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Job 29:16
I was a father to the needy; I took up the case of the stranger. (niv)
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Psaumes 41:1
Blessed are those who have regard for the weak; the Lord delivers them in times of trouble. (niv)
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Proverbes 31:8-9
Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves, for the rights of all who are destitute.Speak up and judge fairly; defend the rights of the poor and needy. (niv)
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Proverbes 21:13
Whoever shuts their ears to the cry of the poor will also cry out and not be answered. (niv)
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Ezéchiel 22:29-31
The people of the land practice extortion and commit robbery; they oppress the poor and needy and mistreat the foreigner, denying them justice.“ I looked for someone among them who would build up the wall and stand before me in the gap on behalf of the land so I would not have to destroy it, but I found no one.So I will pour out my wrath on them and consume them with my fiery anger, bringing down on their own heads all they have done, declares the Sovereign Lord.” (niv)
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Jérémie 22:15-17
“ Does it make you a king to have more and more cedar? Did not your father have food and drink? He did what was right and just, so all went well with him.He defended the cause of the poor and needy, and so all went well. Is that not what it means to know me?” declares the Lord.“ But your eyes and your heart are set only on dishonest gain, on shedding innocent blood and on oppression and extortion.” (niv)
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1 Samuel 25 9-1 Samuel 25 11
When David’s men arrived, they gave Nabal this message in David’s name. Then they waited.Nabal answered David’s servants,“ Who is this David? Who is this son of Jesse? Many servants are breaking away from their masters these days.Why should I take my bread and water, and the meat I have slaughtered for my shearers, and give it to men coming from who knows where?” (niv)
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Job 31:21
if I have raised my hand against the fatherless, knowing that I had influence in court, (niv)
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Galates 6:1
Brothers and sisters, if someone is caught in a sin, you who live by the Spirit should restore that person gently. But watch yourselves, or you also may be tempted. (niv)
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Job 31:13
“ If I have denied justice to any of my servants, whether male or female, when they had a grievance against me, (niv)
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Psaumes 31:7
I will be glad and rejoice in your love, for you saw my affliction and knew the anguish of my soul. (niv)
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Ezéchiel 22:7
In you they have treated father and mother with contempt; in you they have oppressed the foreigner and mistreated the fatherless and the widow. (niv)
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Michée 3:1-4
Then I said,“ Listen, you leaders of Jacob, you rulers of Israel. Should you not embrace justice,you who hate good and love evil; who tear the skin from my people and the flesh from their bones;who eat my people’s flesh, strip off their skin and break their bones in pieces; who chop them up like meat for the pan, like flesh for the pot?”Then they will cry out to the Lord, but he will not answer them. At that time he will hide his face from them because of the evil they have done. (niv)
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Jérémie 5:28
and have grown fat and sleek. Their evil deeds have no limit; they do not seek justice. They do not promote the case of the fatherless; they do not defend the just cause of the poor. (niv)