Job 6:27
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27 You would even cast lots over the orphan
and bargain over your friend.(A)
2 Peter 2:3
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3 And in their greed they will exploit you with deceptive words. Their condemnation, pronounced against them long ago, has not been idle, and their destruction is not asleep.(A)
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James 1:27
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27 Religion that is pure and undefiled before God the Father is this: to care for orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself unstained by the world.(A)
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Nahum 3:10
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10 Yet she became an exile;
she went into captivity;
even her infants were dashed in pieces
at the head of every street;
lots were cast for her nobles;
all her dignitaries were bound in fetters.(A)
Joel 3:3
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3 and cast lots for my people and traded boys for prostitutes and sold girls for wine and drunk it down.(A)
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Psalm 7:15
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15 They make a pit, digging it out,
and fall into the hole that they have made.(A)
Job 24:9
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9 “There are those who snatch the orphan child from the breast
and take as a pledge the infant of the poor.(A)
Job 24:3
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3 They drive away the donkey of the orphan;
they take the widow’s ox for a pledge.(A)
Job 22:9
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Notas al pie
- 22.9 Gk Syr Tg Vg: Heb were crushed
Malachi 3:5
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5 Then I will draw near to you for judgment; I will be swift to bear witness against the sorcerers, against the adulterers, against those who swear falsely, against those who oppress the hired workers in their wages, the widow, and the orphan, against those who thrust aside the alien and do not fear me, says the Lord of hosts.(A)
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Ezekiel 22:7
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7 Father and mother are treated with contempt in you; the alien residing within you suffers extortion; the orphan and the widow are wronged in you.(A)
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Jeremiah 18:22
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22 May a cry be heard from their houses
when you bring the marauder suddenly upon them!
For they have dug a pit to catch me
and laid snares for my feet.(A)
Jeremiah 18:20
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20 Is evil a recompense for good?
Yet they have dug a pit for my life.
Remember how I stood before you
to speak good for them,
to turn away your wrath from them.(A)
Proverbs 23:10-11
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10 Do not remove an ancient landmark
or encroach on the fields of orphans,(A)
11 for their vindicator[a] is strong;
he will plead their cause against you.(B)
Notas al pie
- 23.11 Or redeemer
Psalm 82:3
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3 Give justice to the weak and the orphan;
maintain the right of the lowly and the destitute.(A)
Psalm 57:6
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6 They set a net for my steps;
my soul was bowed down.
They dug a pit in my path,
but they have fallen into it themselves. Selah(A)
Job 31:21
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21 if I have raised my hand against the orphan
because I saw I had supporters at the gate;(A)
Job 31:17
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17 or have eaten my morsel alone
and the orphan has not eaten from it—(A)
Job 29:12
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12 because I delivered the poor who cried
and the orphan who had no helper.(A)
Exodus 22:22-24
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22 You shall not abuse any widow or orphan.(A) 23 If you do abuse them, when they cry out to me, I will surely heed their cry;(B) 24 my wrath will burn, and I will kill you with the sword, and your wives shall become widows and your children orphans.(C)
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