Other Story 71
Isaiah 10:1-2
Woe to those who enact evil statutes
And to those who constantly record unjust decisions,
So as to deprive the needy of justice
And rob the poor of My people of their rights,
So that widows may be their spoil
And that they may plunder the orphans.
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Zechariah 7:9-10
“Thus has the Lord of hosts said, ‘Dispense true justice and practice kindness and compassion each to his brother; and do not oppress the widow or the orphan, the stranger or the poor; and do not devise evil in your hearts against one another.’
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Proverbs 21:3
To do righteousness and justice
Is desired by the Lord more than sacrifice.
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1 Samuel 15:22
Jeremiah 7:21-26
Hosea 6:6
Amos 5:21-24
Micah 6:6-8
Deuteronomy 6:4-9
“Hear, O Israel! The Lord is our God, the Lord is one!
“You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might.
“These words, which I am commanding you today, shall be on your heart.
You shall teach them diligently to your sons and shall talk of them when you sit in your house and when you walk by the way and when you lie down and when you rise up.
“You shall bind them as a sign on your hand and they shall be as frontals on your forehead.
“You shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates.
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Exodus 13:9
Exodus 13:16
Deuteronomy 11:18-20
Deuteronomy 22:12
“You shall make yourself tassels on the four corners of your garment with which you cover yourself.
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Numbers 15:37-39
Exodus 22:22
“You shall not afflict any widow or orphan.
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Psalm 132:14
“This is My resting place forever;
Here I will dwell, for I have desired it.
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Exodus 29:37
“For seven days you shall make atonement for the altar and consecrate it; then the altar shall be most holy, and whatever touches the altar shall be holy.
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Leviticus 27:30-32
Numbers 19:16
‘Also, anyone who in the open field touches one who has been slain with a sword or who has died naturally, or a human bone or a grave, shall be unclean for seven days.
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Genesis 4:8
Cain told Abel his brother. And it came about when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother and killed him.
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2 Chronicles 24:20-22
Then the Spirit of God came on Zechariah the son of Jehoiada the priest; and he stood above the people and said to them, “Thus God has said, ‘Why do you transgress the commandments of the Lord and do not prosper? Because you have forsaken the Lord, He has also forsaken you.’ ”
So they conspired against him and at the command of the king they stoned him to death in the court of the house of the Lord.
Thus Joash the king did not remember the kindness which his father Jehoiada had shown him, but he murdered his son. And as he died he said, “May the Lord see and avenge!”
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