Job 22:9

New Century Version

But you sent widows away empty-handed, and you mistreated orphans.

Cross References

Job 24:21

These evil people abuse women who cannot have children and show no kindness to widows.

Job 24:3

They chase away the orphan’s donkey and take the widow’s ox when she has no money.

Job 31:21

I have never hurt an orphan even when I knew I could win in court.

Job 6:27

You would even gamble for orphans and would trade away your friend.

Psalm 10:15

Break the power of wicked people. Punish them for the evil they have done.

Psalm 37:17

The power of the wicked will be broken, but the Lord supports those who do right.

Psalm 94:6

They kill widows and foreigners and murder orphans.

Isaiah 1:17

Learn to do good. Seek justice. Punish those who hurt others. Help the orphans. Stand up for the rights of widows.”

Isaiah 1:23

Your rulers are rebels and friends of thieves. They all accept money for doing wrong, and they are paid to cheat people. They don’t seek justice for the orphans or listen to the widows’ needs.

Isaiah 10:2

They are not fair to the poor, and they rob my people of their rights. They allow people to steal from widows and to take from orphans what really belongs to them.

Jeremiah 48:25

Moab’s strength has been cut off, and its arm broken!” says the Lord.

Ezekiel 22:7

The people in you hate their fathers and mothers. They mistreat the foreigners in you and wrong the orphans and widows in you.

Ezekiel 30:22

So this is what the Lord God says: I am against the king of Egypt. I will break his arms, both the strong arm and the broken arm, and I will make the sword fall from his hand.

Malachi 3:5

The Lord All-Powerful says, “Then I will come to you and judge you. I will be quick to testify against those who take part in evil magic, adultery, and lying under oath, those who cheat workers of their pay and who cheat widows and orphans, those who are unfair to foreigners, and those who do not respect me.

Matthew 23:14

How terrible for you, teachers of the law and Pharisees. You are hypocrites. You take away widows’ houses, and you say long prayers so that people will notice you. So you will have a worse punishment.]

Deuteronomy 27:19

“Anyone will be cursed who is unfair to foreigners, orphans, or widows.” Then all the people will say, “Amen!”