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."
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- Isaiah 1:23
"Thy princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves: every one loveth gifts, and followeth after rewards: they judge not the fatherless, neither doth the cause of the widow come unto them."
Read in chapter → - Deuteronomy 32:15
"But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked: thou art waxen fat, thou art grown thick, thou art covered with fatness; then he forsook God which made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation."
Read in chapter → - Zechariah 7:10
"And oppress not the widow, nor the fatherless, the stranger, nor the poor; and let none of you imagine evil against his brother in your heart."
Read in chapter → - Jeremiah 7:6
"If ye oppress not the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, and shed not innocent blood in this place, neither walk after other gods to your hurt:"
Read in chapter → - Psalms 73:12
"Behold, these are the ungodly, who prosper in the world; they increase in riches."
Read in chapter → - Psalms 73:6
"Therefore pride compasseth them about as a chain; violence covereth them as a garment."
Read in chapter → - Jeremiah 2:33
"Why trimmest thou thy way to seek love? therefore hast thou also taught the wicked ones thy ways."
Read in chapter → - Job 15:27
"Because he covereth his face with his fatness, and maketh collops of fat on his flanks."
Read in chapter → - Job 29:12
"Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him."
Read in chapter → - Psalms 72:4
"He shall judge the poor of the people, he shall save the children of the needy, and shall break in pieces the oppressor."
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