Bible Cross References
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Job 24:14
At dawn the murderer gets up and goes out to kill the poor, and at night he steals.
Job 31:16
I have never refused to help the poor; never have I let widows live in despair
Psalm 109:16
That man never thought of being kind; he persecuted and killed the poor, the needy, and the helpless.
Proverbs 22:16
If you make gifts to rich people or oppress the poor to get rich, you will become poor yourself.
Proverbs 30:14
There are people who take cruel advantage of the poor and needy; that is the way they make their living.
Isaiah 10:2
That is how you keep the poor from having their rights and from getting justice. That is how you take the property that belongs to widows and orphans.
Ezekiel 18:12
He cheats the poor, he robs, he keeps what a borrower gives him as security. He goes to pagan shrines, worships disgusting idols,
Ezekiel 18:18
His father, on the other hand, cheated and robbed and always did evil to everyone. And so he died because of the sins he himself had committed.
Ezekiel 22:29
The wealthy cheat and rob. They mistreat the poor and take advantage of foreigners.
Amos 2:7
They trample down the weak and helpless and push the poor out of the way. A man and his father have intercourse with the same slave woman, and so profane my holy name.
Amos 8:4-6
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Listen to this, you that trample on the needy and try to destroy the poor of the country.
5
You say to yourselves, "We can hardly wait for the holy days to be over so that we can sell our grain. When will the Sabbath end, so that we can start selling again? Then we can overcharge, use false measures, and fix the scales to cheat our customers.
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We can sell worthless wheat at a high price. We'll find someone poor who can't pay his debts, not even the price of a pair of sandals, and we'll buy him as a slave."
Micah 2:1
How terrible it will be for those who lie awake and plan evil! When morning comes, as soon as they have the chance, they do the evil they planned.
Micah 2:2
When they want fields, they seize them; when they want houses, they take them. No one's family or property is safe.
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Proverbs 28:12
When good people come to power, everybody celebrates, but when bad people rule, people stay in hiding.
Proverbs 28:28
People stay in hiding when the wicked come to power. But when they fall from power, the righteous will rule again.
James 5:4-6
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You have not paid any wages to those who work in your fields. Listen to their complaints! The cries of those who gather in your crops have reached the ears of God, the Lord Almighty.
5
Your life here on earth has been full of luxury and pleasure. You have made yourselves fat for the day of slaughter.
6
You have condemned and murdered innocent people, and they do not resist you.