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 widows away empty-handed, and the arms of the orphans you crushed.
Job 24:3
They drive away the orphan's donkey; they take the widow's ox as a pledge.
Job 29:12
for I rescued the poor who cried out for help, and the orphan who had no one to assist him;
Job 31:17
If I ate my morsel of bread myself, and did not share any of it with orphans --
Exodus 22:22
"You must not afflict any widow or orphan.
Psalm 82:3
Defend the cause of the poor and the fatherless! Vindicate the oppressed and suffering!
Proverbs 23:10
Do not move an ancient boundary stone, or take over the fields of the fatherless,
Ezekiel 22:7
They have treated father and mother with contempt within you; they have oppressed the foreigner among you; they have wronged the orphan and the widow within you.
Malachi 3:5
"I will come to you in judgment. I will be quick to testify against those who practice divination, those who commit adultery, those who break promises, and those who exploit workers, widows, and orphans, who refuse to help the immigrant and in this way show they do not fear me," says the Lord who rules over all.
James 1:27
Pure and undefiled religion before God the Father is this: to care for orphans and widows in their misfortune and to keep oneself unstained by the world.
Ye dig
Psalm 7:15
he digs a pit and then falls into the hole he has made.
Psalm 57:6
They have prepared a net to trap me; I am discouraged. They have dug a pit for me. They will fall into it! (Selah)
Jeremiah 18:20
Should good be paid back with evil? Yet they are virtually digging a pit to kill me. Just remember how I stood before you pleading on their behalf to keep you from venting your anger on them.