Job 31:22
May my arm be pulled from my body, and be broken from its base.
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Job 31:21
If my hand had been lifted up against him who had done no wrong, when I saw that I was supported by the judges;
Job 22:9
You have sent widows away without hearing their cause, and you have taken away the support of the child who has no father.
Exodus 23:2
Do not be moved to do wrong by the general opinion, or give the support of your words to a wrong decision:
Leviticus 19:15
Do no wrong in your judging: do not give thought to the position of the poor, or honour to the position of the great; but be a judge to your neighbour in righteousness.
Deuteronomy 16:19
You are not to be moved in your judging by a man's position, you are not to take rewards; for rewards make the eyes of the wise man blind, and the decisions of the upright false.
Deuteronomy 27:19
Cursed is he who gives a wrong decision in the cause of a man from a strange land, or of one without a father, or of a widow. And let all the people say, So be it.
1 Samuel 8:3
And his sons did not go in his ways, but moved by the love of money took rewards, and were not upright in judging.
Proverbs 17:23
A sinner takes an offering out of his robe, to get a decision for himself in a cause.
Ecclesiastes 7:7
The wise are troubled by the ways of the cruel, and the giving of money is the destruction of the heart.
Isaiah 1:17
Take pleasure in well-doing; let your ways be upright, keep down the cruel, give a right decision for the child who has no father, see to the cause of the widow.
Isaiah 1:23
Your chiefs have gone against the Lord, they have become friends of thieves; every one of them is looking for profit and going after rewards; they do not give right decisions for the child who has no father, and they do not let the cause of the widow come before them.
Isaiah 33:15
He whose ways are true, and whose words are upright; he who gives no thought to the profits of false acts, whose hands have not taken rewards, who will have no part in putting men to death, and whose eyes are shut against evil;
James 1:27
The religion which is holy and free from evil in the eyes of our God and Father is this: to take care of children who have no fathers and of widows who are in trouble, and to keep oneself untouched by the world.
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Psalms 137:5
If I keep not your memory, O Jerusalem, let not my right hand keep the memory of its art.
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Numbers 7:9
But to the sons of Kohath he gave nothing; because they had the care of the holy place, taking it about on their backs.
Isaiah 11:14
And they will be united in attacking the Philistines on the west, and together they will take the goods of the children of the east: their hand will be on Edom and Moab; and the children of Ammon will be under their rule.
Isaiah 46:7
They put him on their backs, and take him up, and put him in his fixed place, from which he may not be moved; if a man gives a cry for help to him, he is unable to give an answer, or get him out of his trouble.
Isaiah 49:22
This is the word of the Lord God: See, I will make a sign with my hand to the nations, and put up my flag for the peoples; and they will take up your sons on their beasts, and your daughters on their backs.
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Psalms 7:4
If I have given back evil to him who did evil to me, or have taken anything from him who was against me without cause;
Psalms 7:5
Let my hater go after my soul and take it; let my life be crushed to the earth, and my honour into the dust. (Selah.)
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Luke 14:12
And he said to the master of the house, When you give a feast, do not send for your friends and your brothers and your family or your neighbours who have wealth, for they may give a feast for you, and so you will get a reward.
Luke 14:13
But when you give a feast, send for the poor and the blind and those who are broken in body:
Luke 14:14
And you will have a blessing, because they will not be able to give you any payment, and you will get your reward when the upright come back from the dead.
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