Job 24:9

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They snatch the orphan from the breast and take the poor as a pledge.

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  • 2 Kgs 4:1 : 1 A certain woman, the wife of one of the prophets, cried out to Elisha, saying, "Your servant, my husband, is dead, and you know that he revered the Lord. Now the creditor has come to take my two sons as slaves."
  • Neh 5:5 : 5 'Although we are of the same flesh and blood as our fellow Israelites, and our children are just like theirs, we have to subject our sons and daughters to slavery. Some of our daughters are already enslaved, and we are powerless to do anything about it, since our fields and vineyards now belong to others.'

Similar Verses (AI)

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

  • Job 24:2-8
    7 verses
    85%

    2 People remove landmarks; they seize flocks and pasture them.

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

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

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

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

    7 They spend the night naked without clothing, having no covering in the cold.

    8 They are drenched by the mountain rains and embrace the rocks for lack of shelter.

  • Job 24:10-11
    2 verses
    85%

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

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

  • Job 22:9
    79%

    9 You sent widows away empty-handed, and the arms of the fatherless were crushed.

  • Isa 10:2
    79%

    2 They deprive the poor of justice and rob the rights of the needy among my people, making widows their spoil and leaving orphans to be plundered.

  • Ps 94:6
    76%

    6 They kill the widow and the foreigner; they murder the fatherless.

  • Job 5:5
    75%

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

  • Deut 24:17
    75%

    17 Do not pervert justice for the foreigner or the fatherless, and do not take a widow's garment as security for a pledge.

  • Lam 4:3-4
    2 verses
    75%

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

    4 The 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.

  • Job 22:6-7
    2 verses
    74%

    6 For you have taken pledges from your brothers without cause, and stripped the naked of their clothing.

    7 You have not given water to the weary to drink, and you have withheld bread from the hungry.

  • Prov 30:14
    74%

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

  • Amos 8:4
    74%

    4 Hear this, you who trample on the needy and seek to destroy the poor of the land,

  • Lam 5:3
    74%

    3 We have become orphans, without a father; our mothers are like widows.

  • Job 6:27
    74%

    27 You would even cast lots over the fatherless and barter away your friend.

  • Ps 82:3-4
    2 verses
    74%

    3 Defend the weak and the fatherless; uphold the cause of the poor and the oppressed.

    4 Rescue the weak and the needy; deliver them from the hand of the wicked.

  • Amos 2:7
    73%

    7 'They trample on the dust of the earth on the heads of the poor and obstruct the way of the afflicted. A man and his father go to the same girl, so that they profane My holy name.'

  • Job 31:16-17
    2 verses
    73%

    16 If I have withheld the desires of the poor or caused the eyes of the widow to fail,

    17 if I have eaten my morsel alone, without sharing with the fatherless—

  • Jer 5:28
    73%

    28 They have grown fat and sleek. They excel in evil deeds; they do not defend the rights of the fatherless so they might prosper, nor do they uphold the cause of the needy.

  • Ezek 22:7
    73%

    7 Within you, they have treated father and mother with contempt; they have oppressed the foreigner in your midst; they have wronged the orphan and the widow.

  • Ps 10:14
    73%

    14 But You have seen; for You observe trouble and grief, to repay it by Your hand. The helpless entrusts themselves to You; You are the helper of the fatherless.

  • Job 29:12
    72%

    12 Because I rescued the poor who cried for help, and the orphan who had no helper.

  • Prov 22:23
    72%

    23 For the LORD will plead their case and will rob of life those who rob them.

  • Job 31:21
    72%

    21 If I have raised my hand against the fatherless, because I saw my support in the gate,

  • Prov 28:3
    72%

    3 A poor man who oppresses the needy is like a driving rain that leaves no food.

  • Jer 49:11
    72%

    11 Leave your orphans; I will preserve their lives. Let your widows trust in me.

  • Mic 2:2
    71%

    2 They covet fields and seize them; they take houses and rob them. They oppress a man and his house, a person and their inheritance.

  • Job 20:19
    71%

    19 For he has crushed and abandoned the poor; he has seized a house he did not build.

  • Ps 109:10-11
    2 verses
    71%

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

    11 May a creditor seize all he owns, and may strangers plunder the fruits of his labor.

  • Deut 24:21
    71%

    21 When you harvest the grapes in your vineyard, do not go over the vines again. Leave what remains for the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow.

  • Job 31:19
    71%

    19 if I have seen anyone perishing for lack of clothing, or the needy without garments,

  • Deut 24:12
    71%

    12 If the person is poor, do not keep their pledge overnight.

  • Job 24:21
    71%

    21 He preys on the barren woman who does not bear children, and he does no good to the widow.

  • Prov 23:10
    71%

    10 Do not move an ancient boundary marker, nor enter the fields of the fatherless.

  • Job 29:17
    70%

    17 I broke the jaws of the wicked and snatched the prey from his teeth.

  • Prov 22:16
    70%

    16 One who oppresses the poor to increase their wealth and one who gives gifts to the rich will both come to poverty.

  • Exod 22:22
    70%

    22 If you do afflict them and they cry out to me, I will certainly hear their cry.

  • Isa 14:30
    70%

    30 The poorest of the poor will find pasture, and the needy will lie down in safety. But I will kill your root with famine, and your remnant will be slain.

  • Ps 10:2
    70%

    2 In arrogance the wicked hotly pursue the afflicted; let them be caught in the schemes they have devised.

  • Ezek 18:16
    70%

    16 He does not oppress anyone, or require a pledge for a loan, or commit robbery. He gives his bread to the hungry and covers the naked with clothing.

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