Job 24:2

Authorized King James Version (1611)

[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.

Similar Verses (AI)

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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
    3 verses
    79%

    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;

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

  • Mic 2:2
    79%

    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.

  • Prov 23:10
    75%

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

  • Isa 10:2
    74%

    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!

  • Prov 22:28
    73%

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

  • Mic 2:4
    73%

    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.

  • Job 12:24
    72%

    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.

  • Job 5:5
    72%

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

  • Ps 94:6
    72%

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

  • Zech 11:5
    72%

    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.

  • Amos 8:4
    72%

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

  • Isa 5:17
    72%

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

  • Ezek 38:12
    71%

    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
    2 verses
    71%

    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.

  • Deut 19:14
    71%

    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.

  • Jer 25:36-37
    2 verses
    71%

    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.

  • Prov 22:23
    71%

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

  • Deut 28:31
    71%

    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].

  • Ezek 34:19
    71%

    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.

  • Jer 12:10
    71%

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

  • Job 24:1
    71%

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

  • Ps 83:12
    71%

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

  • Isa 5:23
    71%

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

  • Ps 79:7
    71%

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

  • Job 12:20
    71%

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

  • Amos 6:3
    71%

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

  • Gen 34:28
    71%

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

  • Ezek 34:3
    71%

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

  • Isa 17:14
    71%

    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.

  • Prov 1:19
    71%

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

  • Job 20:19
    70%

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

  • Job 30:5
    70%

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

  • Obad 1:5
    70%

    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?

  • Ezek 22:29
    70%

    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.

  • Job 6:27
    70%

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

  • Mic 7:3
    70%

    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.

  • 1 Sam 8:14
    70%

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

  • Job 24:16
    70%

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

  • Deut 27:17
    70%

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

  • Jer 10:21
    70%

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

  • Jer 5:28
    70%

    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.

  • Prov 21:7
    70%

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