Job 24:4
They turn aside the needy from the way, Together have hid the poor of the earth.
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Referenced Verses
- Prov 28:28 : 28 In the rising of the wicked a man is hidden, And in their destruction the righteous multiply!
- Amos 2:7 : 7 Who are panting for the dust of the earth on the head of the poor, And the way of the humble they turn aside, And a man and his father go unto the damsel, So as to pollute My holy name.
- Job 24:14 : 14 At the light doth the murderer rise, He doth slay the poor and needy, And in the night he is as a thief.
- Job 29:12 : 12 For I deliver the afflicted who is crying, And the fatherless who hath no helper.
- Job 30:25 : 25 Did not I weep for him whose day is hard? Grieved hath my soul for the needy.
- Job 31:16 : 16 If I withhold from pleasure the poor, And the eyes of the widow do consume,
- Ps 41:1 : 1 To the Overseer. -- A Psalm of David. O the happiness of him Who is acting wisely unto the poor, In a day of evil doth Jehovah deliver him.
- Ps 109:16 : 16 Because that he hath not remembered to do kindness, And pursueth the poor man and needy, And the smitten of heart -- to slay,
- Prov 22:16 : 16 He is oppressing the poor to multiply to him, He is giving to the rich -- only to want.
- Prov 28:12 : 12 In the exulting of the righteous the glory `is' abundant, And in the rising of the wicked man is apprehensive.
- Amos 8:4-6 : 4 Hear this, ye who are swallowing up the needy, To cause to cease the poor of the land, 5 Saying, When doth the new moon pass, And we sell ground corn? And the sabbath, and we open out pure corn? To make little the ephah, And to make great the shekel, And to use perversely balances of deceit. 6 To purchase with money the poor, And the needy for a pair of sandals, Yea, the refuse of the pure corn we sell.
- Mic 2:1-2 : 1 Wo `to' those devising iniquity, And working evil on their beds, In the light of the morning they do it, For their hand is -- to God. 2 And they have desired fields, And they have taken violently, And houses, and they have taken away, And have oppressed a man and his house, Even a man and his inheritance.
- Jas 5:4-6 : 4 lo, the reward of the workmen, of those who in-gathered your fields, which hath been fraudulently kept back by you -- doth cry out, and the exclamations of those who did reap into the ears of the Lord of Sabaoth have entered; 5 ye did live in luxury upon the earth, and were wanton; ye did nourish your hearts, as in a day of slaughter; 6 ye did condemn -- ye did murder the righteous one, he doth not resist you.
- Prov 30:14 : 14 A generation -- swords `are' their teeth, And knives -- their jaw-teeth, To consume the poor from earth, And the needy from `among' men.
- Isa 10:2 : 2 To turn aside from judgment the poor, And to take violently away the judgment Of the afflicted of My people, That widows may be their prey, That the fatherless they may spoil.
- Ezek 18:12 : 12 The afflicted and needy he hath oppressed, Plunder he hath taken violently away, A pledge he doth not return, And unto the idols he hath lifted up his eyes, Abomination he hath done!
- Ezek 18:18 : 18 His father -- because he used oppression, Did violently Plunder a brother, And that which `is' not good did in the midst of his people, And lo, he is dying in his iniquity.
- Ezek 22:29 : 29 The people of the land have used oppression, And have taken plunder violently away, And humble and needy have oppressed, And the sojourner oppressed -- without judgment.
Similar Verses (AI)
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- Job 24:2-32 verses84%
2 The borders they reach, A drove they have taken violently away, Yea, they do evil.
3 The ass of the fatherless they lead away, They take in pledge the ox of the widow,
- Job 24:5-117 verses82%
5 Lo, wild asses in a wilderness, They have gone out about their work, Seeking early for prey, A mixture for himself -- food for young ones.
6 In a field his provender they reap, And the vineyard of the wicked they glean.
7 The naked they cause to lodge Without clothing. And there is no covering in the cold.
8 From the inundation of hills they are wet, And without a refuge -- have embraced a rock.
9 They take violently away From the breast the orphan, And on the poor they lay a pledge.
10 Naked, they have gone without clothing, And hungry -- have taken away a sheaf.
11 Between their walls they make oil, Wine-presses they have trodden, and thirst.
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2 To turn aside from judgment the poor, And to take violently away the judgment Of the afflicted of My people, That widows may be their prey, That the fatherless they may spoil.
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4 Hear this, ye who are swallowing up the needy, To cause to cease the poor of the land,
- Ps 82:3-42 verses79%
3 Judge ye the weak and fatherless, The afflicted and the poor declare righteous.
4 Let the weak and needy escape, From the hand of the wicked deliver them.
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14 A sword have the wicked opened, And they have trodden their bow, To cause to fall the poor and needy, To slaughter the upright of the way.
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9 Widows thou hast sent away empty, And the arms of the fatherless are bruised.
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2 Through the pride of the wicked, Is the poor inflamed, They are caught in devices that they devised.
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6 Widow and sojourner they slay, And fatherless ones they murder.
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34 And thy poverty hath come `as' a traveller, And thy want as an armed man!
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10 He is bruised -- he boweth down, Fallen by his mighty ones hath the afflicted.
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14 At the light doth the murderer rise, He doth slay the poor and needy, And in the night he is as a thief.
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7 Who are panting for the dust of the earth on the head of the poor, And the way of the humble they turn aside, And a man and his father go unto the damsel, So as to pollute My holy name.
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6 Tread it down doth a foot, Feet of the poor -- steps of the weak.
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4 Mourned, faded hath the land, Languished, faded hath the world, Languished have they -- the high place of the people of the land.
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28 To cause to come in unto Him The cry of the poor, And the cry of the afflicted He heareth.
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28 They have been fat, they have shone, Yea, they have overpassed the acts of the evil, Judgment they have not judged, The judgment of the fatherless -- and they prosper, And the judgment of the needy they have not judged.
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5 Whose harvest the hungry doth eat, And even from the thorns taketh it, And the designing swallowed their wealth.
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5 From the midst they are cast out, (They shout against them as a thief),
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3 A man -- poor and oppressing the weak, `Is' a sweeping rain, and there is no bread.
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14 A generation -- swords `are' their teeth, And knives -- their jaw-teeth, To consume the poor from earth, And the needy from `among' men.
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29 The people of the land have used oppression, And have taken plunder violently away, And humble and needy have oppressed, And the sojourner oppressed -- without judgment.
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6 The counsel of the poor ye cause to stink, Because Jehovah `is' his refuge.
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24 High they were `for' a little, and they are not, And they have been brought low. As all `others' they are shut up, And as the head of an ear of corn cut off.
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16 He is oppressing the poor to multiply to him, He is giving to the rich -- only to want.
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5 Because of the spoiling of the poor, Because of the groaning of the needy, Now do I arise, saith Jehovah, I set in safety `him who' doth breathe for it.
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31 An oppressor of the poor reproacheth his Maker, And whoso is honouring Him Is favouring the needy.
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24 Why Thy face hidest Thou? Thou forgettest our afflictions and our oppression,
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4 And I -- I said, `Surely these `are' poor, They have been foolish, For they have not known the way of Jehovah, The judgment of their God.
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16 And there is hope to the poor, And perverseness hath shut her mouth.
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13 Hide them in the dust together, Their faces bind in secret.
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22 Rob not the poor because he `is' poor, And bruise not the afflicted in the gate.
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1 Lo, Jehovah is emptying the land, And is making it waste, And hath overturned `it on' its face, And hath scattered its inhabitants.
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7 He is raising up from the dust the poor, From a dunghill He exalteth the needy.
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20 Even of his neighbour is the poor hated, And those loving the rich `are' many.
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40 He is pouring contempt upon nobles, And causeth them to wander in vacancy -- no way.
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14 Thou hast seen, For Thou perverseness and anger beholdest; By giving into Thy hand, On Thee doth the afflicted leave `it', Of the fatherless Thou hast been an helper.
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11 Therefore, because of your trampling on the poor, And the tribute of corn ye take from him, Houses of hewn work ye have built, And ye do not dwell in them, Desirable vineyards ye have planted, And ye do not drink their wine.
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24 Turning aside the heart Of the heads of the people of the land, And he causeth them to wander In vacancy -- no way!
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16 He hath dug in the darkness -- houses; By day they shut themselves up, They have not known light.
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1 Hear this word, ye kine of Bashan, Who `are' in the mountain of Samaria, Who are oppressing the poor, Who are bruising the needy, Who are saying to their lords: `Bring in, and we do drink.'
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3 With want and with famine gloomy, Those fleeing to a dry place, Formerly a desolation and waste,