Job 22:9

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

You have turned away widows and have broken the arms of orphans.

Cross References

Job 24:21

Sinners take advantage of widows and other helpless women.

Job 24:3

They cheat orphans and widows by taking their donkeys and oxen.

Job 31:21

If I have ever raised my arm to threaten an orphan when the power was mine,

Job 6:27

Why, you would sell an orphan or your own neighbour!

Psalm 10:15

Now break the arms of all merciless people. Punish them for doing wrong and make them stop.

Psalm 37:17

The wicked will lose all of their power, but the LORD gives strength to everyone who is good.

Psalm 94:6

They murder widows, foreigners, and orphans.

Isaiah 1:17

and learn to live right. See that justice is done. Defend widows and orphans and help those in need.”

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.

Isaiah 10:2

that let you cheat the poor and needy and rob widows and orphans.

Jeremiah 48:25

My decision is final— your army will be crushed, and your power broken.

Ezekiel 22:7

None of you honour your parents, and you cheat foreigners, orphans, and widows.

Ezekiel 30:22

So tell him that I am now his worst enemy. I will break both his arms—the good one and the broken one! His sword will drop from his hand for ever,

Malachi 3:5

The LORD All-Powerful said: I'm now on my way to judge you. And I will quickly condemn all who practise witchcraft or cheat in marriage or tell lies in court or rob workers of their pay or ill-treat widows and orphans or steal the property of foreigners or refuse to respect me.