Isaiah 10:2

The Passion Translation

You rip away the rights of the poor and prey upon widows and orphans!

Cross References

Isaiah 3:14

Yahweh comes to issue the guilty verdict of the elders and leaders of his people, saying: “You are the ones who have ruined the nation! Your houses are full of what you’ve stolen from the poor!

Ezekiel 22:7

They have despised their fathers and mothers, cheated the foreigners who live within your walls, and mistreated the widow and orphan.

Isaiah 29:21

Those who make the innocent appear guilty, those who ensnare others with deceitful tactics, and those who lie to keep the innocent from getting justice will likewise be destroyed.

Isaiah 5:23

judges and politicians who acquit the guilty for a bribe and take away the rights of the innocent.

Isaiah 1:23

Your rulers are rebellious and companions of crooks. They are self-centered racketeers who love a bribe and who chase after payoffs. They don’t defend the fatherless or consider the rights of a helpless widow.

Matthew 23:13

“Great sorrow awaits you religious scholars and you Pharisees—such frauds and pretenders! You do all you can to keep people from experiencing the reality of heaven’s kingdom realm. Not only do you refuse to enter in, you also forbid anyone else from entering in!

Lamentations 3:35

to violate human rights in the presence of the Most High,

Jeremiah 7:6

if you don’t mistreat the foreigner, the orphan, and the widow, if you don’t shed innocent blood in this land, if you stop your self-destructive ways of chasing after other gods,

Isaiah 5:7

For Israel is this vineyard of Yahweh, the Commander of Angel Armies, and the people of Judah are the garden of his delight. When he waited for a crop of justice, he got a harvest of bloodshed! When he waited to reap fairness, he heard only the cries of victims.

Psalm 94:6

Heartlessly they murder the widows, the foreigners, and even the orphaned children.

Isaiah 3:15

What gives you the right to crush my people by shoving the faces of the poor into the dirt?” Yahweh, the Sovereign One, Commander of Angel Armies, has spoken.

Isaiah 32:6

for the fool is recognized by his foolish words. Their minds plot treachery, they excel in ungodliness, and they say misleading things about Yahweh. They refuse to feed the hungry or give drink to the thirsty.

Isaiah 59:15

Yes, truth has disappeared, and those who turn from evil become the next victims. Yahweh saw this and was greatly displeased that there was no justice.

Proverbs 22:22

Never oppress the poor or pass laws with the motive of crushing the weak.

Proverbs 30:14

There is a generation rising that uses their words like swords to cut and slash those who are different. They would devour the poor, the needy, and the afflicted from off the face of the earth!

Isaiah 1:17

Learn what it means to do what is good by seeking righteousness and justice! Rescue the oppressed. Uphold the rights of the fatherless and defend the widow’s cause.