Job 5:16

Webster's Bible (1833)

So the poor has hope, And injustice shuts her mouth.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 107:42 : 42 The upright will see it, and be glad. All the wicked will shut their mouths.
  • 1 Sam 2:8-9 : 8 He raises up the poor out of the dust, He lifts up the needy from the dunghill, To make them sit with princes, Inherit the throne of glory: For the pillars of the earth are Yahweh's, He has set the world on them. 9 He will keep the feet of his holy ones; But the wicked shall be put to silence in darkness; For by strength shall no man prevail.
  • Ps 63:11 : 11 But the king shall rejoice in God. Everyone who swears by him will praise him, For the mouth of those who speak lies shall be silenced.
  • Exod 11:7 : 7 But against any of the children of Israel a dog won't even bark or move its tongue, against man or animal; that you may know that Yahweh makes a distinction between the Egyptians and Israel.
  • Ps 9:18 : 18 For the needy shall not always be forgotten, Nor the hope of the poor perish forever.
  • Isa 14:32 : 32 What then shall one answer the messengers of the nation? That Yahweh has founded Zion, and in her shall the afflicted of his people take refuge.
  • Zech 9:12 : 12 Turn 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 things the law says, it speaks to those who are under the law, that every mouth may be closed, and all the world may be brought under the judgment of God.

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