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Oppression » Those that oppress the poor
He that oppresses the poor to increase his riches and who gives to the rich shall surely come to want.
He that oppresses the poor reproaches his Maker, but he that has mercy on the poor, honours him.
Then Zophar, the Naamathite, answered and said, My thoughts certainly cause me to answer, and therefore, I make haste. I have heard the check of my reproach, and the spirit of my intelligence causes me to answer. read more.
Dost thou not know this that always was, since man was placed upon earth, that the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment? Though his excellency mounts up to the heavens, and his head reaches unto the clouds, yet he shall perish for ever like his own dung; those who have seen him shall say, What is become of him? He shall fly away as a dream and shall not be found: yea, he shall flee away as a vision of the night. The eye which saw him shall see him no more; neither shall his place behold him any more. His poor sons shall go forth begging, and their hands shall restore that which he stole. His bones are full of the sins of his youth, which shall be buried with him in the dust. If wickedness was sweet in his mouth, if he hid it under his tongue, if it seemed good unto him, and he did not forsake it, but savored it within his mouth, his food shall be changed in his bowels, it shall be the gall of asps within him. He has swallowed down riches, but he shall vomit them up again; God shall cast them out of his belly. He shall suck the poison of asps; the viper's tongue shall slay him. He shall not see the rivers, the floods, the brooks of honey and butter. He shall restore the work that was not his; according to the substance that he took; neither shall he devour, nor rejoice. Because he oppressed and forsook the poor; because he has violently taken away houses which he did not build,
Dost thou not know this that always was, since man was placed upon earth, that the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment? Though his excellency mounts up to the heavens, and his head reaches unto the clouds, yet he shall perish for ever like his own dung; those who have seen him shall say, What is become of him? He shall fly away as a dream and shall not be found: yea, he shall flee away as a vision of the night. The eye which saw him shall see him no more; neither shall his place behold him any more. His poor sons shall go forth begging, and their hands shall restore that which he stole. His bones are full of the sins of his youth, which shall be buried with him in the dust. If wickedness was sweet in his mouth, if he hid it under his tongue, if it seemed good unto him, and he did not forsake it, but savored it within his mouth, his food shall be changed in his bowels, it shall be the gall of asps within him. He has swallowed down riches, but he shall vomit them up again; God shall cast them out of his belly. He shall suck the poison of asps; the viper's tongue shall slay him. He shall not see the rivers, the floods, the brooks of honey and butter. He shall restore the work that was not his; according to the substance that he took; neither shall he devour, nor rejoice. Because he oppressed and forsook the poor; because he has violently taken away houses which he did not build,
A poor man that oppresses the poor is like a sweeping rain which leaves no food.
Pitiless » Pitilessness condemned
But in my adversity they rejoiced and gathered themselves together; yea, the smiters gathered themselves together against me, and I knew it not; they tore me apart and did not cease:
They pluck the fatherless from the breast and take a pledge of the poor.
And likewise a Levite, when he came near the place and looked on him, he passed by on the other side.
They also gave me gall for my food; and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.
Thus hath the LORD said: For three transgressions of Edom and for the fourth, I will not convert her because she pursued her brother with the sword and cast off all mercy, and with her anger she stole from him perpetually, and she kept her wrath for ever:
And he would not, but went and cast him into prison until he should pay the debt.
As he that takes away a garment in cold weather and as vinegar upon soap, so is he that sings songs to a heavy heart.
A poor man that oppresses the poor is like a sweeping rain which leaves no food.
Pitilessness » Condemned
But in my adversity they rejoiced and gathered themselves together; yea, the smiters gathered themselves together against me, and I knew it not; they tore me apart and did not cease:
They pluck the fatherless from the breast and take a pledge of the poor.
And likewise a Levite, when he came near the place and looked on him, he passed by on the other side.
They also gave me gall for my food; and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.
Thus hath the LORD said: For three transgressions of Edom and for the fourth, I will not convert her because she pursued her brother with the sword and cast off all mercy, and with her anger she stole from him perpetually, and she kept her wrath for ever:
And he would not, but went and cast him into prison until he should pay the debt.
As he that takes away a garment in cold weather and as vinegar upon soap, so is he that sings songs to a heavy heart.
A poor man that oppresses the poor is like a sweeping rain which leaves no food.
Rain » Illustrative » (destructive,) of a poor man oppressing the poor
A poor man that oppresses the poor is like a sweeping rain which leaves no food.
Rain » Divided into » Sweeping
A poor man that oppresses the poor is like a sweeping rain which leaves no food.
Unkindness » Pitilessness condemned
But in my adversity they rejoiced and gathered themselves together; yea, the smiters gathered themselves together against me, and I knew it not; they tore me apart and did not cease:
They pluck the fatherless from the breast and take a pledge of the poor.
And likewise a Levite, when he came near the place and looked on him, he passed by on the other side.
They also gave me gall for my food; and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.
Thus hath the LORD said: For three transgressions of Edom and for the fourth, I will not convert her because she pursued her brother with the sword and cast off all mercy, and with her anger she stole from him perpetually, and she kept her wrath for ever:
And he would not, but went and cast him into prison until he should pay the debt.
As he that takes away a garment in cold weather and as vinegar upon soap, so is he that sings songs to a heavy heart.
A poor man that oppresses the poor is like a sweeping rain which leaves no food.