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!
Malachi 3:5
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5 “Then I will draw near to you for judgment. I will be (A)a swift witness against the sorcerers, against the adulterers, against those who swear falsely, against those (B)who oppress the hired worker in his wages, (C)the widow and the fatherless, against those who thrust aside the sojourner, and do not fear me, says the Lord of hosts.
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Isaiah 3:14
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14 The Lord will enter into judgment
with the (A)elders and princes of his people:
“It is you who (B)have devoured[a] the vineyard,
(C)the spoil of the poor is in your houses.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 3:14 Or grazed over; compare Exodus 22:5
Ezekiel 22:7
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7 Father and mother (A)are treated with contempt in you; the sojourner (B)suffers extortion in your midst; the fatherless and the widow (C)are wronged in you.
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Isaiah 29:21
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21 who by a word make a man out to be an offender,
and (A)lay a snare for him who reproves in the gate,
and with an empty plea (B)turn aside him who is in the right.
Isaiah 5:23
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23 who (A)acquit the guilty for a bribe,
and deprive the innocent of his right!
Isaiah 1:23
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23 Your princes are rebels
and companions of thieves.
Everyone (A)loves a bribe
and runs after gifts.
(B)They do not bring justice to the fatherless,
and the widow's cause does not come to them.
Matthew 23:13
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13 “But woe (A)to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you (B)shut the kingdom of heaven in people's faces. For you (C)neither enter yourselves nor allow those who would enter to go in.[a]
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- Matthew 23:13 Some manuscripts add here (or after verse 12) verse 14: Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you devour widows' houses and for a pretense you make long prayers; therefore you will receive the greater condemnation
Amos 5:11-12
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11 Therefore because you (A)trample on[a] the poor
and you exact taxes of grain from him,
(B)you have built houses of hewn stone,
but you shall not dwell in them;
(C)you have planted pleasant vineyards,
but you shall not drink their wine.
12 For I know how many are your transgressions
and how great are your sins—
you who afflict the righteous, who (D)take a bribe,
and (E)turn aside the needy (F)in the gate.
Footnotes
- Amos 5:11 Or you tax
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;
Lamentations 3:35
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35 (A)to deny a man justice
in the presence of the Most High,
Jeremiah 7:6
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6 if you (A)do not oppress the sojourner, the fatherless, or the widow, (B)or shed innocent blood in this place, (C)and if you do not go after other gods to your own harm,
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Isaiah 5:7
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7 (A)For the vineyard of the Lord of hosts
is the house of Israel,
and the men of Judah
are his pleasant planting;
and he looked for justice,
but behold, bloodshed;[a]
for righteousness,
but behold, an outcry![b]
Footnotes
- Isaiah 5:7 The Hebrew words for justice and bloodshed sound alike
- Isaiah 5:7 The Hebrew words for righteous and outcry sound alike
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