ruined homes.

  • Joel 1:18
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    18How the cattle groan! The herds of livestock wander in confusion because they have no pasture; even the flocks of sheep are suffering.

  • Job 6:5
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    5Does a wild donkey bray when it has grass? Or does an ox low over its fodder?

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    22The sun rises, and they withdraw and lie down in their dens.

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    19Our pursuers were swifter than eagles in the sky; they chased us over the mountains and lay in wait for us in the wilderness.

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    7Among the bushes they bray; under the nettles they huddle together.

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    15She forgets that a foot may crush them or a wild animal may trample them.

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    5'Those who were full hire themselves out for bread, but those who were hungry are hungry no more. The barren woman has borne seven children, but she who has many sons languishes.'

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    8They were like well-fed, lusty stallions, each neighing for his neighbor's wife.

  • Job 21:11
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    11They release their young like a flock, and their children skip about.

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    16In the darkness, they break into houses, but by day, they shut themselves in; they do not know the light.

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    20Blessed are you who sow beside all waters, letting the oxen and the donkey roam freely.

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    9All you wild animals of the field, come and devour, all you creatures of the forest.

  • Job 38:40
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    40when they crouch in their dens or lie in wait in the thicket?

  • Jer 5:17
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    17They will consume your harvest and your bread, devour your sons and daughters, eat your flocks and herds, and consume your vines and fig trees. With the sword, they will destroy your fortified cities in which you trust.

  • Deut 32:24
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    24Wasted by famine, consumed by burning heat and bitter destruction, I will send against them the teeth of wild animals and the venom of creatures that crawl in the dust.

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    8yet she prepares her food in the summer and gathers her provisions at harvest.

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    23He wanders about for food, asking, 'Where is it?' He knows that the day of darkness is ready at hand.

  • Prov 30:14
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    14There is a generation whose teeth are swords and whose jaws are knives, devouring the poor from the earth and the needy from among mankind.

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    3Before them, fire devours; behind them, flames blaze. The land before them is like the Garden of Eden, but behind them, it is a desolate wilderness—nothing escapes them.