Job 20:19

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

For he has crushed and abandoned the poor, he has seized a house which he did not build.

Cross References

1 Kings 21:19

And you shall say to him, ‘Thus says the Lord, “Have you killed, and also taken possession?” ’ And you shall say to him, ‘Thus says the Lord: “In the place where dogs licked up the blood of Naboth shall dogs lick your own blood.” ’ ”

Job 18:15

In his tent dwells that which is none of his; brimstone is scattered upon his habitation.

Job 22:6

For you have exacted pledges of your brothers for nothing, and stripped the naked of their clothing.

Job 35:9

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

Psalm 10:18

to do justice to the fatherless and the oppressed, so that man who is of the earth may strike terror no more.

Psalm 12:5

“Because the poor are despoiled, because the needy groan, I will now arise,” says the Lord; “I will place him in the safety for which he longs.”

Psalm 12:6

The promises of the Lord are promises that are pure, silver refined in a furnace on the ground, purified seven times.

Proverbs 14:31

He who oppresses a poor man insults his Maker, but he who is kind to the needy honors him.

Ecclesiastes 4:1

Again I saw all the oppressions that are practiced under the sun. And behold, the tears of the oppressed, and they had no one to comfort them! On the side of their oppressors there was power, and there was no one to comfort them.

Ecclesiastes 5:8

If you see in a province the poor oppressed and justice and right violently taken away, do not be amazed at the matter; for the high official is watched by a higher, and there are yet higher ones over them.

Lamentations 3:34

To crush under foot all the prisoners of the earth,

Ezekiel 22:29

The people of the land have practiced extortion and committed robbery; they have oppressed the poor and needy, and have extorted from the sojourner without redress.

Amos 5:11

Therefore because you trample upon the poor and take from him exactions of wheat, you have built houses of hewn stone, but you shall not dwell in them; you have planted pleasant vineyards, but you shall not drink their wine.

Amos 5:12

For I know how many are your transgressions, and how great are your sins— you who afflict the righteous, who take a bribe, and turn aside the needy in the gate.

Micah 2:2

They covet fields, and seize them; and houses, and take them away; they oppress a man and his house, a man and his inheritance.

Micah 2:9

The women of my people you drive out from their pleasant houses; from their young children you take away my glory for ever.

Deuteronomy 28:33

A nation which you have not known shall eat up the fruit of your ground and of all your labors; and you shall be only oppressed and crushed continually;

James 2:13

For judgment is without mercy to one who has shown no mercy; yet mercy triumphs over judgment.

James 2:6

But you have dishonored the poor man. Is it not the rich who oppress you, is it not they who drag you into court?

James 5:4

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