They have grown fat and sleek, and have excelled in the deeds of the wicked. They have not taken up the cause of the fatherless, that they might prosper; nor have they defended the rights of the needy.
Your rulers are rebels, friends of thieves. They all love bribes and chasing after rewards. They do not defend the fathe
But Jeshurun grew fat and kicked—becoming fat, bloated, and gorged. He abandoned the God who made him and scorned the Ro
if you no longer oppress the foreigner and the fatherless and the widow, and if you no longer shed innocent blood in thi
Behold, these are the wicked—always carefree as they increase their wealth.
Do not oppress the widow or the fatherless, the foreigner or the poor. And do not plot evil in your hearts against one a
One man dies full of vigor, completely secure and at ease.
And you not only walked in their ways and practiced their abominations, but soon you were more depraved than they were.
Their hearts are callous and insensitive, but I delight in Your law.
Therefore pride is their necklace; a garment of violence covers them.
May he vindicate the afflicted among the people; may he save the children of the needy and crush the oppressor.
Hear this word, you cows of Bashan on Mount Samaria, you women who oppress the poor and crush the needy, who say to your
It is actually reported that there is sexual immorality among you, and of a kind that is intolerable even among pagans:
The tents of robbers are safe, and those who provoke God are secure—those who carry their god in their hands.
But she has rebelled against My ordinances more wickedly than the nations, and against My statutes worse than the countr
Does it make you a king to excel in cedar? Did not your father have food and drink? He administered justice and righteou
because I rescued the poor who cried out and the fatherless who had no helper.
Though his face is covered with fat and his waistline bulges with flesh,
“How long will you judge unjustly and show partiality to the wicked? Selah
How skillfully you pursue love! Even the most immoral of women could learn from your ways.
Look, the wages you withheld from the workmen who mowed your fields are crying out against you. The cries of the harvest
Righteous are You, O LORD, when I plead before You. Yet about Your judgments I wish to contend with You: Why does the wa