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 sent away widows empty-handed, and broke the outstretched arms of orphans.
Job 24:3
They drive away the orphan's donkey; they take the ox of the widow as security for a loan;
Job 29:12
because I delivered the poor who were crying for help, along with orphans who had no one to help them.
Job 31:17
if I ate my meals by myself without feeding orphans,
Exodus 22:22
"You are not to mistreat any widow or orphan.
Psalm 82:3
"Defend the poor and the fatherless. Vindicate the afflicted and the poor.
Proverbs 23:10
Don't move ancient boundaries or invade fields belonging to orphans;
Ezekiel 22:7
They've treated mothers and fathers among you with contempt. They've oppressed the foreigner among you. They've maltreated the orphan and the widow among you.
Malachi 3:5
"I'll come near to you for judgment. I'll be a witness, quick to speak against sorcerers, against adulterers, against those who swear falsely, against those who defraud the laborer of his wage, against those who defraud the widow and the orphan, against those who deprive the alien of justice, and against those who don't fear me," says the LORD of the Heavenly Armies.
James 1:27
A religion that is pure and stainless according to God the Father is this: to take care of orphans and widows who are suffering, and to keep oneself unstained by the world.
Ye dig
Psalm 7:15
He digs a pit, even excavates it; then he fell into the hole that he had made.
Psalm 57:6
They have set a snare for my feet, which makes me depressed. They dug a pit in front of me, but they are the ones who fell into it! Interlude
Jeremiah 18:20
Should good be repaid with evil? Yet they have dug a pit to take my life. Remember! I stood before you and spoke good on their behalf in order to turn your wrath away from them.