Job 20:19-29, Psa 12:5, Pro 14:31, 22:22-23, 28:3, Mic 2:2-3, Zec 7:9-14 | ESV | STEP | For he has crushed and abandoned the poor ; he has seized a house that he did not build .

Job 20:19-29

19 For he has crushed and abandoned the poor;
he has seized a house that he did not build.
20 “Because he ^aknew no ^bcontentment in his belly,
^che will not let anything in which he delights escape him.
21 There was nothing left after he had eaten;
therefore his prosperity will not endure.
22 In the fullness of his sufficiency he will be in distress;
the hand of everyone in misery will come against him.
23 To fill his belly to the full,
God ^{▼▼Hebrew he} will send his burning anger against him
and rain it upon him ^einto his body.
24 ^fHe will flee from an iron weapon;
^ga bronze arrow will strike ^hhim through.
25 It ⁱis drawn forth and comes out of his body;
^jthe glittering point comes out of his ^kgallbladder;
^lterrors come upon him.
26 Utter darkness is laid up for his treasures;
^ma fire not fanned will devour him;
what is left in his tent will be consumed.
27 ⁿThe heavens will reveal his iniquity,
and the earth will rise up against him.
28 The possessions of his house will be carried away,
dragged off in the day of God’s ^{▼▼Hebrew his} wrath.
29 ^pThis is the wicked man’s portion from God,
^qthe heritage decreed for him by God.”

Psalms 12:5

5 “Because ^rthe poor are plundered, because the needy groan,
^sI will now arise,” says the Lord;
“I will place him in the ^tsafety for which he longs.”

Proverbs 14:31

31 Whoever oppresses a poor man ^uinsults his ^vMaker,
^wbut he who is generous to the needy honors him.

Proverbs 22:22-23

22 ^xDo not rob the poor, because he is poor,
or ^ycrush the afflicted at ^zthe gate,
23 for ^aathe Lord will plead their cause
and rob of life those who rob them.

Proverbs 28:3

3 ^abA poor man who oppresses the poor
is a beating rain that leaves no food.

Micah 2:2-3

2 They covet fields and ^acseize them,
and houses, and take them away;
they oppress a man and his house,
a man and his inheritance.
3 Therefore thus says the Lord:
behold, against ^adthis family I am devising disaster, ^{▼▼The same Hebrew word can mean evil or disaster, depending on the context}
from which you cannot remove your necks,
and you ^afshall not walk haughtily,
^agfor it will be a time of disaster.

Zechariah 7:9-14

9 “Thus says the Lord of hosts, ^ahRender true judgments, show kindness and mercy to one another, 10 ^aido not oppress the widow, the fatherless, the sojourner, ^ajor the poor, and ^aklet none of you devise evil against another in your heart.” 11 But ^althey refused to pay attention ^amand turned a stubborn shoulder and stopped their ears that they might not hear. ^{▼▼Hebrew and made their ears too heavy to hear} 12 ^aoThey made their hearts diamond-hard ^aplest they should hear the law and the words that the Lord of hosts had sent ^aqby his Spirit through ^arthe former prophets. ^asTherefore great anger came from the Lord of hosts. 13 ^at“As I ^{▼▼Hebrew he} called, and they would not hear, ^avso they called, and I would not hear,” says the Lord of hosts, 14 ^aw“and I scattered them with a whirlwind among all ^axthe nations that they had not known. ^ayThus the land they left was desolate, ^azso that no one went to and fro, ^baand the pleasant land was made desolate.”