Job 24:4
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Proverbs 28:28
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28 When (A)the wicked rise, (B)people hide themselves,
but when they perish, the righteous increase.
Amos 2:7
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7 those who trample the head of the poor (A)into the dust of the earth
and (B)turn aside the way of the afflicted;
(C)a man and his father go in to the same girl,
so that my holy name is profaned;
Job 24:14
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14 The murderer rises before it is light,
that he (A)may kill the poor and needy,
and in the night he is like a thief.
James 5:4-6
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4 Behold, (A)the wages of the laborers who mowed your fields, which you kept back by fraud, are crying out against you, and (B)the cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of (C)the Lord of hosts. 5 (D)You have lived on the earth in luxury and (E)in self-indulgence. You have fattened your hearts in (F)a day of slaughter. 6 You have condemned and (G)murdered (H)the righteous person. He does not resist you.
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Micah 2:1-2
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Woe to the Oppressors
2 (A)Woe to those who devise wickedness
and work evil (B)on their beds!
When the morning dawns, they perform it,
because it is in the power of their hand.
2 They covet fields and (C)seize them,
and houses, and take them away;
they oppress a man and his house,
a man and his inheritance.
Amos 8:4-6
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4 Hear this, (A)you who trample on the needy
and bring the poor of the land to an end,
5 saying, “When will (B)the new moon be over,
that we may sell grain?
And (C)the Sabbath,
that we may offer wheat for sale,
that we may make (D)the ephah small and the shekel[a] great
and deal deceitfully with false balances,
6 that we may buy the poor for (E)silver
and the needy for a pair of sandals
and sell the chaff of the wheat?”
Footnotes
- Amos 8:5 An ephah was about 3/5 bushel or 22 liters; a shekel was about 2/5 ounce or 11 grams
Ezekiel 22:29
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29 The people of the land (A)have practiced extortion and committed robbery. They have oppressed the poor and needy, and (B)have extorted from the sojourner without justice.
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Ezekiel 18:18
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18 As for his father, because he practiced extortion, robbed his brother, and did what is not good among his people, (A)behold, he shall die for his iniquity.
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Ezekiel 18:12
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12 oppresses the poor and needy, (A)commits robbery, (B)does not restore the pledge, (C)lifts up his eyes to the idols, (D)commits abomination,
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Isaiah 10:2
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2 to turn aside the needy from justice
and (A)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!
Proverbs 30:14
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14 There are those whose teeth are (A)swords,
whose (B)fangs are knives,
to (C)devour the poor from off the earth,
the needy from among mankind.
Proverbs 28:12
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12 When (A)the righteous triumph, there is great glory,
but when (B)the wicked rise, people hide themselves.
Proverbs 22:16
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16 Whoever oppresses the poor to increase his own wealth,
or gives to the rich, (A)will only come to poverty.
Psalm 109:16
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16 For he did not remember to show kindness,
but pursued (A)the poor and needy
and (B)the brokenhearted, to put them to death.
Psalm 41:1
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O Lord, Be Gracious to Me
To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David.
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- Psalm 41:1 Or weak
Job 31:16
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16 “If I have (A)withheld anything that the poor desired,
or have (B)caused the eyes of the widow to fail,
Job 30:25
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25 Did not I (A)weep for him whose day was hard?
Was not my soul grieved for the needy?
Job 29:12
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12 because I (A)delivered the poor who cried for help,
and the fatherless who had none to help him.
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