Job 29:17

Job 29:17
I broke the jaws of the unrighteous and plucked the prey out of his teeth.

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Deuteronomy 16:18
You shall make judges and officers in all your gates, which Yahweh your God gives you, according to your tribes; and they shall judge the people with righteous judgment.

Proverbs 22:22
Don’t exploit the poor because he is poor; and don’t crush the needy in court;

Amos 5:10
They hate him who reproves in the gate, and they abhor him who speaks blamelessly.

Amos 5:12
For I know how many are your offenses, and how great are your sins— you who afflict the just, who take a bribe, and who turn away the needy in the courts.

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Job 18:21
Surely such are the dwellings of the unrighteous. This is the place of him who doesn’t know God.”

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Job 29:20
My glory is fresh in me. My bow is renewed in my hand.’

Job 29:21
“Men listened to me, waited, and kept silence for my counsel.

Job 29:22
After my words they didn’t speak again. My speech fell on them.

Job 29:23
They waited for me as for the rain. Their mouths drank as with the spring rain.

Job 29:24
I smiled on them when they had no confidence. They didn’t reject the light of my face.

Job 29:25
I chose out their way, and sat as chief. I lived as a king in the army, as one who comforts the mourners.

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Job 22:8
But as for the mighty man, he had the earth. The honorable man, he lived in it.

Psalms 10:15
Break the arm of the wicked. As for the evil man, seek out his wickedness until you find none.

Psalms 72:4
He will judge the poor of the people. He will save the children of the needy, and will break the oppressor in pieces.

Psalms 72:14
He will redeem their soul from oppression and violence. Their blood will be precious in his sight.

Psalms 82:3
“Defend the weak, the poor, and the fatherless. Maintain the rights of the poor and oppressed.

Isaiah 1:17
Learn to do well. Seek justice. Relieve the oppressed. Defend the fatherless. Plead for the widow.”

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Psalms 101:5
I will silence whoever secretly slanders his neighbor. I won’t tolerate one who is arrogant and conceited.

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Psalms 124:6
Blessed be Yahweh, who has not given us as a prey to their teeth.

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Proverbs 25:23
The north wind produces rain; so a backbiting tongue brings an angry face.

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Joel 1:6
For a nation has come up on my land, strong, and without number. His teeth are the teeth of a lion, and he has the fangs of a lioness.

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