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Exodus 23:6
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Exodus 23:6
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6 You shall not pervert justice for the needy among you in a lawsuit.
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Exodus 23:6
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Exodus 23:6
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6 “Do not deny justice(A) to your poor people in their lawsuits.
Deuteronomy 24:17
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Deuteronomy 24:17
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Rights of the Unprotected. 17 (A)You shall not deprive the resident alien or the orphan of justice, nor take the clothing of a widow as pledge.
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Deuteronomy 24:17
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Deuteronomy 24:17
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17 Do not deprive the foreigner or the fatherless(A) of justice,(B) or take the cloak of the widow as a pledge.
Ben Sira 4:9-10
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Ben Sira 4:9-10
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9 Deliver the oppressed from their oppressors;(A)
right judgment should not be repugnant to you.
10 Be like a father to orphans,
and take the place of a husband to widows.
Then God will call you his child,
and he will be merciful to you and deliver you from the pit.
Jeremiah 22:3
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Jeremiah 22:3
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3 Thus says the Lord: Do what is right and just. Rescue the victims from the hand of their oppressors. Do not wrong or oppress the resident alien, the orphan, or the widow, and do not shed innocent blood in this place.(A)
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Jeremiah 22:3
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Jeremiah 22:3
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3 This is what the Lord says: Do what is just(A) and right. Rescue from the hand of the oppressor(B) the one who has been robbed. Do no wrong or violence to the foreigner, the fatherless or the widow,(C) and do not shed innocent blood(D) in this place.
Ezekiel 22:7
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Ezekiel 22:7
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7 Within you, father and mother are dishonored; they extort the resident alien in your midst; within you, they oppress orphans and widows.(A)
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Ezekiel 22:7
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Ezekiel 22:7
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7 In you they have treated father and mother with contempt;(A) in you they have oppressed the foreigner(B) and mistreated the fatherless and the widow.(C)
Amos 5:14-15
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Amos 5:14-15
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14 Seek good and not evil,
that you may live;
Then truly the Lord, the God of hosts,
will be with you as you claim.
15 Hate evil and love good,
and let justice prevail at the gate;
Then it may be that the Lord, the God of hosts,
will have pity on the remnant of Joseph.(A)
Amos 5:14-15
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Amos 5:14-15
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Zechariah 7:9-10
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Zechariah 7:9-10
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9 Thus says the Lord of hosts: Judge with true justice, and show kindness and compassion toward each other.(A) 10 Do not oppress the widow or the orphan, the resident alien or the poor;[a] do not plot evil against one another in your hearts.(B)
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- 7:10 Widow…orphan…resident alien…poor: four categories of socially and economically marginalized persons. Concern for their well-being is commanded in both pentateuchal and prophetic literature.
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