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Isaiah 10:2

WEB

2to deprive the needy of justice, and to rob the poor among my people of their rights, that widows may be their plunder, and that they may make the fatherless their prey!

KJV

2To turn aside[+] the needy from judgment, and to take away the right from the poor of my people, that widows may be their prey, and that they may rob the fatherless!

BSB

2to deprive the poor of fair treatment and withhold justice from the oppressed of My people, to make widows their prey and orphans their plunder.

FBV

2They pervert the legal rights of the needy, and rob justice from the poor of my people. They steal from widows and cheat orphans.

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Extra References

Malachi 3:5

5I will come near to you to judgment. I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, against the adulterers, against the perjurers, and against those who oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and who deprive the foreigner of justice, and don’t fear me,” says the LORD of Armies.


Isaiah 3:14

14The LORD will enter into judgment with the elders of his people and their leaders: It is you who have eaten up the vineyard. The plunder of the poor is in your houses.


Ezekiel 22:7

7In you have they treated father and mother with contempt. [+] Among you they have oppressed the foreigner. In you they have wronged the fatherless and the widow.


Isaiah 1:23

23Your princes are rebellious and companions of thieves. Everyone loves bribes and follows after rewards. They don’t defend the fatherless, neither does the cause of the widow come to them.


Isaiah 5:23

23who acquit the guilty for a bribe, but deny justice for the innocent!


Isaiah 29:21

21who cause a person to be indicted by a word, and lay a snare for one who reproves in the gate, and who deprive the innocent of justice with false testimony.


Matthew 23:13

13Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you devour widows’ houses, and as a pretense you make long prayers. Therefore you will receive greater condemnation.


Amos 5:11-12

11Therefore, because you trample on the poor and take taxes from him of wheat, you have built houses of cut stone, but you will not dwell in them. You have planted pleasant vineyards, but you shall not drink their wine. 12For I know how many are your offenses, and how great are your sins you who afflict the just, who take a bribe, and who turn away the needy in the courts.


Amos 2:7

7They trample the heads of the poor into the dust of the earth and deny justice to the oppressed. A man and his father use the same maiden, to profane my holy name.


Jeremiah 7:6

6if you don’t oppress the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow, and don’t shed innocent blood in this place, and don’t walk after other gods to your own hurt,