Job 20:19

English Standard Version 2016

For he has crushed and abandoned the poor; he has seized a house that he did not build.

Cross References

Job 35:9

“Because of the multitude of oppressions people cry out; they call for help because of the arm of the mighty.

Proverbs 14:31

Whoever oppresses a poor man insults his Maker, but he who is generous to the needy honors him.

James 5:4

Behold, the wages of the laborers who mowed your fields, which you kept back by fraud, are crying out against you, and the cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord of hosts.

James 2:13

For judgment is without mercy to one who has shown no mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgment.

James 2:6

But you have dishonored the poor man. Are not the rich the ones who oppress you, and the ones who drag you into court?

Micah 2:9

The women of my people you drive out from their delightful houses; from their young children you take away my splendor forever.

Micah 2:2

They covet fields and seize them, and houses, and take them away; they oppress a man and his house, a man and his inheritance.

Ezekiel 22:29

The people of the land have practiced extortion and committed robbery. They have oppressed the poor and needy, and have extorted from the sojourner without justice.

Lamentations 3:34

To crush underfoot all the prisoners of the earth,

Ecclesiastes 5:8

If you see in a province the oppression of the poor and the violation of justice and righteousness, do not be amazed at the matter, for the high official is watched by a higher, and there are yet higher ones over them.

Ecclesiastes 4:1

Again I saw all the oppressions that are done under the sun. And behold, the tears of the oppressed, and they had no one to comfort them! On the side of their oppressors there was power, and there was no one to comfort them.

Psalm 12:5

“Because the poor are plundered, because the needy groan, I will now arise,” says the Lord; “I will place him in the safety for which he longs.”

Psalm 10:18

to do justice to the fatherless and the oppressed, so that man who is of the earth may strike terror no more.

Job 22:6

For you have exacted pledges of your brothers for nothing and stripped the naked of their clothing.

Job 18:15

In his tent dwells that which is none of his; sulfur is scattered over his habitation.

1 Kings 21:19

And you shall say to him, ‘Thus says the Lord, “Have you killed and also taken possession?”’ And you shall say to him, ‘Thus says the Lord: “In the place where dogs licked up the blood of Naboth shall dogs lick your own blood.”’”

Deuteronomy 28:33

A nation that you have not known shall eat up the fruit of your ground and of all your labors, and you shall be only oppressed and crushed continually,

Psalm 12:6

The words of the Lord are pure words, like silver refined in a furnace on the ground, purified seven times.

Amos 5:11

Therefore because you trample on the poor and you exact taxes of grain from him, you have built houses of hewn stone, but you shall not dwell in them; you have planted pleasant vineyards, but you shall not drink their wine.

Amos 5:12

For I know how many are your transgressions and how great are your sins— you who afflict the righteous, who take a bribe, and turn aside the needy in the gate.