Isaiah 10:2
and to deprive the afflicted among my people of justice,
so that widows can be their spoil
and they can plunder the fatherless.
Isaiah 3:14
against the elders and leaders of His people:
“You have devastated the vineyard.
The plunder from the poor is in your houses.
Isaiah 1:23
friends of thieves.
They all love graft
and chase after bribes.
They do not defend the rights of the fatherless,
and the widow’s case never comes before them.
Isaiah 5:23
and deprive the innocent of justice.
Isaiah 29:21
accuse a person of wrongdoing,
who set a trap at the gate for the mediator,
and without cause deprive the righteous of justice.
Ezekiel 22:7
Father and mother are treated with contempt,
Malachi 3:5
“I will come to you in judgment, and I will be ready to witness against sorcerers and adulterers; against those who swear falsely; against those who oppress the widow and the fatherless, and cheat the wage earner; and against those who deny justice to the foreigner.
Isaiah 5:7
is the house of Israel,
and the men
the plant He delighted in.
He looked for justice
but saw injustice,
for righteousness,
but heard cries of wretchedness.
Jeremiah 7:6
if you no longer oppress the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow
Lamentations 3:35
in the presence of the Most High,
Amos 2:7
on the dust of the ground
and block the path of the needy.
A man and his father have sexual relations
with the same girl,
profaning My holy name.
Amos 5:11-12
and exact a grain tax from him,
you will never live in the houses of cut stone
you have built;
you will never drink the wine
from the lush vineyards
you have planted.
Matthew 23:13
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Turn aside
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Turn aside
accuse a person of wrongdoing,
who set a trap at the gate for the mediator,
and without cause deprive the righteous of justice.
in the presence of the Most High,
on the dust of the ground
and block the path of the needy.
A man and his father have sexual relations
with the same girl,
profaning My holy name.
and exact a grain tax from him,
you will never live in the houses of cut stone
you have built;
you will never drink the wine
from the lush vineyards
you have planted.
That widows
friends of thieves.
They all love graft
and chase after bribes.
They do not defend the rights of the fatherless,
and the widow’s case never comes before them.
against the elders and leaders of His people:
“You have devastated the vineyard.
The plunder from the poor is in your houses.
is the house of Israel,
and the men
the plant He delighted in.
He looked for justice
but saw injustice,
for righteousness,
but heard cries of wretchedness.
General references
and murder the fatherless.
and righteousness stands far off.
For truth has stumbled in the public square,
and honesty cannot enter.