Jeremiah 5:28

Tree of Life Version

They grew fat and sleek. They also overlooked evil deeds. They do not uphold a cause— the cause of an orphan to prosper— nor do they defend the right of the poor.

Cross References

Job 12:6

The tents of marauders prosper, and there is security for those who provoke God— for those whom God brings in His hand.

Psalm 119:70

Their minds are insensible, but Your Torah is my delight.

Psalm 72:4

May he vindicate the poor of the people, save the children of the needy, and crush the oppressor.

Psalm 73:12

Behold, such are the wicked— always at ease and amassing wealth.

Psalm 73:4

For there are no pains at their death, their body is healthy.

Proverbs 15:25

Adonai tears down a proud man’s house, but He maintains the widow’s boundary.

Isaiah 1:23

Your princes are rebellious and friends with thieves. Everyone loves a bribe and chases after rewards. They do not defend the orphan, nor does a widow’s case come to them.

Jeremiah 12:1

Righteous are You, Adonai, when I plead my case with You. Yet I speak with You about justice. Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why do all the treacherous thrive?

Jeremiah 2:33

How clever are your ways of seeking love. Therefore you even taught wicked women your ways.

Jeremiah 22:3

Thus says Adonai: ‘Execute justice and righteousness. Rescue the one who is robbed out of the hand of the oppressor. Do not mistreat or do violence to the stranger, the fatherless or the widow. Do not shed innocent blood in this place.

Jeremiah 7:6

not oppressing the sojourner, orphan and widow nor shedding innocent blood in this place, nor going after other gods to your own ruin—

Amos 4:1

Hear this word, you cows of Bashan, who are on Samaria’s hill, who oppress the poor, who crush the needy, who say to their masters: “Bring, so we may drink.”

Zechariah 7:10

Do not oppress the widow or the orphan, the outsider or the poor. Furthermore, do not let any of you devise evil against one another in your heart.’

1 Corinthians 5:1

It is actually reported that among you there is sexual immorality, and such immorality as is not even among the pagans—that someone has his father’s wife.

Deuteronomy 32:15

But Jeshurun grew fat and kicked— you got fat, you grew thick, you gorged! He forsook God who made him. He mocked the Rock of his salvation.