5 They crush Your people, O LORD; they oppress Your heritage. 6 They kill the widow and the foreigner; they murder the fatherless.
Psalms 94:5–6
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Job 24:20–22
20 The womb forgets them; the worm feeds on them; they are remembered no more. So injustice is like a broken tree. 21 They prey on the barren and childless, and show no kindness to the widow. 22 Yet by His power, God drags away the mighty; though rising up, they have no…
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Psalms 69:25–27
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2 Esdras 8:56–58
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Job 22:8–10
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Isaiah 10:1–3
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Ezekiel 22:6–8
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Ezekiel 22:28–30
28 Her prophets whitewash these deeds by false visions and lying divinations, saying, ‘This is what the Lord GOD says,’ when the LORD has not spoken. 29 The people of the land have practiced extortion and committed robbery. They have oppressed the poor and needy and…
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