Psalms 94:6

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

They kill the widow and the resident foreigner, and they murder the fatherless.

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Referenced Verses

  • Isa 10:2 : 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.
  • Isa 13:15-18 : 15 Everyone who is caught will be stabbed; everyone who is seized will die by the sword. 16 Their children will be smashed to pieces before their very eyes; their houses will be looted and their wives raped. 17 Look, I am stirring up the Medes to attack them; they are not concerned about silver, nor are they interested in gold. 18 Their arrows will cut young men to ribbons; they have no compassion on a person’s offspring, they will not look with pity on children.
  • Jer 7:6 : 6 Stop oppressing resident foreigners who live in your land, children who have lost their fathers, and women who have lost their husbands. Stop killing innocent people in this land. Stop paying allegiance to other gods. That will only bring about your ruin.
  • Jer 22:3 : 3 The LORD says,“Do what is just and right. Deliver those who have been robbed from those who oppress them. Do not exploit or mistreat resident foreigners who live in your land, children who have no fathers, or widows. Do not kill innocent people in this land.
  • Ezek 22:7 : 7 They have treated father and mother with contempt within you; they have oppressed the resident foreigner among you; they have wronged the orphan and the widow within you.
  • Mal 3:5 : 5 “I will come to you in judgment. I will be quick to testify against those who practice divination, those who commit adultery, those who break promises, and those who exploit workers, widows, and orphans, who refuse to help the resident foreigner and in this way show they do not fear me,” says the LORD of Heaven’s Armies.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 94:5
    82%

    5O LORD, they crush your people; they oppress the nation that belongs to you.

  • Ezek 22:7
    81%

    7They have treated father and mother with contempt within you; they have oppressed the resident foreigner among you; they have wronged the orphan and the widow within you.

  • Ps 94:7
    79%

    7Then they say,“The LORD does not see this; the God of Jacob does not take notice of it.”

  • Isa 10:2
    79%

    2to 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.

  • Job 22:9
    78%

    9you sent widows away empty-handed, and the arms of the orphans you crushed.

  • Jer 7:6
    77%

    6Stop oppressing resident foreigners who live in your land, children who have lost their fathers, and women who have lost their husbands. Stop killing innocent people in this land. Stop paying allegiance to other gods. That will only bring about your ruin.

  • Job 24:2-4
    3 verses
    77%

    2Men move boundary stones; they seize the flock and pasture them.

    3They drive away the orphan’s donkey; they take the widow’s ox as a pledge.

    4They turn the needy from the pathway, and the poor of the land hide themselves together.

  • Job 24:9-10
    2 verses
    76%

    9The fatherless child is snatched from the breast, the infant of the poor is taken as a pledge.

    10They go about naked, without clothing, and go hungry while they carry the sheaves.

  • Deut 27:19
    76%

    19‘Cursed is the one who perverts justice for the resident foreigner, the orphan, and the widow.’ Then all the people will say,‘Amen!’

  • Ps 146:9
    75%

    9The LORD protects the resident foreigner; he lifts up the fatherless and the widow, but he opposes the wicked.

  • Exod 22:22
    75%

    22“You must not afflict any widow or orphan.

  • Exod 22:24
    75%

    24and my anger will burn and I will kill you with the sword, and your wives will be widows and your children will be fatherless.

  • Job 6:27
    75%

    27Yes, you would gamble for the fatherless, and auction off your friend.

  • Ps 94:21
    75%

    21They conspire against the blameless, and condemn to death the innocent.

  • Jer 49:11
    75%

    11Leave your orphans behind and I will keep them alive. Your widows too can depend on me.”

  • Jer 22:3
    74%

    3The LORD says,“Do what is just and right. Deliver those who have been robbed from those who oppress them. Do not exploit or mistreat resident foreigners who live in your land, children who have no fathers, or widows. Do not kill innocent people in this land.

  • Lam 5:3
    74%

    3We have become fatherless orphans; our mothers have become widows.

  • Jer 18:21
    74%

    21So let their children die of starvation. Let them be cut down by the sword. Let their wives lose their husbands and children. Let the older men die of disease and the younger men die by the sword in battle.

  • Ezek 22:29
    74%

    29The 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.

  • Job 24:21
    74%

    21He preys on the barren and childless woman, and does not treat the widow well.

  • Ps 79:7
    74%

    7For they have devoured Jacob and destroyed his home.

  • Jer 5:28-29
    2 verses
    74%

    28That 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.

    29I will certainly punish them for doing such things!” says the LORD.“I will certainly bring retribution on such a nation as this!

  • Ps 109:9-11
    3 verses
    74%

    9May his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow!

    10May his children roam around begging, asking for handouts as they leave their ruined home!

    11May the creditor seize all he owns! May strangers loot his property!

  • Deut 10:18
    73%

    18who justly treats the orphan and widow, and who loves resident foreigners, giving them food and clothing.

  • Deut 24:17
    73%

    17You must not pervert justice due a resident foreigner or an orphan, or take a widow’s garment as security for a loan.

  • Isa 9:17
    73%

    17So the Lord was not pleased with their young men, he took no pity on their orphans and widows; for the whole nation was godless and did wicked things, every mouth was speaking disgraceful words. Despite all this, his anger does not subside, and his hand is ready to strike again.

  • Ps 109:16
    73%

    16For he never bothered to show kindness; he harassed the oppressed and needy, and killed the disheartened.

  • Ps 69:26
    72%

    26For they harass the one whom you discipline; they spread the news about the suffering of those whom you punish.

  • Zech 7:10
    72%

    10You must not oppress the widow, the orphan, the resident foreigner, or the poor, nor should anyone secretly plot evil against his fellow citizen.’

  • Ps 37:14
    72%

    14Evil men draw their swords and prepare their bows, to bring down the oppressed and needy, and to slaughter those who are godly.

  • Job 24:14
    72%

    14Before daybreak the murderer rises up; he kills the poor and the needy; in the night he is like a thief.

  • Jer 15:8
    72%

    8Their widows will become in my sight more numerous than the grains of sand on the seashores. At noontime I will bring a destroyer against the mothers of their young men. I will cause anguish and terror to fall suddenly upon them.

  • Ps 10:14
    72%

    14You have taken notice, for you always see one who inflicts pain and suffering. The unfortunate victim entrusts his cause to you; you deliver the fatherless.

  • Prov 22:23
    72%

    23for the LORD will plead their case and will rob the life those who are robbing them.

  • Isa 14:21
    72%

    21Prepare to execute his sons for the sins their ancestors have committed. They must not rise up and take possession of the earth, or fill the surface of the world with cities.”

  • Isa 1:23
    72%

    23Your officials are rebels, they associate with thieves. All of them love bribery, and look for payoffs. They do not take up the cause of the orphan, or defend the rights of the widow.

  • Ezek 16:40
    72%

    40They will summon a mob who will stone you and hack you in pieces with their swords.

  • Ps 68:5
    71%

    5He is a father to the fatherless and an advocate for widows. God rules from his holy dwelling place.

  • Mic 2:2
    71%

    2They 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.

  • Lam 5:11
    71%

    11They raped women in Zion, virgins in the towns of Judah.

  • Lam 3:66
    71%

    66Pursue them in anger and eradicate them from under the LORD’s heaven.

  • Deut 24:21
    71%

    21When you gather the grapes of your vineyard you must not do so a second time; they should go to the resident foreigner, orphan, and widow.

  • Ps 78:64
    71%

    64Their priests fell by the sword, but their widows did not weep.

  • Ps 14:4
    71%

    4All those who behave wickedly do not understand– those who devour my people as if they were eating bread, and do not call out to the LORD.