Job 20:19

New King James Version

For he has oppressed and forsaken the poor, He has violently seized a house which he did not build.

Cross References

1 Kings 21:19

You shall speak to him, saying, ‘Thus says the Lord: “Have you murdered and also taken possession?” ’ And you shall speak to him, saying, ‘Thus says the Lord: “In the place where dogs licked the blood of Naboth, dogs shall lick your blood, even yours.” ’ ”

Job 18:15

They dwell in his tent who are none of his; Brimstone is scattered on his dwelling.

Job 22:6

For you have taken pledges from your brother for no reason, And stripped the naked of their clothing.

Job 35:9

“Because of the multitude of oppressions they cry out; They cry out for help because of the arm of the mighty.

Psalm 10:18

To do justice to the fatherless and the oppressed, That the man of the earth may oppress no more.

Psalm 12:5

“For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, Now I will arise,” says the Lord; “I will set him in the safety for which he yearns.”

Psalm 12:6

The words of the Lord are pure words, Like silver tried in a furnace of earth, Purified seven times.

Proverbs 14:31

He who oppresses the poor reproaches his Maker, But he who honors Him has mercy on the needy.

Ecclesiastes 4:1

Then I returned and considered all the oppression that is done under the sun: And look! The tears of the oppressed, But they have no comforter— On the side of their oppressors there is power, But they have no comforter.

Ecclesiastes 5:8

If you see the oppression of the poor, and the violent perversion of justice and righteousness in a province, do not marvel at the matter; for high official watches over high official, and higher officials are over them.

Lamentations 3:34

To crush under one’s feet All the prisoners of the earth,

Ezekiel 22:29

The people of the land have used oppressions, committed robbery, and mistreated the poor and needy; and they wrongfully oppress the stranger.

Amos 5:11

Therefore, because you tread down the poor And take grain taxes from him, Though you have built houses of hewn stone, Yet you shall not dwell in them; You have planted pleasant vineyards, But you shall not drink wine from them.

Amos 5:12

For I know your manifold transgressions And your mighty sins: Afflicting the just and taking bribes; Diverting the poor from justice at the gate.

Micah 2:2

They covet fields and take them by violence, Also houses, and seize them. So they oppress a man and his house, A man and his inheritance.

Micah 2:9

The women of My people you cast out From their pleasant houses; From their children You have taken away My glory forever.

Deuteronomy 28:33

A nation whom you have not known shall eat the fruit of your land and the produce of your labor, and you shall be only oppressed and crushed continually.

James 2:13

For judgment is without mercy to the one who has shown no mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgment.

James 2:6

But you have dishonored the poor man. Do not the rich oppress you and drag you into the courts?

James 5:4

Indeed the wages of the laborers who mowed your fields, which you kept back by fraud, cry out; and the cries of the reapers have reached the ears of the Lord of Sabaoth.