Job 24:9
Job · Old Testament · Chapter 24
“They pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor.”Job 24:9
What Does Job 24:9 Mean?
Job 24:9 is found in the book of Job, chapter 24, verse 9 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 12 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Key themes in this passage include Care for the Poor.
Cross-References (12)
These passages are connected to Job 24:9 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Nehemiah 5:5“Yet now our flesh is as the flesh of our brethren, our children as their children: and, lo, we bring into bondage our sons and our daughters to be servants, and some of our daughters are brought unto bondage already: neither is it in our power to redeem them; for other men have our lands and vineyards.”Job 6:27“Yea, ye overwhelm the fatherless, and ye dig a pit for your friend.”Job 22:6“For thou hast taken a pledge from thy brother for nought, and stripped the naked of their clothing.”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.”2 Kings 4:1“Now there cried a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets unto Elisha, saying, Thy servant my husband is dead; and thou knowest that thy servant did fear the LORD: and the creditor is come to take unto him my two sons to be bondmen.”Job 31:21“If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, when I saw my help in the gate:”Jeremiah 22:3“Thus saith the LORD; Execute ye judgment and righteousness, and deliver the spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor: and do no wrong, do no violence to the stranger, the fatherless, nor the widow, neither shed innocent blood in this place.”Ezekiel 18:7“And hath not oppressed any, but hath restored to the debtor his pledge, hath spoiled none by violence, hath given his bread to the hungry, and hath covered the naked with a garment;”Ezekiel 33:15“If the wicked restore the pledge, give again that he had robbed, walk in the statutes of life, without committing iniquity; he shall surely live, he shall not die.”Exodus 22:26“If thou at all take thy neighbour’s raiment to pledge, thou shalt deliver it unto him by that the sun goeth down:”Proverbs 23:10“Remove not the old landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless:”Deuteronomy 24:12“And if the man be poor, thou shalt not sleep with his pledge:”
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