Jeremiah 5:28

New King James Version

They have grown fat, they are sleek; Yes, they surpass the deeds of the wicked; They do not plead the cause, The cause of the fatherless; Yet they prosper, And the right of the needy they do not defend.

Cross References

Job 12:6

The tents of robbers prosper, And those who provoke God are secure— In what God provides by His hand.

Psalm 119:70

Their heart is as fat as grease, But I delight in Your law.

Psalm 72:4

He will bring justice to the poor of the people; He will save the children of the needy, And will break in pieces the oppressor.

Psalm 73:12

Behold, these are the ungodly, Who are always at ease; They increase in riches.

Psalm 73:4

For there are no pangs in their death, But their strength is firm.

Proverbs 15:25

The Lord will destroy the house of the proud, But He will establish the boundary of the widow.

Isaiah 1:23

Your princes are rebellious, And companions of thieves; Everyone loves bribes, And follows after rewards. They do not defend the fatherless, Nor does the cause of the widow come before them.

Jeremiah 12:1

Righteous are You, O Lord, when I plead with You; Yet let me talk with You about Your judgments. Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why are those happy who deal so treacherously?

Jeremiah 2:33

“Why do you beautify your way to seek love? Therefore you have also taught The wicked women your ways.

Jeremiah 22:3

Thus says the Lord: “Execute judgment and righteousness, and deliver the plundered out of the hand of the oppressor. Do no wrong and do no violence to the stranger, the fatherless, or the widow, nor shed innocent blood in this place.

Jeremiah 7:6

if you do not oppress the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, and do not shed innocent blood in this place, or walk after other gods to your hurt,

Amos 4:1

Hear this word, you cows of Bashan, who are on the mountain of Samaria, Who oppress the poor, Who crush the needy, Who say to your husbands, “Bring wine, let us drink!”

Zechariah 7:10

Do not oppress the widow or the fatherless, The alien or the poor. Let none of you plan evil in his heart Against his brother.’

1 Corinthians 5:1

It is actually reported that there is sexual immorality among you, and such sexual immorality as is not even named among the Gentiles—that a man has his father’s wife!

Deuteronomy 32:15

“But Jeshurun grew fat and kicked; You grew fat, you grew thick, You are obese! Then he forsook God who made him, And scornfully esteemed the Rock of his salvation.