Job 31:21

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• Job 22:9
  Thou hast sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.You sent widows away empty-handed, and the strength of the fatherless was crushed.
• Job 29:12
  Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him.because I rescued the poor who cried out and the fatherless who had no helper.
• Proverbs 23:10-11
  ¹⁰ Remove not the old landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless: ¹¹ For their redeemer is mighty; he shall plead their cause with thee.¹⁰ Do not move an ancient boundary stone or encroach on the fields of the fatherless, ¹¹ for their Redeemer is strong; He will take up their case against you.
• Ezekiel 22:7
  In thee have they set light by father and mother: in the midst of thee have they dealt by oppression with the stranger: in thee have they vexed the fatherless and the widow.Father and mother are treated with contempt. Within your walls the foreign resident is exploited, the fatherless and the widow are oppressed.
• Micah 2:1-2
  ¹ Woe to them that devise iniquity, and work evil upon their beds! when the morning is light, they practise it, because it is in the power of their hand. ² And they covet fields, and take them by violence; and houses, and take them away: so they oppress a man and his house, even a man and his heritage.¹ Woe to those who devise iniquity and plot evil on their beds! At morning’s light they accomplish it because the power is in their hands. ² They covet fields and seize them; they take away houses. They deprive a man of his home, a fellow man of his inheritance.
• Jeremiah 5:28
  They are waxen fat, they shine: yea, they overpass the deeds of the wicked: they judge not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, yet they prosper; and the right of the needy do they not judge.They have grown fat and sleek, and have excelled in the deeds of the wicked. They have not taken up the cause of the fatherless, that they might prosper; nor have they defended the rights of the needy.
• Job 6:27
  Yea, ye overwhelm the fatherless, and ye dig a pit for your friend.You would even cast lots for an orphan and barter away your friend.
• Micah 7:3
  That they may do evil with both hands earnestly, the prince asketh, and the judge asketh for a reward; and the great man, he uttereth his mischievous desire: so they wrap it up.Both hands are skilled at evil; the prince and the judge demand a bribe. When the powerful utters his evil desire, they all conspire together.
• Job 24:9
  They pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor.The fatherless infant is snatched from the breast; the nursing child of the poor is seized for a debt.

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