Because he has oppressed and has forsaken the poor; because he has violently taken away an house which he built not; Treasury of Scripture Because Job 21:27,28 Behold, I know your thoughts, and the devices which you wrongfully imagine against me... Job 22:6 For you have taken a pledge from your brother for nothing, and stripped the naked of their clothing. Job 24:2-12 Some remove the landmarks; they violently take away flocks, and feed thereof... Job 31:13-22,38,39 If I did despise the cause of my manservant or of my maidservant, when they contended with me... Job 35:9 By reason of the multitude of oppressions they make the oppressed to cry: they cry out by reason of the arm of the mighty. 1 Samuel 12:3,4 Behold, here I am: witness against me before the LORD, and before his anointed: whose ox have I taken? or whose donkey have I taken... Psalm 10:18 To judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that the man of the earth may no more oppress. Psalm 12:5 For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, said the LORD... Proverbs 14:31 He that oppresses the poor reproaches his Maker: but he that honors him has mercy on the poor. Proverbs 22:22,23 Rob not the poor, because he is poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate... Ecclesiastes 4:1 So I returned, and considered all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and behold the tears of such as were oppressed... Ecclesiastes 5:8 If you see the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of judgment and justice in a province, marvel not at the matter... Ezekiel 22:29 The people of the land have used oppression, and exercised robbery, and have vexed the poor and needy: yes... Amos 4:1-3 Hear this word, you cows of Bashan, that are in the mountain of Samaria, which oppress the poor, which crush the needy... James 2:6,13 But you have despised the poor. Do not rich men oppress you, and draw you before the judgment seats... James 5:4 Behold, the hire of the laborers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, cries... oppressed. Heb. crushed Deuteronomy 28:33 The fruit of your land, and all your labors, shall a nation which you know not eat up... Lamentations 3:34 To crush under his feet all the prisoners of the earth. he hath violently Job 18:15 It shall dwell in his tabernacle, because it is none of his: brimstone shall be scattered on his habitation. Job 24:2 Some remove the landmarks; they violently take away flocks, and feed thereof. 1 Kings 21:19 And you shall speak to him, saying, Thus said the LORD, Have you killed, and also taken possession? And you shall speak to him, saying... Isaiah 5:7,8 For the vineyard of the LORD of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah his pleasant plant: and he looked for judgment... Micah 2:2,9 And they covet fields, and take them by violence; and houses, and take them away: so they oppress a man and his house...
Context Zophar: Triumph of the Wicked is Short
1Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said, 2Therefore do my thoughts cause me to answer, and for this I make haste. 3I have heard the check of my reproach, and the spirit of my understanding causes me to answer. 4Know you not this of old, since man was placed on earth, 5That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment? 6Though his excellency mount up to the heavens, and his head reach to the clouds; 7Yet he shall perish for ever like his own dung: they which have seen him shall say, Where is he? 8He shall fly away as a dream, and shall not be found: yes, he shall be chased away as a vision of the night. 9The eye also which saw him shall see him no more; neither shall his place any more behold him. 10His children shall seek to please the poor, and his hands shall restore their goods. 11His bones are full of the sin of his youth, which shall lie down with him in the dust. 12Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, though he hide it under his tongue; 13Though he spare it, and forsake it not; but keep it still within his mouth: 14Yet his meat in his bowels is turned, it is the gall of asps within him. 15He has swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again: God shall cast them out of his belly. 16He shall suck the poison of asps: the viper's tongue shall slay him. 17He shall not see the rivers, the floods, the brooks of honey and butter. 18That which he labored for shall he restore, and shall not swallow it down: according to his substance shall the restitution be, and he shall not rejoice therein. 19Because he has oppressed and has forsaken the poor; because he has violently taken away an house which he built not; 20Surely he shall not feel quietness in his belly, he shall not save of that which he desired. 21There shall none of his meat be left; therefore shall no man look for his goods. 22In the fullness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits: every hand of the wicked shall come on him. 23When he is about to fill his belly, God shall cast the fury of his wrath on him, and shall rain it on him while he is eating. 24He shall flee from the iron weapon, and the bow of steel shall strike him through. 25It is drawn, and comes out of the body; yes, the glittering sword comes out of his gall: terrors are on him. 26All darkness shall be hid in his secret places: a fire not blown shall consume him; it shall go ill with him that is left in his tabernacle. 27The heaven shall reveal his iniquity; and the earth shall rise up against him. 28The increase of his house shall depart, and his goods shall flow away in the day of his wrath. 29This is the portion of a wicked man from God, and the heritage appointed to him by God. Parallel Verses American Standard Version
For he hath oppressed and forsaken the poor; He hath violently taken away a house, and he shall not build it up.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Because he broke in and stripped the poor: he hath violently taken away a house which he did not build.
Darby Bible Translation
For he hath oppressed, hath forsaken the poor; he hath violently taken away a house that he did not build.
King James Bible
Because he hath oppressed and hath forsaken the poor; because he hath violently taken away an house which he builded not;
Young's Literal Translation
For he oppressed -- he forsook the poor, A house he hath taken violently away, And he doth not build it.
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