Job 22:9

Bible in Basic English (1941)

You have sent widows away without hearing their cause, and you have taken away the support of the child who has no father.

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 24:3 : 3 They send away the ass of him who has no father, they take the widow's ox for debt.
  • Job 24:21 : 21 He is not kind to the widow, and he has no pity for her child.
  • Job 31:21 : 21 If my hand had been lifted up against him who had done no wrong, when I saw that I was supported by the judges;
  • Isa 10:2 : 2 Who do wrong to the poor in their cause, and take away the right of the crushed among my people, so that they may have the property of widows, and get under their power those who have no father.
  • Ezek 22:7 : 7 In you they have had no respect for father and mother; in you they have been cruel to the man from a strange land; in you they have done wrong to the child without a father and to the widow.
  • Ezek 30:22 : 22 For this cause the Lord has said: See, I am against Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and by me his strong arm will be broken; and I will make the sword go out of his hand.
  • Mal 3:5 : 5 And I will come near to you for judging; I will quickly be a witness against the wonder-workers, against those who have been untrue in married life, against those who take false oaths; against those who keep back from the servant his payment, and who are hard on the widow and the child without a father, who do not give his rights to the man from a strange country, and have no fear of me, says the Lord of armies.
  • Luke 18:3-5 : 3 And there was a widow in that town, and she kept on coming to him and saying, Give me my right against the man who has done me wrong. 4 And for a time he would not: but later, he said to himself, Though I have no fear of God or respect for man, 5 Because this widow is a trouble to me, I will give her her right; for if not, I will be completely tired out by her frequent coming.
  • Exod 22:21-24 : 21 Do no wrong to a man from a strange country, and do not be hard on him; for you yourselves were living in a strange country, in the land of Egypt. 22 Do no wrong to a widow, or to a child whose father is dead. 23 If you are cruel to them in any way, and their cry comes up to me, I will certainly give ear; 24 And in the heat of my wrath I will put you to death with the sword, so that your wives will be widows and your children without fathers.
  • Deut 27:19 : 19 Cursed is he who gives a wrong decision in the cause of a man from a strange land, or of one without a father, or of a widow. And let all the people say, So be it.
  • Ps 10:15 : 15 Let the arm of the sinner and the evil-doer be broken; go on searching for his sin till there is no more.
  • Ps 37:17 : 17 For the arms of the evil-doers will be broken: but the Lord is the support of the good.
  • Ps 94:6 : 6 They put to death the widow and the guest, they take the lives of children who have no father;
  • Isa 1:17 : 17 Take pleasure in well-doing; let your ways be upright, keep down the cruel, give a right decision for the child who has no father, see to the cause of the widow.
  • Isa 1:23 : 23 Your chiefs have gone against the Lord, they have become friends of thieves; every one of them is looking for profit and going after rewards; they do not give right decisions for the child who has no father, and they do not let the cause of the widow come before them.
  • Job 29:12-13 : 12 For I was a saviour to the poor when he was crying for help, to the child with no father, and to him who had no supporter. 13 The blessing of him who was near to destruction came on me, and I put a song of joy into the widow's heart.
  • Job 31:16-18 : 16 If I kept back the desire of the poor; if the widow's eye was looking for help to no purpose; 17 If I kept my food for myself, and did not give some of it to the child with no father; 18 (For I was cared for by God as by a father from my earliest days; he was my guide from the body of my mother;)

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ezek 22:7
    81%

    7In you they have had no respect for father and mother; in you they have been cruel to the man from a strange land; in you they have done wrong to the child without a father and to the widow.

  • Isa 10:2
    80%

    2Who do wrong to the poor in their cause, and take away the right of the crushed among my people, so that they may have the property of widows, and get under their power those who have no father.

  • Job 24:9-10
    2 verses
    79%

    9The child without a father is forced from its mother's breast, and they take the young children of the poor for debt.

    10Others go about without clothing, and though they have no food, they get in the grain from the fields.

  • Ps 10:14-15
    2 verses
    79%

    14You have seen it; for your eyes are on sorrow and grief, to take it into your hand: the poor man puts his faith in you; you have been the helper of the child who has no father.

    15Let the arm of the sinner and the evil-doer be broken; go on searching for his sin till there is no more.

  • Jer 49:11
    78%

    11Put in my care your children who have no father, and I will keep them safe; and let your widows put their faith in me.

  • Lam 5:3
    78%

    3We are children without fathers, our mothers are like widows.

  • Exod 22:22
    78%

    22Do no wrong to a widow, or to a child whose father is dead.

  • Ps 94:6
    78%

    6They put to death the widow and the guest, they take the lives of children who have no father;

  • Job 22:6-8
    3 verses
    78%

    6For you have taken your brother's goods when he was not in your debt, and have taken away the clothing of those who have need of it.

    7You do not give water to the tired traveller, and from him who has no food you keep back bread.

    8For it was the man with power who had the land, and the man with an honoured name who was living in it.

  • Job 31:16-17
    2 verses
    77%

    16If I kept back the desire of the poor; if the widow's eye was looking for help to no purpose;

    17If I kept my food for myself, and did not give some of it to the child with no father;

  • Job 29:12-13
    2 verses
    77%

    12For I was a saviour to the poor when he was crying for help, to the child with no father, and to him who had no supporter.

    13The blessing of him who was near to destruction came on me, and I put a song of joy into the widow's heart.

  • Job 22:10
    77%

    10For this cause nets are round your feet, and you are overcome with sudden fear.

  • Job 6:27
    77%

    27Truly, you are such as would give up the child of a dead man to his creditors, and would make a profit out of your friend.

  • Ps 146:9
    77%

    9The Lord takes care of those who are in a strange land; he gives help to the widow and to the child who has no father; but he sends destruction on the way of sinners.

  • Job 24:3-4
    2 verses
    76%

    3They send away the ass of him who has no father, they take the widow's ox for debt.

    4The crushed are turned out of the way; all the poor of the earth go into a secret place together.

  • Job 31:21-22
    2 verses
    76%

    21If my hand had been lifted up against him who had done no wrong, when I saw that I was supported by the judges;

    22May my arm be pulled from my body, and be broken from its base.

  • Isa 9:17
    75%

    17For this cause the Lord will have no pleasure in their young men, and no pity on their widows and the children without fathers: for they are all haters of God and evil-doers, and foolish words come from every mouth. For all this his wrath is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.

  • Ps 109:9
    75%

    9Let his children have no father, and his wife be made a widow.

  • Mic 2:9
    75%

    9The women of my people you have been driving away from their dearly loved children; from their young ones you are taking my glory for ever.

  • Job 24:21
    75%

    21He is not kind to the widow, and he has no pity for her child.

  • Prov 23:10
    75%

    10Do not let the landmark of the widow be moved, and do not go into the fields of those who have no father;

  • Deut 27:19
    74%

    19Cursed is he who gives a wrong decision in the cause of a man from a strange land, or of one without a father, or of a widow. And let all the people say, So be it.

  • Ps 68:5
    74%

    5A father to those who have no father, a judge of the widows, is God in his holy place.

  • Exod 22:24
    74%

    24And in the heat of my wrath I will put you to death with the sword, so that your wives will be widows and your children without fathers.

  • Isa 1:23
    74%

    23Your chiefs have gone against the Lord, they have become friends of thieves; every one of them is looking for profit and going after rewards; they do not give right decisions for the child who has no father, and they do not let the cause of the widow come before them.

  • Deut 24:17
    74%

    17Be upright in judging the cause of the man from a strange country and of him who has no father; do not take a widow's clothing on account of a debt:

  • Deut 24:19-21
    3 verses
    74%

    19When you get in the grain from your field, if some of the grain has been dropped by chance in the field, do not go back and get it, but let it be for the man from a strange land, the child without a father, and the widow: so that the blessing of the Lord your God may be on all the work of your hands.

    20When you are shaking the fruit from your olive-trees, do not go over the branches a second time: let some be for the man from a strange land, the child without a father, and the widow.

    21When you are pulling the grapes from your vines, do not take up those which have been dropped; let them be for the man from a strange land, the child without a father, and the widow.

  • Jer 22:3
    74%

    3This is what the Lord has said: Do what is right, judging uprightly, and make free from the hands of the cruel one him whose goods have been violently taken away: do no wrong and be not violent to the man from a strange country and the child without a father and the widow, and let not those who have done no wrong be put to death in this place.

  • Job 20:19
    73%

    19Because he has been cruel to the poor, turning away from them in their trouble; because he has taken a house by force which he did not put up;

  • Jer 15:8
    73%

    8I have let their widows be increased in number more than the sand of the seas: I have sent against them, against the mother and the young men, one who makes waste in the heat of the day, causing pain and fears to come on her suddenly.

  • Prov 15:25
    73%

    25The house of the man of pride will be uprooted by the Lord, but he will make safe the heritage of the widow.

  • Ps 82:3
    73%

    3Give ear to the cause of the poor and the children without fathers; let those who are troubled and in need have their rights.

  • Ps 109:16
    73%

    16Because he had no mercy, but was cruel to the low and the poor, designing the death of the broken-hearted.

  • Job 38:15
    72%

    15And from the evil-doers their light is kept back, and the arm of pride is broken.

  • Jer 7:6
    72%

    6If you are not cruel to the man from a strange country, and to the child without a father, and to the widow, and do not put the upright to death in this place, or go after other gods, causing damage to yourselves:

  • Ps 10:18
    72%

    18To give decision for the child without a father and for the broken-hearted, so that the man of the earth may no longer be feared.

  • Amos 8:4
    72%

    4Give ear to this, you who are crushing the poor, and whose purpose is to put an end to those who are in need in the land,

  • Ps 37:17
    72%

    17For the arms of the evil-doers will be broken: but the Lord is the support of the good.

  • Prov 31:9
    72%

    9Let your mouth be open, judging rightly, and give right decisions in the cause of the poor and those in need.

  • Prov 22:22
    72%

    22Do not take away the property of the poor man because he is poor, or be cruel to the crushed ones when they come before the judge: