Job 24:12 · KJV
“Men groan from out of the city, and the soul of the wounded crieth out: yet God layeth not folly {to them}.”
— Job 24:12
{Which} make oil within their walls, {and} tread {their} winepresses, and suffer thirst.
They are of those that rebel against the light; they know not the ways thereof, nor abide in the paths thereof.
Job 24 — Context
They cause {him} to go naked without clothing, and they take away the sheaf {from} the hungry;
11{Which} make oil within their walls, {and} tread {their} winepresses, and suffer thirst.
12Men groan from out of the city, and the soul of the wounded crieth out: yet God layeth not folly {to them}.
13They are of those that rebel against the light; they know not the ways thereof, nor abide in the paths thereof.
14The murderer rising with the light killeth the poor and needy, and in the night is as a thief.
Cross References
Ecclesiastes 4:1
So I returned, and considered all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and behold the tears of {such as were} oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors {there was} power; but they had no comforter. {side: Heb. hand}
Psalms 50:21
These {things} hast thou done, and I kept silence; thou thoughtest that I was altogether {such an one} as thyself: {but} I will reprove thee, and set {them} in order before thine eyes.
Ecclesiastes 8:11-12
Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil.
Malachi 3:15
And now we call the proud happy; yea, they that work wickedness are set up; yea, {they that} tempt God are even delivered. {are set up: Heb. are built}
Malachi 2:17
Ye have wearied the LORD with your words. Yet ye say, Wherein have we wearied {him}? When ye say, Every one that doeth evil {is} good in the sight of the LORD, and he delighteth in them; or, Where {is} the God of judgment?
Romans 2:4-5
Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance and longsuffering; not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance?
Exodus 2:23-24
And it came to pass in process of time, that the king of Egypt died: and the children of Israel sighed by reason of the bondage, and they cried, and their cry came up unto God by reason of the bondage.
Psalms 109:22
For I {am} poor and needy, and my heart is wounded within me.