Job 20:19
For he has oppressed and forsaken the poor; he has seized houses he did not build.
BSB
ASV
For he hath oppressed and forsaken the poor; He hath violently taken away a house, and he shall not build it up.
KJV
Because he hath oppressed and hath forsaken the poor; because he hath violently taken away an house which he builded not;
Because he hath oppressed - Margin, “crushed.” Such is the Hebrew. And forsaken the poor - He has plundered them, and then forsaken them - as robbers do. The meaning is, that he had done this by his oppressive manner of dealing, and then left them to suffer and pine in want. He hath violently taken away an house which he builded not - That is, by overreaching and harsh dealings he has come in possession of dwellings which he did not build, or purchase in any proper manner.
This was the sin of the giants of the old world, and a sin that, as much as any, brings God's judgments upon nations and families. It is charged upon this wicked man, (1.) That he has forsaken the poor, taken no care of them, shown no kindness to them, nor made any provision for them.
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
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James 2:13For judgment without mercy will be shown to anyone who has not been merciful. Mercy triumphs over judgment.
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Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy.
But if you do not forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive yours.
Whoever shuts his ears to the cry of the poor, he too shall cry out and receive no answer.
Do not judge, and you will not be judged. Do not condemn, and you will not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven.
But because of His great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy,
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James 2:6But you have dishonored the poor. Is it not the rich who oppress you and drag you into court?
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He who mocks the poor insults their Maker; whoever gloats over calamity will not go unpunished.
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James 5:4Look, the wages you withheld from the workmen who mowed your fields are crying out against you. The cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord of Hosts.
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You must not defraud your neighbor or rob him. You must not withhold until morning the wages due a hired hand.
“Woe to him who builds his palace by unrighteousness, and his upper rooms without justice, who makes his countrymen serve without pay, and fails to pay their wages,