Verse 21

If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, Because I saw my help in the gate:

Referenced Verses

  • Job 22:9 : 9 You have sent widows away empty, And the arms of the fatherless have been broken.
  • Job 29:12 : 12 Because I delivered the poor who cried, And the fatherless also, who had none to help him.
  • Prov 23:10-11 : 10 Don't move the ancient boundary stone. Don't encroach on the fields of the fatherless: 11 For their Defender is strong. He will plead their case against you.
  • Jer 5:28 : 28 They are grew fat, they shine: yes, they overpass in deeds of wickedness; they don't plead the cause, the cause of the fatherless, that they may prosper; and the right of the needy they don't judge.
  • Ezek 22:7 : 7 In you have they set light by father and mother; in the midst of you have they dealt by oppression with the foreigner; in you have they wronged the fatherless and the widow.
  • Mic 2:1-2 : 1 Woe to those who devise iniquity And work evil on their beds! When the morning is light, they practice it, Because it is in the power of their hand. 2 They covet fields, and seize them; And houses, and take them away: And they oppress a man and his house, Even a man and his heritage.
  • Mic 7:3 : 3 Their hands are on that which is evil to do it diligently. The ruler and judge ask for a bribe; And the powerful man dictates the evil desire of his soul. Thus they conspire together.
  • Job 24:9 : 9 There are those who pluck the fatherless from the breast, And take a pledge of the poor,
  • Job 6:27 : 27 Yes, you would even cast lots for the fatherless, And make merchandise of your friend.