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-handed. You crush the arms of the orphans.
Job 24:3
They drive away the donkey of the orphan. They take the widow's ox for a pledge.
Job 29:12
This is because I delivered the poor who cried, and the orphan who had no helper.
Job 31:17
If I have eaten my morsel alone, and the orphan has not eaten from it,
Exodus 22:22
Do not mistreat any widow or orphan.
Psalm 82:3
Defend the weak and fatherless. Protect the rights of the oppressed and the poor.
Proverbs 23:10
Do not remove the old landmark (boundry). And do not enter the field of the fatherless.
Ezekiel 22:7
People in you hate their fathers and mothers. They oppress foreigners in you. They oppress orphans and widows in you.'
Malachi 3:5
I will approach you people for judgment! I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, the adulterers and those acting fraudulently with the wages of the worker, the widow and the fatherless. I will be a speedy witness against those who swear falsely and take advantage of the stranger, and do not show me reverence, said Jehovah of Hosts.
James 1:27
Pure and undefiled religion before our God and Father is this: to care for the fatherless persons and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself without spot from the world.
Ye dig
Psalm 7:15
They dig out a pit and fall into the hole that they have made.
Psalm 57:6
They have prepared a net for my steps. I am bowed down. They dig a pit before me. But they have fallen into it.
Jeremiah 18:20
Should good be repaid with evil? For they have dug a pit for me. Remember how I stood before you to speak good on their behalf. I tried to turn away your wrath from them.