Jeremiah 5:28

King James 3 - The Literal Traslation

They have become fat; they shine. Yea, they pass over the deeds of the evil one; they do not judge the cause of the orphan, that they may prosper. And they do not judge the right of the needy ones.

Cross References

Job 12:6

The tents of plunderers and those provoking God are in security, to whomever God brings into his hand.

Psalm 119:70

Their heart is like fat, without feeling; I delight in Your Law.

Psalm 72:4

He shall judge the poor of the people; and He shall save the sons of the needy one; and He shall crush the oppressor.

Psalm 73:12

Behold! These are the wicked ones who are always at ease; they increase their riches.

Psalm 73:4

For there are no pangs to their death; but their belly is fat.

Proverbs 15:25

Jehovah will pull down the house of the proud ones, but He will set up the widow’s border.

Isaiah 1:23

Your rulers are rebelling and are companions of thieves. Everyone loves a present, and is pursuing bribes. They do not judge the orphan, nor does the cause of the widow come to them.

Jeremiah 12:1

Righteous are You, O Jehovah, when I might contend with You, yet let me speak with You of Your judgments. Why does the way of the wicked ones prosper? Why are all at ease, those who act deceitfully, with deceit.

Jeremiah 2:33

What? Do you trim your ways to seek love? Therefore you have even taught the evil ones your ways.

Jeremiah 22:3

So says Jehovah, Do justice and righteousness, and deliver the one plundered from the hand of the oppressing one. And do not oppress the alien, the widow, or the orphan, and do not do violence and not shed innocent blood in this place.

Jeremiah 7:6

if you do not oppress the sojourner, the orphan, and the widow; and do not pour out innocent blood in this place, and do not go after other gods to your evil;

Amos 4:1

Hear this Word, cows of Bashan who are in the mountain of Samaria, those press- ing down the poor ones, those crushing the needy ones, who say to their husbands, Bring in, that we may drink.

Zechariah 7:10

And do not oppress the widow, and the fatherless, the alien, or the afflicted one. And do not devise evil in your heart, of a man against his brother.

1 Corinthians 5:1

Everywhere it is heard that fornication is among you, and such fornication which is not named among the heathen, so as for someone to have his father’s wife.

Deuteronomy 32:15

But Jeshurun grew fat, and kicked; you grew fat, thick and sated. And he abandoned God who made him, and fell away from the Rock of his salvation.