Job 31:21
If I have lifted my hand against the orphan,
Because I saw [that the judges would be] my help at the [council] gate,
Job 22:9
“You have sent widows away empty-handed,
And the arms (strength) of the fatherless have been broken.
Job 29:12
Because I rescued the poor who cried for help,
And the orphan who had no helper.
Job 6:27
“You would cast lots (gamble) over the fatherless
And bargain away your friend.
Job 24:9
“Others snatch the fatherless [infants] from the breast [to sell or make them slaves],
And against the poor they take a pledge [of clothing].
Proverbs 23:10-11
Do not move the ancient landmark [at the boundary of the property]
And do not go into the fields of the fatherless [to take what is theirs],
Jeremiah 5:28
‘They are fat and they are sleek (prosperous),
They
They do not plead the cause,
The cause of the orphan, so that they [the wicked] may prosper,
And they do not defend the rights of the poor.
Ezekiel 22:7
In you they have treated father and mother lightly. They have oppressed the stranger among you; and in your presence they have wronged the fatherless and the widow.
Micah 2:1-2
And plot evil on their beds!
When morning comes, they practice evil
Because it is in the power of their hands.
Micah 7:3
Concerning evil, both of their hands pursue it and do it diligently and thoroughly;
The prince asks, also the judge, for a bribe,
And a great man speaks the [evil] desire of his soul.
So they twist the course of justice between them.
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Lifted
“You would cast lots (gamble) over the fatherless
And bargain away your friend.
“You have sent widows away empty-handed,
And the arms (strength) of the fatherless have been broken.
“Others snatch the fatherless [infants] from the breast [to sell or make them slaves],
And against the poor they take a pledge [of clothing].
Because I rescued the poor who cried for help,
And the orphan who had no helper.
Do not move the ancient landmark [at the boundary of the property]
And do not go into the fields of the fatherless [to take what is theirs],
‘They are fat and they are sleek (prosperous),
They
They do not plead the cause,
The cause of the orphan, so that they [the wicked] may prosper,
And they do not defend the rights of the poor.
When
And plot evil on their beds!
When morning comes, they practice evil
Because it is in the power of their hands.
Concerning evil, both of their hands pursue it and do it diligently and thoroughly;
The prince asks, also the judge, for a bribe,
And a great man speaks the [evil] desire of his soul.
So they twist the course of justice between them.
General references
Surely He has turned His hand against me
Repeatedly all the day.