Job 24:3

They drive away the ass of the fatherless, they take the widow’s ox for a pledge.

Cross-reference

Job 24:21 Parallel

Job 24:21 continues the same indictment: the wicked wrong the widow and barren woman — directly extending the oppression of the widow from verse 3.

Job 22:6-9 accuses Job of exacting pledges and crushing the fatherless — the same oppression of taking the donkey and ox from the vulnerable here.

Job 31:16 Contrast

Job 31:16 is Job's protest that he never withheld from the poor or widows — contrasting with the wicked who take from them here.

Job 22:9 Parallel

Job 22:9 accuses Job of sending widows away empty and crushing the fatherless — Job 24:3 describes the wicked doing similar things to widows and fatherless.

Job 6:27 Parallel

Job 6:27 accuses friends of casting lots over the fatherless — here the wicked drive away the fatherless's donkey, both exploiting the vulnerable.

Job 31:17 Contrast

Job 31:17 also mentions the fatherless — there Job claims he shared his food, contrasting with the wicked who take their donkey here.

Deuteronomy 24:17 forbids taking a widow's garment in pledge — Job 24:3 describes the wicked doing exactly that with her ox.

1 Samuel 12:3 has Samuel declare he never took anyone's ox or donkey — the direct opposite of the oppression described here.

Proverbs 23:10 Related theme

Proverbs 23:10 warns against moving boundary stones of the fatherless—directly protecting the same vulnerable group from exploitation.

Ezekiel 18:7 describes the righteous who restores pledges—the opposite of the wicked taking pledges from the widow.

Ezekiel 33:15 promises life to the wicked who restores pledges—contrasting with the unrepentant oppressor here.

Exodus 22:26 commands returning a neighbor's cloak taken in pledge — here the wicked take a widow's ox, likely without return.

Deuteronomy 24:10-13 commands fair pledge practices and returning a poor man's cloak at sunset — opposite of the oppressive taking here.

Deuteronomy 24:12 forbids keeping a poor man's pledge overnight — Job 24:3 shows the wicked taking a widow's ox as pledge, implying unjust retention.

Deuteronomy 24:6 forbids taking a millstone in pledge — a similar prohibition against seizing essential livelihood items, as the wicked do here.