1 “Why does the Almighty not reserve times for judgment? Why may those who know Him never see His days? 2 Men move boundary stones; they pasture stolen flocks. 3 They drive away the donkey of the fatherless and take the widow’s ox in pledge.
Job 24:1–3
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Job 24:8–10
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Amos 2:6–8
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Jeremiah 5:27–29
27 Like cages full of birds, so their houses are full of deceit. Therefore they have become powerful and rich. 28 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…
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