Job 24:9

God's Word

“⌞People⌟ snatch the ⌞nursing⌟ orphan from a breast and take a poor woman’s baby as security for a loan.

Cross References

2 Kings 4:1

One of the wives of a disciple of the prophets called to Elisha, “Sir, my husband is dead! You know how he feared the Lord. Now a creditor has come to take my two children as slaves.”

Nehemiah 5:5

We have the same flesh and blood as our relatives. Our children are just like theirs. Yet, we have to force our sons and daughters to become slaves. Some of our daughters have already become slaves. But we can’t do anything else when our fields and vineyards belong to others.”

Job 22:6

For no reason you take your brothers’ goods as security for a loan and strip them of their clothes.

Job 24:10

⌞That is why⌟ the poor go around naked. They are hungry, yet they carry bundles of grain.

Job 24:8

They are drenched by the rainstorms in the mountains. They hug the rocks because they can’t find shelter.

Job 29:12

because I rescued the poor who called ⌞for help⌟ and the orphans who had no one to help them.

Job 6:27

Would you also throw dice for an orphan? Would you buy and sell your friend?

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.”

Deuteronomy 24:7

Whoever kidnaps another Israelite must die. The kidnapper must die, whether he treated the other person like a slave or sold him. You must get rid of this evil.