Job 22:9
You have sent widows away empty, And the arms of the fatherless have been broken.
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- Job 24:3 : 3 They drive away the donkey of the fatherless, And they take the widow's ox for a pledge.
- Job 24:21 : 21 He devours the barren who don't bear. He shows no kindness to the widow.
- Job 31:21 : 21 If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, Because I saw my help in the gate:
- Isa 10:2 : 2 to turn aside the needy from justice, and to rob the poor of my people of their right, that widows may be their spoil, and that they may make the fatherless their prey!
- Ezek 22:7 : 7 In you have they set light by father and mother; in the midst of you have they dealt by oppression with the foreigner; in you have they wronged the fatherless and the widow.
- Ezek 30:22 : 22 Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh: Behold, I am against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and will break his arms, the strong [arm], and that which was broken; and I will cause the sword to fall out of his hand.
- Mal 3:5 : 5 I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against the perjurers, and against those who oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and who deprive the foreigner of justice, and don't fear me," says Yahweh of Hosts.
- Luke 18:3-5 : 3 A widow was in that city, and she often came to him, saying, 'Defend me from my adversary!' 4 He wouldn't for a while, but afterward he said to himself, 'Though I neither fear God, nor respect man, 5 yet because this widow bothers me, I will defend her, or else she will wear me out by her continual coming.'"
- Exod 22:21-24 : 21 "You shall not wrong an alien, neither shall you oppress him, for you were aliens in the land of Egypt. 22 "You shall not take advantage of any widow or fatherless child. 23 If you take advantage of them at all, and they cry at all to me, I will surely hear their cry; 24 and my wrath will grow hot, and I will kill you with the sword; and your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless.
- Deut 27:19 : 19 Cursed be he who wrests the justice [due] to the foreigner, fatherless, and widow. All the people shall say, Amen.
- Ps 10:15 : 15 Break the arm of the wicked. As for the evil man, seek out his wickedness until you find none.
- Ps 37:17 : 17 For the arms of the wicked shall be broken, But Yahweh upholds the righteous.
- Ps 94:6 : 6 They kill the widow and the alien, And murder the fatherless.
- Isa 1:17 : 17 Learn to do well. Seek justice, Relieve the oppressed, Judge the fatherless, Plead for the widow."
- Isa 1:23 : 23 Your princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves. Everyone loves bribes, and follows after rewards. They don't judge the fatherless, Neither does the cause of the widow come to them.
- Job 29:12-13 : 12 Because I delivered the poor who cried, And the fatherless also, who had none to help him. 13 The blessing of him who was ready to perish came on me, And I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.
- Job 31:16-18 : 16 "If I have withheld the poor from their desire, Or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail, 17 Or have eaten my morsel alone, And the fatherless has not eaten of it 18 (No, from my youth he grew up with me as with a father, Her have I guided from my mother's womb);
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7 In you have they set light by father and mother; in the midst of you have they dealt by oppression with the foreigner; in you have they wronged the fatherless and the widow.
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2 to turn aside the needy from justice, and to rob the poor of my people of their right, that widows may be their spoil, and that they may make the fatherless their prey!
- Job 24:9-102 verses79%
9 There are those who pluck the fatherless from the breast, And take a pledge of the poor,
10 So that they go around naked without clothing. Being hungry, they carry the sheaves.
- Ps 10:14-152 verses79%
14 But you do see trouble and grief; You consider it to take it into your hand. You help the victim and the fatherless.
15 Break the arm of the wicked. As for the evil man, seek out his wickedness until you find none.
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11 Leave your fatherless children, I will preserve them alive; and let your widows trust in me.
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3 We are orphans and fatherless; Our mothers are as widows.
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22 "You shall not take advantage of any widow or fatherless child.
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6 They kill the widow and the alien, And murder the fatherless.
- Job 22:6-83 verses78%
6 For you have taken pledges from your brother for nothing, And stripped the naked of their clothing.
7 You haven't given water to the weary to drink, And you have withheld bread from the hungry.
8 But as for the mighty man, he had the earth. The honorable man, he lived in it.
- Job 31:16-172 verses77%
16 "If I have withheld the poor from their desire, Or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail,
17 Or have eaten my morsel alone, And the fatherless has not eaten of it
- Job 29:12-132 verses77%
12 Because I delivered the poor who cried, And the fatherless also, who had none to help him.
13 The blessing of him who was ready to perish came on me, And I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.
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10 Therefore snares are round about you. Sudden fear troubles you,
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27 Yes, you would even cast lots for the fatherless, And make merchandise of your friend.
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9 Yahweh preserves the foreigners. He upholds the fatherless and widow, But the way of the wicked he turns upside down.
- Job 24:3-42 verses76%
3 They drive away the donkey of the fatherless, And they take the widow's ox for a pledge.
4 They turn the needy out of the way. The poor of the earth all hide themselves.
- Job 31:21-222 verses76%
21 If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, Because I saw my help in the gate:
22 Then let my shoulder fall from the shoulder-blade, And my arm be broken from the bone.
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17 Therefore the Lord will not rejoice over their young men, neither will he have compassion on their fatherless and widows; for everyone is profane and an evil-doer, and every mouth speaks folly. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
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9 Let his children be fatherless, And his wife a widow.
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9 You drive the women of my people out from their pleasant houses; From their young children you take away my blessing forever.
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21 He devours the barren who don't bear. He shows no kindness to the widow.
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10 Don't move the ancient boundary stone. Don't encroach on the fields of the fatherless:
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19 Cursed be he who wrests the justice [due] to the foreigner, fatherless, and widow. All the people shall say, Amen.
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5 A father of the fatherless, and a defender of the widows, Is God in his holy habitation.
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24 and my wrath will grow hot, and I will kill you with the sword; and your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless.
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23 Your princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves. Everyone loves bribes, and follows after rewards. They don't judge the fatherless, Neither does the cause of the widow come to them.
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17 You shall not wrest the justice [due] to the foreigner, [or] to the fatherless, nor take the widow's clothing to pledge;
- Deut 24:19-213 verses74%
19 When you reap your harvest in your field, and have forgot a sheaf in the field, you shall not go again to get it: it shall be for the foreigner, for the fatherless, and for the widow; that Yahweh your God may bless you in all the work of your hands.
20 When you beat your olive tree, you shall not go over the boughs again: it shall be for the foreigner, for the fatherless, and for the widow.
21 When you gather [the grapes of] your vineyard, you shall not glean it after you: it shall be for the foreigner, for the fatherless, and for the widow.
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3 Thus says Yahweh: Execute you justice and righteousness, and deliver him who is robbed out of the hand of the oppressor: and do no wrong, do no violence, to the foreigner, the fatherless, nor the widow; neither shed innocent blood in this place.
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19 For he has oppressed and forsaken the poor. He has violently taken away a house, and he shall not build it up.
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8 Their widows are increased to me above the sand of the seas; I have brought on them against the mother of the young men a destroyer at noonday: I have caused anguish and terrors to fall on her suddenly.
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25 Yahweh will uproot the house of the proud, But he will keep the widow's borders intact.
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3 "Defend the weak, the poor, and the fatherless. Maintain the rights of the poor and oppressed.
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16 Because he didn't remember to show kindness, But persecuted the poor and needy man, The broken in heart, to kill them.
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15 From the wicked, their light is withheld, The high arm is broken.
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6 if you don't oppress the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow, and don't shed innocent blood in this place, neither walk after other gods to your own hurt:
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18 To judge the fatherless and the oppressed, That man who is of the earth may terrify no more.
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4 Hear this, you who desire to swallow up the needy, And cause the poor of the land to fail,
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17 For the arms of the wicked shall be broken, But Yahweh upholds the righteous.
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9 Open your mouth, judge righteously, And serve justice to the poor and needy."
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22 Don't exploit the poor, because he is poor; And don't crush the needy in court;