Job 24:12

New King James Version

The dying groan in the city, And the souls of the wounded cry out; Yet God does not charge them with wrong.

Cross References

Genesis 4:10

And He said, “What have you done? The voice of your brother’s blood cries out to Me from the ground.

Job 24:11

They press out oil within their walls, And tread winepresses, yet suffer thirst.

Job 24:13

“There are those who rebel against the light; They do not know its ways Nor abide in its paths.

Job 9:23

If the scourge slays suddenly, He laughs at the plight of the innocent.

Job 9:24

The earth is given into the hand of the wicked. He covers the faces of its judges. If it is not He, who else could it be?

Psalm 10:13

Why do the wicked renounce God? He has said in his heart, “You will not require an account.”

Psalm 109:22

For I am poor and needy, And my heart is wounded within me.

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 50:21

These things you have done, and I kept silent; You thought that I was altogether like you; But I will rebuke you, And set them in order before your eyes.

Psalm 69:26

For they persecute the ones You have struck, And talk of the grief of those You have wounded.

Exodus 22:27

For that is his only covering, it is his garment for his skin. What will he sleep in? And it will be that when he cries to Me, I will hear, for I am gracious.

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.

Isaiah 52:5

Now therefore, what have I here,” says the Lord, “That My people are taken away for nothing? Those who rule over them Make them wail,” says the Lord, “And My name is blasphemed continually every day.

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 12:2

You have planted them, yes, they have taken root; They grow, yes, they bear fruit. You are near in their mouth But far from their mind.

Malachi 2:17

You have wearied the Lord with your words; Yet you say, “In what way have we wearied Him?” In that you say, “Everyone who does evil Is good in the sight of the Lord, And He delights in them,” Or, “Where is the God of justice?”

Malachi 3:15

So now we call the proud blessed, For those who do wickedness are raised up; They even tempt God and go free.’ ”

2 Peter 3:15

and consider that the longsuffering of our Lord is salvation—as also our beloved brother Paul, according to the wisdom given to him, has written to you,

Judges 10:16

So they put away the foreign gods from among them and served the Lord. And His soul could no longer endure the misery of Israel.