1Sa 25:9-11, Pro 21:13, Jer 5:28, 22:15-17, Eze 22:7, 29-31, Mic 3:1-4 | ESV | STEP | When David’s young men came , they said all this to Nabal in the name of David , and then they waited .

9 When David’s young men came, they said all this to Nabal in the name of David, and then they waited. 10 And Nabal answered David’s servants, ^a“Who is David? Who is the son of Jesse? ^bThere are many servants these days who are breaking away from their masters. 11 Shall I take ^cmy bread and my water and my meat that I have killed for my shearers and give it to ^dmen who come from I do not know where?”

Proverbs 21:13

13 ^eWhoever closes his ear to the cry of the poor
will himself call out and not be answered.

Jeremiah 5:28

28 ^fthey have grown fat and sleek.
They know no bounds in deeds of evil;
^gthey judge not with justice
the cause of the fatherless, to make it prosper,
and they do not defend the rights of the needy.

Jeremiah 22:15-17

15 Do you think you are a king
because you compete in cedar?
Did not your father eat and drink
and ^hdo justice and righteousness?
ⁱThen it was well with him.
16 ^jHe judged the cause of the poor and needy;
^kthen it was well.
Is not this ^lto know me?
declares the Lord.
17 But you have eyes and heart
only for your dishonest gain,
^mfor shedding innocent blood,
and for practicing oppression and violence.”

Ezekiel 22:7

7 Father and mother ⁿare treated with contempt in you; the sojourner ^osuffers extortion in your midst; the fatherless and the widow ^pare wronged in you.

Ezekiel 22:29-31

29 The people of the land ^qhave practiced extortion and committed robbery. They have oppressed the poor and needy, and ^rhave extorted from the sojourner without justice. 30 ^sAnd I sought for a man among them ^twho should build up the wall ^uand stand in the breach before me for the land, that I should not destroy it, but I found none. 31 Therefore ^vI have poured out my indignation upon them. I have consumed them with the fire of my wrath. I have returned ^wtheir way upon their heads, declares the Lord God.”

Micah 3:1-4

Rulers and Prophets Denounced

1 And I said:
^xHear, you heads of Jacob
and rulers of the house of Israel!
^yIs it not for you to know justice?—
2 you ^zwho hate the good and love the evil,
^aawho tear the skin from off my people ^{▼▼Hebrew from off them}
and their flesh from off their bones,
3 ^acwho eat the flesh of my people,
and flay their skin from off them,
and break their bones in pieces
and chop them up like meat in a pot,
like flesh in a cauldron.
4 ^adThen they will cry to the Lord,
but he will not answer them;
^aehe will hide his face from them at that time,
because they have made their deeds evil.