Job 24:12

God's Word

Those dying in the city groan. Wounded people cry for help, but God pays no attention to their prayers.

Cross References

Genesis 4:10

The Lord asked, “What have you done? Your brother’s blood is crying out to me from the ground.

Job 24:11

They press out olive oil between rows ⌞of olive trees⌟. They stomp on grapes in wine vats, yet they are thirsty.

Job 24:13

“Such people are among those who rebel against the light. They are not acquainted with its ways. They do not stay on its paths.

Job 9:23

When a sudden disaster brings death, he makes fun of the despair of innocent people.

Job 9:24

The earth is handed over to the wicked. He covers the faces of its judges. If he isn’t the one ⌞doing this⌟, who is?

Psalm 10:13

Why does the wicked person despise God? Why does he say to himself, “God doesn’t care”?

Psalm 109:22

I am oppressed and needy. I can feel the pain in my heart.

Psalm 12:5

“Because oppressed people are robbed and needy people groan, I will now arise,” says the Lord. “I will provide safety for those who long for it.”

Psalm 50:21

When you did these things, I remained silent. ⌞That⌟ made you think I was like you. I will argue my point with you and lay it all out for you to see.

Psalm 69:26

They persecute the one you have struck, and they talk about the pain of those you have wounded.

Exodus 22:27

It may be the only clothes he has to cover his body. What else will he sleep in? When he cries out to me, I will listen because I am compassionate.

Ecclesiastes 4:1

Next, I turned to look at all the acts of oppression that make people suffer under the sun. Look at the tears of those who suffer! No one can comfort them. Their oppressors have ⌞all⌟ the power. No one can comfort those who suffer.

Isaiah 52:5

So what do I find here? asks the Lord. My people are taken away for no reason. Their rulers are screaming, declares the Lord. And my name is cursed all day long.

Jeremiah 12:1

O Lord, even if I would argue my case with you, you would always be right. Yet, I want to talk to you about your justice. Why do wicked people succeed? Why do treacherous people have peace and quiet?

Jeremiah 12:2

You plant them, and they take root. They grow, and they produce fruit. They speak well of you with their lips, but their hearts are far from you.

Malachi 2:17

You have tried the patience of the Lord with your words. But you ask, “How have we tried his patience?” When you say, “Everyone who does evil is considered good by the Lord. He is pleased with them,” or “Where is the God of justice?”

Malachi 3:15

So now we call arrogant people blessed. Not only are evildoers encouraged, they even test God and get away with it.’ ”

2 Peter 3:15

Think of our Lord’s patience as an opportunity ⌞for us⌟ to be saved. This is what our dear brother Paul wrote to you about, using the wisdom God gave him.

Judges 10:16

Then they got rid of the foreign gods they had and served the Lord. So the Lord could not bear to have Israel suffer any longer.