Jeremiah 5:28
They have waxed fat, they shine Yea they have overpassed the records of wickedness. The right, have they not determined, the right of the fatherless that they might prosper,—Yea justice to the helpless, have they not decreed.
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Job 12:6At peace are the tents that belong to the spoilers, and there is security to them who provoke GOD, To him who bringeth a god in his hand.
Job 21:23This, man dieth, in the very perfection of his prosperity, wholly tranquil and secure;
Psalms 72:4May he, Vindicate the oppressed of the people, Bring deliverance to the children of the needy, and, Crush the oppressor.
Psalms 73:6For this cause, doth arrogance deck them as a neck-chain, And a garment of wrong is their attire;
Psalms 82:2How long will ye judge perversely, And, the countenances of the lawless, uplift? [Selah.]
Proverbs 15:25The house of proud men, will Yahweh tear down, but he will maintain the boundary of the widow.
Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 5:26-31
Expostulation with Israel. ( b. c. 608.) 25 Your iniquities have turned away these things, and your sins have withholden good things from you. 26 For among my people are found wicked men: they lay wait, as he that setteth snares; they set a trap, they catch men. 27 As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and waxen rich. 28 They are waxen fat, they shine: yea, they overpass the deeds of the wicked: they judge not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, yet… Read the whole commentary →