Job 5:16

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So the poor have hope, and injustice shuts its mouth.

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  • Ps 107:42 : 42 The upright see this and rejoice, but all wickedness shuts its mouth.
  • 1 Sam 2:8-9 : 8 'He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the ash heap to sit with nobles and inherit a seat of honor. For the foundations of the earth are the LORD’s; upon them He has set the world.' 9 'He guards the feet of His faithful ones, but the wicked are silenced in darkness. For it is not by strength that one prevails.'
  • Ps 63:11 : 11 They will be delivered over to the power of the sword; they will become the portion for jackals.
  • Exod 11:7 : 7 But not even a dog will bark against any of the Israelites, either man or beast, so that you may know that the LORD makes a distinction between Egypt and Israel.
  • Ps 9:18 : 18 The wicked will return to the grave, and so will all the nations that forget God.
  • Isa 14:32 : 32 What answer will be given to the messengers of the nation? 'The LORD has established Zion, and in her, the afflicted of His people will find refuge.'
  • Zech 9:12 : 12 Return to your stronghold, prisoners of hope. Even today I declare that I will restore to you double.
  • Rom 3:19 : 19 Now we know that whatever the law says, it speaks to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world held accountable to God.

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