Job 24:4

Modern English Version

They turn away the needy; the poor of the earth are forced to hide.

Cross References

Job 24:14

The murderer, rising with the light, kills the poor and needy, and in the night he is like a thief.

Job 29:12

because I delivered the poor who cried, and the fatherless, and him who had none to help him.

Job 29:16

I was a father to the poor, and I searched out the case that I did not know.

Job 30:25

Did I not weep for him who was in trouble? Was not my soul grieved for the poor?

Job 31:16

“If I have kept the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail,

Job 31:19

if I have seen anyone perish for lack of clothing, or any poor without covering;

Psalm 109:16

For he did not remember to show kindness, but persecuted the poor and needy and broken-hearted to slay them.

Psalm 41:1

Blessed is he who considers the poor; the Lord will deliver him in the day of trouble.

Proverbs 14:31

He who oppresses the poor reproaches his Maker, but he who honors Him is kind to the poor.

Proverbs 22:16

He who oppresses the poor to increase his wealth, and he who gives to the rich, will surely come to poverty.

Proverbs 28:12

When the righteous triumph, there is great glory, but when the wicked prevail, men hide themselves.

Proverbs 28:28

When the wicked rise, men hide themselves; but when they perish, the righteous thrive.

Proverbs 30:14

There is a generation whose teeth are like swords, whose fangs are like knives, to devour the poor from off the earth, and the needy from among mortals.

Isaiah 10:2

to turn aside the needy from justice and to take away the right from the poor of My people, that widows may be their prey, and that they may rob the fatherless!

Ezekiel 18:12

has oppressed the poor and needy, has devastated by violence, has not restored the pledge, and has lifted up his eyes to the idols, has committed abomination,

Ezekiel 18:18

As for his father, because he cruelly oppressed, devastated his brother by violence, and did that which is not good among his people, behold, he shall die for his iniquity.

Ezekiel 22:29

The people of the land have used oppression and exercised robbery and have vexed the poor and needy and have oppressed the sojourner wrongfully.

Amos 2:7

They trample the head of the poor into the dust of the earth, and push the oppressed out of the way. A man and his father go in to the same woman, profaning My holy name.

Amos 4:1

Hear this word, you cows of Bashan, who are on the mountain of Samaria, who oppress the poor and crush the needy, who say to their husbands, “Bring us something to drink!”