Job 24:4

New Century Version

They push needy people off the path; all the poor of the land hide from them.

Cross References

Job 24:14

When the day is over, the murderers get up to kill the poor and needy. At night they go about like thieves.

Job 29:12

because I saved the poor who called out and the orphan who had no one to help.

Job 29:16

I was like a father to needy people, and I took the side of strangers who were in trouble.

Job 30:25

I cried for those who were in trouble; I have been very sad for poor people.

Job 31:16

“I have never refused the appeals of the poor or let widows give up hope while looking for help.

Job 31:19

I have not let anyone die for lack of clothes or let a needy person go without a coat.

Psalm 109:16

“He did not remember to be loving. He hurt the poor, the needy, and those who were sad until they were nearly dead.

Psalm 41:1

Happy are those who think about the poor. When trouble comes, the Lord will save them.

Proverbs 14:31

Whoever mistreats the poor insults their Maker, but whoever is kind to the needy honors God.

Proverbs 22:16

Whoever gets rich by mistreating the poor, and gives presents to the wealthy, will become poor.

Proverbs 28:12

When good people triumph, there is great happiness, but when the wicked get control, everybody hides.

Proverbs 28:28

When the wicked get control, everybody hides, but when they die, good people do well.

Proverbs 30:14

Some people have teeth like swords; their jaws seem full of knives. They want to remove the poor from the earth and the needy from the land.

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.

Ezekiel 18:12

He mistreats the poor and needy. He steals and refuses to return what was promised for a loan. He looks to idols for help. He does things which I hate.

Ezekiel 18:18

But his father took other people’s money unfairly and robbed his brother and did what was wrong among his people. So he will die for his own sin.

Ezekiel 22:29

The people cheat others and steal. They hurt people who are poor and needy. They cheat foreigners and do not treat them fairly.

Amos 2:7

They walk on poor people as if they were dirt, and they refuse to be fair to those who are suffering. Fathers and sons have sexual relations with the same woman, and so they ruin my holy name.

Amos 4:1

Listen to this message, you cows of Bashan on the Mountain of Samaria. You take things from the poor and crush people who are in need. Then you command your husbands, “Bring us something to drink!”