Job 24:9

New King James Version

“Some snatch the fatherless from the breast, And take a pledge from the poor.

Cross References

2 Kings 4:1

A certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets cried out to Elisha, saying, “Your servant my husband is dead, and you know that your servant feared the Lord. And the creditor is coming to take my two sons to be his slaves.”

Nehemiah 5:5

Yet now our flesh is as the flesh of our brethren, our children as their children; and indeed we are forcing our sons and our daughters to be slaves, and some of our daughters have been brought into slavery. It is not in our power to redeem them, for other men have our lands and vineyards.”

Job 22:6

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

Job 24:10

They cause the poor to go naked, without clothing; And they take away the sheaves from the hungry.

Job 24:8

They are wet with the showers of the mountains, And huddle around the rock for want of shelter.

Job 29:12

Because I delivered the poor who cried out, The fatherless and the one who had no helper.

Job 6:27

Yes, you overwhelm the fatherless, And you undermine your friend.

Isaiah 3:14

The Lord will enter into judgment With the elders of His people And His princes: “For you have eaten up the vineyard; The plunder of the poor is in your houses.

Deuteronomy 24:7

“If a man is found kidnapping any of his brethren of the children of Israel, and mistreats him or sells him, then that kidnapper shall die; and you shall put away the evil from among you.