Job 24:3 Cross References

Job 24:3

3: and they even take donkeys from the poor and fatherless. A poor widow must surrender her valuable ox as collateral for a loan.

Deuteronomy 24:6

  1. "It is wrong to take a pair of millstones, or even just the upper millstone, as a pledge, for the owner uses it to make a living.

Deuteronomy 24:17

  1. "True justice must be given to foreigners living among you and to orphans, and you must never accept a widow's garment in pledge of her debt.
  2. Always remember that you were slaves in Egypt and that the LORD your God redeemed you. That is why I have given you this command.
  3. "When you are harvesting your crops and forget to bring in a bundle of grain from your field, don't go back to get it. Leave it for the foreigners, orphans, and widows. Then the LORD your God will bless you in all you do.
  4. When you beat the olives from your olive trees, don't go over the boughs twice. Leave some of the olives for the foreigners, orphans, and widows.
  5. This also applies to the grapes in your vineyard. Do not glean the vines after they are picked, but leave any remaining grapes for the foreigners, orphans, and widows.

Job 22:6

  1. "For example, you must have lent money to your friend and then kept the clothing he gave you as a pledge. Yes, you stripped him to the bone.
  2. You must have refused water for the thirsty and food for the hungry.
  3. After all, you think the land belongs to the powerful and that those who are privileged have a right to it!
  4. You must have sent widows away without helping them and crushed the strength of orphans.

Job 31:16

  1. "Have I refused to help the poor, or crushed the hopes of widows who looked to me for help?
  2. Have I been stingy with my food and refused to share it with hungry orphans?

Deuteronomy 24:10

  1. "If you lend anything to your neighbor, do not enter your neighbor's house to claim the security.
  2. Stand outside and the owner will bring it out to you.
  3. If your neighbor is poor and has only a cloak to give as security, do not keep the cloak overnight.
  4. Return the cloak to its owner by sunset so your neighbor can sleep in it and bless you. And the LORD your God will count it as a righteous act.

1 Samuel 12:3

  1. Now tell me as I stand before the LORD and before his anointed one--whose ox or donkey have I stolen? Have I ever cheated any of you? Have I ever oppressed you? Have I ever taken a bribe? Tell me and I will make right whatever I have done wrong."
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