Job 5:16
So the poor have hope, and injustice shuts its mouth.
BSB
ASV
So the poor hath hope, And iniquity stoppeth her mouth.
KJV
So the poor hath hope, and iniquity stoppeth her mouth.
So the poor - דל dal, he who is made thin, who is wasted, extenuated; hath hope - he sees what God is accustomed to do, and he expects a repetition of gracious dealings in his own behalf; and because God deals thus with those who trust in him, therefore the mouth of impiety is stopped. Religion is kept alive in the earth, because of God’s signal interventions in behalf of the bodies and souls of his followers.
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Psalms 9:18For the needy will not always be forgotten; nor the hope of the oppressed forever dashed.
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Listen, my beloved brothers: Has not God chosen the poor of this world to be rich in faith and to inherit the kingdom He promised those who love Him?
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
“For the cause of the oppressed and for the groaning of the needy, I will now arise,” says the LORD. “I will bring safety to him who yearns.”
For surely there is a future, and your hope will not be cut off.
Know therefore that wisdom is sweet to your soul. If you find it, there is a future for you, and your hope will never be cut off.
He has filled the hungry with good things, but has sent the rich away empty.
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Psalms 63:11But the king will rejoice in God; all who swear by Him will exult, for the mouths of liars will be shut.
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Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world held accountable to God.
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Fear the LORD your God, serve Him only, and take your oaths in His name.
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Psalms 107:42The upright see and rejoice, and all iniquity shuts its mouth.
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The righteous see it and are glad; the innocent mock them: