Job 24:4 Cross References - ISV

⁴ They push the needy off the road, and force the poor of the land into hiding.

¹⁴ The murderer rises at dawn to kill the poor and needy; at night, he is like a thief.

¹² because I delivered the poor who were crying for help, along with orphans who had no one to help them.

²⁵ Haven’t I wept for the one who is going through hard times? Haven’t I grieved for the needy?

¹⁶ No Injustice on the Poor“If I refused to grant the desire of the poor or exhausted the eyes of the widow,

¹ To the Director: A Davidic Psalm.
When Things Go Wrong Blessed is the one who is considerate of the destitute; the LORD will deliver him when the times are evil.

¹⁶ For he didn’t think to extend gracious love; he harassed to death the poor, the needy, and the broken hearted.

¹⁶ Whoever oppresses the poor to enrich himself and whoever gives gifts to the wealthy will yield only loss.

¹² When the righteous are victorious, there is great glory, but when the wicked arise, men hide themselves.

²⁸ When the wicked rise to power, people hide themselves, but when the wicked perish, the righteous increase.

¹⁴ Some people have swords for teeth and knives for fangs to devour the afflicted from the earth and the needy from among mankind.

² to deprive the needy of justice and to rob the poor of my people of their rights, so that widows may become their spoil and so that they may plunder orphans!

¹² oppresses the afflicted and the poor, robs others, doesn’t return security for a debt, looks to idols, does detestable things,

¹⁸ As for his father, watch out! If he wrongfully oppressed or robbed his brother and did what wasn’t good among his people, he’ll die because of his own sin.”

²⁹ The people of the land were vigorously oppressive and took possession of plunder by violence. They’ve afflicted the poor and the needy and unjustly treated the foreigner.

⁷ moving quickly to rub the face of the needy in the dirt. Corrupting the ways of the humble, a man and his father go to the same woman, deliberately defiling my holy name.

⁴ “Hear this, you who are swallowing up the needy, who intend to make the poor of the land fail, ⁵ and who are saying, ‘When will the New Moon fade so we may sell grain, and the Sabbath conclude so we may market winnowed wheat?— shortchanging the measure, raising the price, falsifying the scales by treachery, ⁶ buying the poor for cash, and the needy for a pair of sandals, selling chaff mixed in with the wheat.’

¹ God’s Warning to His People “Woe to those who are crafting iniquity, planning evil well into the night! When morning’s light comes, they carry out their plans because they have the power to do so. ² They covet fields and seize them; they covet houses, and grab them, too. They harass the valiant man, along with his household, an individual and his estate.

⁴ Look! The wages that you kept back from the workers who harvested your fields are shouting out against you, and the cries of the reapers have reached the ears of the Lord of the Heavenly Armies. ⁵ You have lived in luxury and pleasure on earth. You have fattened yourselves for the day of slaughter. ⁶ You have condemned and murdered the one who is righteous, even though he did not rebel against you.