Jeremiah 5:28

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

and prosperous, but you refuse to help the poor get the justice they deserve.

Cross References

Job 12:6

Robbers and other godless people live safely at home and say, “God is in our hands!”

Psalm 119:70

Those liars have no sense, but I find happiness in your Law.

Psalm 72:4

Let the king defend the poor, rescue the homeless, and crush everyone who hurts them.

Psalm 73:12

Yet all goes well for them, and they live in peace.

Psalm 73:4

They never have to suffer, they stay healthy,

Proverbs 15:25

The LORD destroys the homes of those who are proud, but he protects the property of widows.

Isaiah 1:23

Your leaders have rejected me to become friends of crooks; your rulers are looking for gifts and bribes. Widows and orphans never get a fair trial.

Jeremiah 12:1

Whenever I complain to you, LORD, you are always fair. But now I have questions about your justice. Why is life easy for sinners? Why are they successful?

Jeremiah 2:33

You are so clever at finding lovers that you could give lessons to a prostitute.

Jeremiah 7:6

Stop taking advantage of foreigners, orphans, and widows. Don't kill innocent people. And stop worshipping other gods.

Amos 4:1

You women of Samaria are fat cows! You ill-treat and abuse the poor and needy, then you say to your husbands, “Bring us more drinks!”

Zechariah 7:10

Don't ill-treat widows or orphans or foreigners or anyone who is poor, and stop making plans to hurt each other.”

1 Corinthians 5:1

I have heard terrible things about some of you. In fact, you are behaving worse than the Gentiles. A man is even sleeping with his own stepmother.

Deuteronomy 32:15

Israel, you grew fat and rebelled against God, your Creator; you rejected the Mighty Rock, your only place of safety.