Isaiah 10:2

Isaiah · Old Testament · Chapter 10

“To 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!”Isaiah 10:2

What Does Isaiah 10:2 Mean?

Isaiah 10:2 is found in the book of Isaiah, chapter 10, verse 2 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 20 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.

Key themes in this passage include Care for the Poor, Justice, Generosity, and Compassion.

Cross-References (20)

These passages are connected to Isaiah 10:2 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.

Psalms 94:6“They slay the widow and the stranger, and murder the fatherless.”Isaiah 5:23“Which justify the wicked for reward, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him!”Colossians 3:16“Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.”Exodus 22:22“Ye shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child.”Malachi 3:5“And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger from his right, and fear not me, saith the LORD of hosts.”Isaiah 3:14“The LORD will enter into judgment with the ancients of his people, and the princes thereof: for ye have eaten up the vineyard; the spoil of the poor is in your houses.”Amos 2:7“That pant after the dust of the earth on the head of the poor, and turn aside the way of the meek: and a man and his father will go in unto the same maid, to profane my holy name:”Luke 20:47“Which devour widows’ houses, and for a shew make long prayers: the same shall receive greater damnation.”Job 22:9“Thou hast sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.”Proverbs 10:2“Treasures of wickedness profit nothing: but righteousness delivereth from death.”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.”Isaiah 29:21“That make a man an offender for a word, and lay a snare for him that reproveth in the gate, and turn aside the just for a thing of nought.”Ezekiel 22:7“In thee have they set light by father and mother: in the midst of thee have they dealt by oppression with the stranger: in thee have they vexed the fatherless and the widow.”Ezekiel 22:29“The people of the land have used oppression, and exercised robbery, and have vexed the poor and needy: yea, they have oppressed the stranger wrongfully.”Job 24:4“They turn the needy out of the way: the poor of the earth hide themselves together.”Isaiah 5:7“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, but behold oppression; for righteousness, but behold a cry.”Isaiah 9:17“Therefore the LORD shall have no joy in their young men, neither shall have mercy on their fatherless and widows: for every one is an hypocrite and an evildoer, and every mouth speaketh folly. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.”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:”Lamentations 3:35“To turn aside the right of a man before the face of the most High,”Amos 5:11“Forasmuch therefore as your treading is upon the poor, and ye take from him burdens of wheat: ye have built houses of hewn stone, but ye shall not dwell in them; ye have planted pleasant vineyards, but ye shall not drink wine of them.”

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