Oppression
Bible verses related to Oppression resulted in 14 entries.
Exodus 22:21 - Thou shalt neither vex a stranger, nor oppress him: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.
Exodus 22:22 - Ye shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child.
Exodus 22:23 - If thou afflict them in any wise, and they cry at all unto me, I will surely hear their cry;
Exodus 22:24 - And my wrath shall wax hot, and I will kill you with the sword; and your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless. |
Deuteronomy 23:15 - Thou shalt not deliver unto his master the servant which is escaped from his master unto thee:
Deuteronomy 23:16 - He shall dwell with thee, even among you, in that place which he shall choose in one of thy gates, where it liketh him best: thou shalt not oppress him. |
Deuteronomy 24:14 - Thou shalt not oppress a hired servant that is poor and needy, whether he be of thy brethren, or of thy strangers that are in thy land within thy gates:
Deuteronomy 24:15 - At his day thou shalt give him his hire, neither shall the sun go down upon it; for he is poor, and setteth his heart upon it: lest he cry against thee unto the LORD, and it be sin unto thee. |
Job 27:13 - This is the portion of a wicked man with God, and the heritage of oppressors, which they shall receive of the Almighty.
Job 27:14 - If his children be multiplied, it is for the sword: and his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread.
Job 27:15 - Those that remain of him shall be buried in death: and his widows shall not weep.
Job 27:16 - Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare raiment as the clay;
Job 27:17 - He may prepare it, but the just shall put it on, and the innocent shall divide the silver.
Job 27:18 - He buildeth his house as a moth, and as a booth that the keeper maketh.
Job 27:19 - The rich man shall lie down, but he shall not be gathered: he openeth his eyes, and he is not.
Job 27:20 - Terrors take hold on him as waters, a tempest stealeth him away in the night.
Job 27:21 - The east wind carrieth him away, and he departeth: and as a storm hurleth him out of his place.
Job 27:22 - For God shall cast upon him, and not spare: he would fain flee out of his hand.
Job 27:23 - Men shall clap their hands at him, and shall hiss him out of his place. |
Psalms 9:9 - The LORD also will be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble. |
Psalms 10:17 - LORD, thou hast heard the desire of the humble: thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear:
Psalms 10:18 - To judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that the man of the earth may no more oppress. |
Psalms 12:5 - For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith the LORD; I will set him in safety from him that puffeth at him. |
Psalms 62:10 - Trust not in oppression, and become not vain in robbery: if riches increase, set not your heart upon them. |
Proverbs 3:31 - Envy thou not the oppressor, and choose none of his ways. |
Proverbs 14:31 - He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker: but he that honoreth him hath mercy on the poor. |
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