Job 5:16

KJV1611 – Modern English

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

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  • Ps 107:42 : 42 The righteous shall see it, and rejoice: and all iniquity shall stop its mouth.
  • 1 Sam 2:8-9 : 8 He raises up the poor from the dust, and lifts up the needy from the ashes, to set them among princes and to make them inherit the throne of glory: for the pillars of the earth are the LORD's, and he has set the world upon them. 9 He will keep the feet of his saints, and the wicked shall be silent in darkness; for by strength shall no one prevail.
  • Ps 63:11 : 11 But the king shall rejoice in God; everyone that swears by him shall glory: but the mouth of those that speak lies shall be stopped.
  • Exod 11:7 : 7 But against any of the children of Israel, not a dog shall move its tongue, against man or beast: that you may know that the LORD makes a difference between the Egyptians and Israel.
  • Ps 9:18 : 18 For the needy shall not always be forgotten; the expectation of the poor shall not perish forever.
  • Isa 14:32 : 32 What will one then answer the messengers of the nation? That the LORD has founded Zion, and the poor of his people will trust in it.
  • Zech 9:12 : 12 Return to the stronghold, you prisoners of hope: even today I declare that I will restore double to you;
  • Rom 3:19 : 19 Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God.

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