Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Yea, ye overwhelm the fatherless, and ye dig a pit for your friend.

Bible References

The fatherless

Job 22:9
You have sent widows away without hearing their cause, and you have taken away the support of the child who has no father.
Job 24:3
They send away the ass of him who has no father, they take the widow's ox for debt.
Job 29:12
For I was a saviour to the poor when he was crying for help, to the child with no father, and to him who had no supporter.
Job 31:17
If I kept my food for myself, and did not give some of it to the child with no father;
Exodus 22:22
Do no wrong to a widow, or to a child whose father is dead.
Proverbs 23:10
Do not let the landmark of the widow be moved, and do not go into the fields of those who have no father;
Ezekiel 22:7
In you they have had no respect for father and mother; in you they have been cruel to the man from a strange land; in you they have done wrong to the child without a father and to the widow.
Malachi 3:5
And I will come near to you for judging; I will quickly be a witness against the wonder-workers, against those who have been untrue in married life, against those who take false oaths; against those who keep back from the servant his payment, and who are hard on the widow and the child without a father, who do not give his rights to the man from a strange country, and have no fear of me, says the Lord of armies.
James 1:27
The religion which is holy and free from evil in the eyes of our God and Father is this: to take care of children who have no fathers and of widows who are in trouble, and to keep oneself untouched by the world.

Ye dig

Psalm 7:15
He has made a hole deep in the earth, and is falling into the hole which he has made
Psalm 57:6
They have made ready a net for my steps; my soul is bent down; they have made a great hole before me, and have gone down into it themselves. (Selah.)
Jeremiah 18:20
Is evil to be the reward of good? for they have made a deep hole for my soul. Keep in mind how I took my place before you, to say a good word for them so that your wrath might be turned away from them.

Basic English, produced by Mr C. K. Ogden of the Orthological Institute - public domain