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Job 24:2-12

2 Men move boundary stones;
they pasture flocks they have stolen.

3 They drive away the orphan’s donkey
and take the widow’s ox in pledge.

4 They thrust the needy from the path
and force all the poor of the land into hiding.

5 Like wild donkeys in the desert,
the poor go about their labor of foraging food;
the wasteland provides food for their children.

6 They gather fodder in the fields
and glean in the vineyards of the wicked.

7 Lacking clothes, they spend the night naked;
they have nothing to cover themselves in the cold.

8 They are drenched by mountain rains
and hug the rocks for lack of shelter.

9 The fatherless child is snatched from the breast;
the infant of the poor is seized for a debt.

10 Lacking clothes, they go about naked;
they carry the sheaves, but still go hungry.

11 They crush olives among the terraces;
they tread the winepresses, yet suffer thirst.

12 The groans of the dying rise from the city,
and the souls of the wounded cry out for help.
But God charges no one with wrongdoing.

Cross References for Job 24:2-12

Job 5:5 - The hungry consume his harvest, taking it even from among thorns, and the thirsty pant after hi... Click to read the verse Job 5:5 Click to read the verse Job 5:5

Job 1:17 - While he was still speaking, another messenger came and said, “The Chaldeans formed three raidi... Click to read the verse Job 1:17 Click to read the verse Job 1:17

Job 1:15 - and the Sabeans attacked and carried them off. They put the servants to the sword, and I am the... Click to read the verse Job 1:15 Click to read the verse Job 1:15

Leviticus 6:4 - when he thus sins and becomes guilty, he must return what he has stolen or taken by extortion, ... Click to read the verse Leviticus 6:4 Click to read the verse Leviticus 6:4

Deuteronomy 19:14 - Do not move your neighbor’s boundary stone set up by your predecessors in the inheritance you r... Click to read the verse Deuteronomy 19:14 Click to read the verse Deuteronomy 19:14

Proverbs 23:10 - Do not move an ancient boundary stone or encroach on the fields of the fatherless, Click to read the verse Proverbs 23:10 Click to read the verse Proverbs 23:10

Proverbs 22:28 - Do not move an ancient boundary stone set up by your forefathers. Click to read the verse Proverbs 22:28 Click to read the verse Proverbs 22:28

Deuteronomy 27:17 - “Cursed is the man who moves his neighbor’s boundary stone.” Then all the people shall say, “Am... Click to read the verse Deuteronomy 27:17 Click to read the verse Deuteronomy 27:17

Hosea 5:10 - Judah’s leaders are like those who move boundary stones. I will pour out my wrath on them like ... Click to read the verse Hosea 5:10 Click to read the verse Hosea 5:10