Job 24:2
Men move boundary stones; they seize the flock and pasture them.
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Referenced Verses
- Deut 19:14 : 14 Laws Concerning Witnesses You must not encroach on your neighbor’s property, which will have been defined in the inheritance you will obtain in the land the LORD your God is giving you.
- Deut 27:17 : 17 ‘Cursed is the one who moves his neighbor’s boundary marker.’ Then all the people will say,‘Amen!’
- Prov 23:10 : 10 Do not move an ancient boundary stone, or take over the fields of the fatherless,
- Prov 22:28 : 28 Do not move an ancient boundary stone which was put in place by your ancestors.
- Hos 5:10 : 10 The Oppressors of the Helpless Will Be Oppressed The princes of Judah are like those who move boundary markers. I will pour out my rage on them like a torrential flood!
- Job 1:15 : 15 and the Sabeans swooped down and carried them all away, and they killed the servants with the sword! And I– only I alone– escaped to tell you!”
- Job 1:17 : 17 While this one was still speaking another messenger arrived and said,“The Chaldeans formed three bands and made a raid on the camels and carried them all away, and they killed the servants with the sword! And I– only I alone– escaped to tell you!”
- Job 5:5 : 5 The hungry eat up his harvest, and take it even from behind the thorns, and the thirsty pant for their wealth.
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3 They drive away the orphan’s donkey; they take the widow’s ox as a pledge.
4 They turn the needy from the pathway, and the poor of the land hide themselves together.
5 Like wild donkeys in the wilderness, they go out to their labor seeking diligently for food; the arid rift valley provides food for them and for their children.
6 They reap fodder in the field, and glean in the vineyard of the wicked.
- Job 24:9-113 verses79%
9 The fatherless child is snatched from the breast, the infant of the poor is taken as a pledge.
10 They go about naked, without clothing, and go hungry while they carry the sheaves.
11 They press out the olive oil between the rows of olive trees; they tread the winepresses while they are thirsty.
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2 They confiscate the fields they desire, and seize the houses they want. They defraud people of their homes, and deprive people of the land they have inherited.
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10 Do not move an ancient boundary stone, or take over the fields of the fatherless,
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2 to keep the poor from getting fair treatment, and to deprive the oppressed among my people of justice, so they can steal what widows own, and loot what belongs to orphans.
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28 Do not move an ancient boundary stone which was put in place by your ancestors.
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4 In that day people will sing this taunt song to you– they will mock you with this lament:‘We are completely destroyed; they sell off the property of my people. How they remove it from me! They assign our fields to the conqueror.’
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24 He deprives the leaders of the earth of their understanding; he makes them wander in a trackless desert waste.
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5 The hungry eat up his harvest, and take it even from behind the thorns, and the thirsty pant for their wealth.
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6 They kill the widow and the resident foreigner, and they murder the fatherless.
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5 Those who buy them slaughter them and are not held guilty; those who sell them say,‘Blessed be the LORD, for I am rich.’ Their own shepherds have no compassion for them.
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4 Listen to this, you who trample the needy, and do away with the destitute in the land.
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17 Lambs will graze as if in their pastures, amid the ruins the rich sojourners will graze.
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12 to loot and plunder, to attack the inhabited ruins and the people gathered from the nations, who are acquiring cattle and goods, who live at the center of the earth.”
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16 For they cannot sleep unless they cause harm; they are robbed of sleep until they make someone stumble.
17 Indeed they have eaten bread gained from wickedness and drink wine obtained from violence.
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14 Laws Concerning Witnesses You must not encroach on your neighbor’s property, which will have been defined in the inheritance you will obtain in the land the LORD your God is giving you.
- Jer 25:36-372 verses71%
36 Listen to the cries of anguish of the leaders. Listen to the wails of the shepherds of the flocks. They are wailing because the LORD is about to destroy their lands.
37 Their peaceful dwelling places will be laid waste by the fierce anger of the LORD.
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23 for the LORD will plead their case and will rob the life those who are robbing them.
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31 Your ox will be slaughtered before your very eyes but you will not eat of it. Your donkey will be stolen from you as you watch and will not be returned to you. Your flock of sheep will be given to your enemies and there will be no one to save you.
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19 As for my sheep, they must eat what you trampled with your feet, and drink what you have muddied with your feet!
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10 Many foreign rulers will ruin the land where I planted my people. They will trample all over my chosen land. They will turn my beautiful land into a desolate wilderness.
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1 The Apparent Indifference of God“Why are times not appointed by the Almighty? Why do those who know him not see his days?
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12 who said,“Let’s take over the pastures of God!”
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23 They pronounce the guilty innocent for a payoff, they ignore the just cause of the innocent.
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7 For they have devoured Jacob and destroyed his home.
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20 He deprives the trusted advisers of speech and takes away the discernment of elders.
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3 You refuse to believe a day of disaster will come, but you establish a reign of violence.
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28 They took their flocks, herds, and donkeys, as well as everything in the city and in the surrounding fields.
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3 You eat the fat, you clothe yourselves with the wool, you slaughter the choice animals, but you do not feed the sheep!
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14 In the evening there is sudden terror; by morning they vanish. This is the fate of those who try to plunder us, the destiny of those who try to loot us!
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19 Such are the ways of all who gain profit unjustly; it takes away the life of those who obtain it!
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19 For he has oppressed the poor and abandoned them; he has seized a house which he did not build.
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5 They were banished from the community– people shouted at them like they would shout at thieves–
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5 “If thieves came to rob you during the night, they would steal only as much as they wanted! If grape pickers came to harvest your vineyards, they would leave some behind for the poor! But you will be totally destroyed!
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29 The people of the land have practiced extortion and committed robbery. They have wronged the poor and needy; they have oppressed the resident foreigner and denied them justice.
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27 Yes, you would gamble for the fatherless, and auction off your friend.
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3 They are experts at doing evil; government officials and judges take bribes, prominent men announce what they wish and then they plan it out.
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14 He will take your best fields, vineyards, and olive groves, and give them to his own servants.
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16 In the dark the robber breaks into houses, but by day they shut themselves in; they do not know the light.
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17 ‘Cursed is the one who moves his neighbor’s boundary marker.’ Then all the people will say,‘Amen!’
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21 For our leaders are stupid. They have not sought the LORD’s advice. So they do not act wisely, and the people they are responsible for have all been scattered.
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28 That is how they have grown fat and sleek. There is no limit to the evil things they do. They do not plead the cause of the fatherless in such a way as to win it. They do not defend the rights of the poor.
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7 The violence done by the wicked will drag them away because they have refused to do what is right.