Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Yea, ye overwhelm the fatherless, and ye dig a pit for your friend.
The fatherless
Ye dig
Bible References
The fatherless
Job 22:9
You have sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless were crushed.
Job 24:3
They drive away the donkey of the fatherless; they take the widow's ox for a pledge.
Job 29:12
because I delivered the poor who cried for help, and the fatherless who had none to help him.
Job 31:17
or have eaten my morsel alone, and the fatherless has not eaten of it
Exodus 22:22
You shall not mistreat any widow or fatherless child.
Psalm 82:3
Give justice to the weak and the fatherless; maintain the right of the afflicted and the destitute.
Proverbs 23:10
Do not move an ancient landmark or enter the fields of the fatherless,
Ezekiel 22:7
Father and mother are treated with contempt in you; the sojourner suffers extortion in your midst; the fatherless and the widow are wronged in you.
Malachi 3:5
"Then I will draw near to you for judgment. I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, against the adulterers, against those who swear falsely, against those who oppress the hired worker in his wages, the widow and the fatherless, against those who thrust aside the sojourner, and do not fear me, says the LORD of hosts.
James 1:27
Religion that is pure and undefiled before God, the Father, is this: to visit orphans and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained from the world.
Ye dig
Psalm 7:15
He makes a pit, digging it out, and falls into the hole that he has made.
Psalm 57:6
They set a net for my steps; my soul was bowed down. They dug a pit in my way, but they have fallen into it themselves. Selah
Jeremiah 18:20
Should good be repaid with evil? Yet they have dug a pit for my life. Remember how I stood before you to speak good for them, to turn away your wrath from them.