[a]Others snatch the (A)orphan from the breast,
And against the poor they take a pledge.

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  1. Job 24:9 Lit They

14 “The murderer (A)arises at dawn;
He (B)kills the poor and the needy,
And at night he is as a thief.

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He lurks in a hiding place as (A)a lion in his [a]lair;
He (B)lurks to catch (C)the afflicted;
He catches the afflicted when he draws him into his (D)net.

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  1. Psalm 10:9 Or thicket

14 There is a [a]kind of man whose (A)teeth are like swords
And his (B)jaw teeth like knives,
To (C)devour the afflicted from the earth
And the needy from among men.

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  1. Proverbs 30:14 Or generation

Assyria Is God’s Instrument

10 Woe to those who (A)enact evil statutes
And to those who constantly record [a]unjust decisions,
So as (B)to [b]deprive the needy of justice
And rob the poor of My people of their rights,
So (C)that widows may be their spoil
And that they may plunder the [c]orphans.

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  1. Isaiah 10:1 Lit mischief or misfortune
  2. Isaiah 10:2 Lit turn aside from
  3. Isaiah 10:2 Or fatherless

12 oppresses the (A)poor and needy, (B)commits robbery, does not restore a pledge, but lifts up his eyes to the idols and (C)commits abomination,

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But you have dishonored the poor man. Is it not the rich who oppress you and [a]personally (A)drag you into [b]court?

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  1. James 2:6 Lit they themselves
  2. James 2:6 Lit courts