Isaiah 10:2

God's Word

They deprive the poor of justice. They take away the rights of the needy among my people. They prey on widows and rob orphans.

Cross References

Job 31:16

“If I have refused the requests of the poor or made a widow’s eyes stop ⌞looking for help⌟,

Psalm 94:6

They kill widows and foreigners, and they murder orphans.

Exodus 23:6

“Never deny justice to poor people in court.

Proverbs 22:22

Do not rob the poor because they are poor or trample on the rights of an oppressed person at the city gate,

Proverbs 30:14

A certain kind of person, whose teeth are like swords and whose jaws are ⌞like⌟ knives, devours oppressed people from the earth and people from among humanity.

Isaiah 1:17

Learn to do good. Seek justice. Arrest oppressors. Defend orphans. Plead the case of widows.”

Isaiah 1:23

Your rulers are rebels, friends with thieves. They all love bribes and run after gifts. They never defend orphans. They don’t notice the widows’ pleas.

Isaiah 29:21

those who make people sin with words, those who lay traps for judges, those who, without any reason, deny justice to people who are in the right.

Isaiah 3:14

The Lord presents his case to the respected leaders and the officials of his people: “You have burned down the vineyard! Your houses are filled with goods stolen from the poor.”

Isaiah 3:15

The Almighty Lord of Armies asks, “How can you crush my people and grind the faces of the poor ⌞into the ground⌟?”

Isaiah 32:6

Godless fools speak foolishness, and their minds plan evil in order to do ungodly things. They speak falsely about the Lord. They let people go hungry and withhold water from thirsty people.

Isaiah 5:23

who declare the guilty innocent for a bribe, who take away the rights of righteous people.

Isaiah 5:7

The vineyard of the Lord of Armies is the nation of Israel, and the people of Judah are the garden of his delight. He hoped for justice but saw only slaughter, for righteousness but heard only cries of distress.

Isaiah 59:15

Truth is missing. Those who turn away from evil make themselves victims. The Lord sees it, and he’s angry because there’s no justice.

Jeremiah 7:6

Suppose you do not oppress foreigners, orphans, and widows, or kill anyone in this place. And suppose you do not follow other gods that lead you to your own destruction.

Lamentations 3:35

deny people their rights in the presence of the Most High God,

Ezekiel 22:7

People in you hate their fathers and mothers. They oppress foreigners in you. They oppress orphans and widows in you.

Amos 2:6

This is what the Lord says: Because Israel has committed three crimes, and now a fourth crime, I will not change my plans. The people of Israel sell the righteous for money and the needy for a pair of sandals.

Amos 2:7

They stomp the heads of the poor into the dust. They push the humble out of the way. Father and son sleep with the same woman. They dishonor my holy name.

Amos 5:19

It is like a person who flees from a lion only to be attacked by a bear. It is like a person who goes home and puts his hand on the wall only to be bitten by a snake.

Micah 3:1

Then I said: Listen, you leaders of Jacob, you rulers of the nation of Israel. You should know justice.

Malachi 3:5

“I will come to judge you. I will be quick to testify against sorcerers, adulterers, lying witnesses, and those who cheat workers out of their wages and oppress widows and orphans. I will also testify against those who deprive foreigners of their rights. None of them fear me,” says the Lord of Armies.

Matthew 23:13

“How horrible it will be for you, experts in Moses’ Teachings and Pharisees! You hypocrites! You lock people out of the kingdom of heaven. You don’t enter it yourselves, and you don’t permit others to enter when they try.