Job 24:2

King James Version 1611 (Original)

Some remove the landmarks; they violently take away flocks, and feed thereof.

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Referenced Verses

  • Deut 19:14 : 14 Thou shalt not remove thy neighbour's landmark, which they of old time have set in thine inheritance, which thou shalt inherit in the land that the LORD thy God giveth thee to possess it.
  • Deut 27:17 : 17 Cursed be he that removeth his neighbour's landmark. And all the people shall say, Amen.
  • Prov 23:10 : 10 Remove not the old landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless:
  • Prov 22:28 : 28 Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have set.
  • Hos 5:10 : 10 The princes of Judah were like them that remove the bound: therefore I will pour out my wrath upon them like water.
  • Job 1:15 : 15 And the Sabeans fell upon them, and took them away; yea, they have slain the servants with the edge of the sword; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.
  • Job 1:17 : 17 While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, The Chaldeans made out three bands, and fell upon the camels, and have carried them away, yea, and slain the servants with the edge of the sword; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.
  • Job 5:5 : 5 Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh it even out of the thorns, and the robber swalloweth up their substance.

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  • Job 24:3-6
    4 verses
    84%

    3They drive away the ass of the fatherless, they take the widow's ox for a pledge.

    4They turn the needy out of the way: the poor of the earth hide themselves together.

    5Behold, as wild asses in the desert, go they forth to their work; rising betimes for a prey: the wilderness yieldeth food for them and for their children.

    6They reap every one his corn in the field: and they gather the vintage of the wicked.

  • Job 24:9-11
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    9They pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor.

    10They cause him to go naked without clothing, and they take away the sheaf from the hungry;

    11Which make oil within their walls, and tread their winepresses, and suffer thirst.

  • 2And they covet fields, and take them by violence; and houses, and take them away: so they oppress a man and his house, even a man and his heritage.

  • 10Remove not the old landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless:

  • 2To turn aside the needy from judgment, and to take away the right from the poor of my people, that widows may be their prey, and that they may rob the fatherless!

  • 28Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have set.

  • 4In that day shall one take up a parable against you, and lament with a doleful lamentation, and say, We be utterly spoiled: he hath changed the portion of my people: how hath he removed it from me! turning away he hath divided our fields.

  • 24He taketh away the heart of the chief of the people of the earth, and causeth them to wander in a wilderness where there is no way.

  • 5Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh it even out of the thorns, and the robber swalloweth up their substance.

  • 6They slay the widow and the stranger, and murder the fatherless.

  • 5Whose possessors slay them, and hold themselves not guilty: and they that sell them say, Blessed be the LORD; for I am rich: and their own shepherds pity them not.

  • 4Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy, even to make the poor of the land to fail,

  • 17Then shall the lambs feed after their manner, and the waste places of the fat ones shall strangers eat.

  • 12To take a spoil, and to take a prey; to turn thine hand upon the desolate places that are now inhabited, and upon the people that are gathered out of the nations, which have gotten cattle and goods, that dwell in the midst of the land.

  • Prov 4:16-17
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    16For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall.

    17For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.

  • 14Thou shalt not remove thy neighbour's landmark, which they of old time have set in thine inheritance, which thou shalt inherit in the land that the LORD thy God giveth thee to possess it.

  • Jer 25:36-37
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    36A voice of the cry of the shepherds, and an howling of the principal of the flock, shall be heard: for the LORD hath spoiled their pasture.

    37And the peaceable habitations are cut down because of the fierce anger of the LORD.

  • 23For the LORD will plead their cause, and spoil the soul of those that spoiled them.

  • 31Thine ox shall be slain before thine eyes, and thou shalt not eat thereof: thine ass shall be violently taken away from before thy face, and shall not be restored to thee: thy sheep shall be given unto thine enemies, and thou shalt have none to rescue them.

  • 19And as for my flock, they eat that which ye have trodden with your feet; and they drink that which ye have fouled with your feet.

  • 10Many pastors have destroyed my vineyard, they have trodden my portion under foot, they have made my pleasant portion a desolate wilderness.

  • 1Why, seeing times are not hidden from the Almighty, do they that know him not see his days?

  • 12Who said, Let us take to ourselves the houses of God in possession.

  • 23Which justify the wicked for reward, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him!

  • 7For they have devoured Jacob, and laid waste his dwelling place.

  • 20He removeth away the speech of the trusty, and taketh away the understanding of the aged.

  • 3Ye that put far away the evil day, and cause the seat of violence to come near;

  • 28They took their sheep, and their oxen, and their asses, and that which was in the city, and that which was in the field,

  • 3Ye eat the fat, and ye clothe you with the wool, ye kill them that are fed: but ye feed not the flock.

  • 14And behold at eveningtide trouble; and before the morning he is not. This is the portion of them that spoil us, and the lot of them that rob us.

  • 19So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; which taketh away the life of the owners thereof.

  • 19Because he hath oppressed and hath forsaken the poor; because he hath violently taken away an house which he builded not;

  • 5They were driven forth from among men, (they cried after them as after a thief;)

  • 5If thieves came to thee, if robbers by night, (how art thou cut off!) would they not have stolen till they had enough? if the grapegatherers came to thee, would they not leave some grapes?

  • 29The people of the land have used oppression, and exercised robbery, and have vexed the poor and needy: yea, they have oppressed the stranger wrongfully.

  • 27Yea, ye overwhelm the fatherless, and ye dig a pit for your friend.

  • 3That they may do evil with both hands earnestly, the prince asketh, and the judge asketh for a reward; and the great man, he uttereth his mischievous desire: so they wrap it up.

  • 14And he will take your fields, and your vineyards, and your oliveyards, even the best of them, and give them to his servants.

  • 16In the dark they dig through houses, which they had marked for themselves in the daytime: they know not the light.

  • 17Cursed be he that removeth his neighbour's landmark. And all the people shall say, Amen.

  • 21For the pastors are become brutish, and have not sought the LORD: therefore they shall not prosper, and all their flocks shall be scattered.

  • 28They are waxen fat, they shine: yea, they overpass the deeds of the wicked: they judge not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, yet they prosper; and the right of the needy do they not judge.

  • 7The robbery of the wicked shall destroy them; because they refuse to do judgment.