Ecclesiastes 4:1

The Existence Of Oppression In The World Makes Human Existence Miserable

¹ Then I looked again and considered all the acts of oppression that were being practiced under the sun. And behold I saw the tears of the oppressed and they had no one to comfort them; and on the side of their oppressors was power, but they had no one to comfort them. ² So I congratulated and thought more fortunate are those who are already dead than the living who are still living.

On Earth

Under the Sun

No

Ecclesiastes 3:16

Moreover, I have seen under the sun that in the place of justice there is wickedness, and in the place of righteousness there is wickedness.

Ecclesiastes 5:8

If you see the oppression of the poor and the denial of justice and righteousness in the province, do not be shocked at the sight [of corruption]; for a higher official watches over another official, and there are higher ones over them [looking out for one another].

Isaiah 5:7

For the vineyard of the Lord of hosts is the house (nation) of Israel
And the men of Judah are His delightful planting [which He loves].
So He looked for justice, but in fact, [He saw] bloodshed and lawlessness;
[He looked] for righteousness, but in fact, [He heard] a cry of distress and oppression.

Lamentations 1:2

She weeps bitterly in the night
And her tears are [constantly] on her cheeks;
Among all her lovers (political allies)
She has no one to comfort her.
All her friends have dealt treacherously with her;
They have become her enemies.

Lamentations 1:9

Her (ceremonial) uncleanness was on her skirts;
She did not [seriously] consider her future.
Therefore she has come down [from throne to slavery] in an astonishing manner;
She has no comforter.
“O Lord” [cries Jerusalem], “look at my affliction,
For the enemy has magnified himself [in triumph]!”

Exodus 1:13-14

And the Egyptians made the Israelites serve rigorously [forcing them into severe slavery].

Exodus 1:16

“When you act as midwives to the Hebrew women and see them on the birthstool, if it is a son, you shall kill him; but if it is a daughter, she shall live.”

Exodus 1:22

Then Pharaoh commanded all his people, saying, “Every son who is born [to the Hebrews] must be thrown into the Nile, but every daughter you shall keep alive.”

Exodus 2:23-24

Now it happened after a long time [about forty years] that the king of Egypt died. And the children of Israel (Jacob) groaned and sighed because of the bondage, and they cried out. And their cry for help because of their bondage ascended to God.

Exodus 5:16-19

No straw is given to your servants, yet they say to us, ‘Make bricks!’ And look, your servants are being beaten, but it is the fault of your own people.”

Deuteronomy 28:33

A people whom you do not know will eat the produce of your land and all the products of your labors, and you will never be anything but oppressed and exploited and crushed continually.

Deuteronomy 28:48

you will therefore serve your enemies whom the Lord sends against you, in hunger and in thirst, in nakedness and in lack of all things; and He will put an iron yoke [of slavery] on your neck until He has destroyed you.

Judges 4:3

Then the Israelites cried out to the Lord [for help], for Jabin had nine hundred iron chariots and had oppressed and tormented the sons of Israel severely for twenty years.

Judges 10:7-8

So the anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel, and He sold them into the hands of the Philistines and the Ammonites,

Nehemiah 5:1-5

Now there was a great outcry of the [poorer] people and their wives against their Jewish brothers [to whom they were deeply in debt].

Job 6:29

“Turn away [from your suspicion], let there be no injustice;
Turn away, my righteousness and vindication is still in it.

Job 16:4

“I also could speak like you,
If you were in my place;
I could compose and join words together against you
And shake my head at you.

Job 19:21-22

“Have pity on me! Have pity on me, O you my friends,
For the hand of God has touched me.

Job 24:7-12

“They spend the night naked, without clothing,
And have no covering against the cold.

Job 35:9

“Because of the multitudes of oppressions the people cry out;
They cry for help because of the [violent] arm of the mighty.

Psalm 10:9-10

He lurks in a hiding place like a lion in his lair;
He lies in wait to catch the afflicted;
He catches the afflicted when he draws him into his net.

Psalm 12:5

“Because of the devastation of the afflicted, because of the groaning of the needy,
Now I will arise,” says the Lord; “I will place him in the safety for which he longs.”

Psalm 42:3

My tears have been my food day and night,
While they say to me all day long, “Where is your God?”

Psalm 42:9

I will say to God my rock, “Why have You forgotten me?
Why do I go mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?”

Psalm 69:20

Reproach and insults have broken my heart and I am so sick.
I looked for sympathy, but there was none,
And for comforters, but I found none.

Psalm 80:5

You have fed them the bread of tears,
And You have made them drink [bitter] tears in abundance.

Psalm 102:8-9

My enemies taunt me all day long;
Those who ridicule me use my name as a curse.

Psalm 142:4

Look to the right [the point of attack] and see;
For there is no one who has regard for me [to act in my favor].
Escape has failed me and I have nowhere to run;
No one cares about my life.

Proverbs 19:7

All the brothers of a poor man hate him;
How much more do his friends abandon him!
He pursues them with words, but they are gone.

Proverbs 28:3

A poor man who oppresses and exploits the lowly
Is like a sweeping rain which leaves no food.

Proverbs 28:15-16

Like a roaring lion and a charging bear
Is a wicked ruler over a poor people.

Ecclesiastes 7:7

For oppression makes a wise man foolish,
And a bribe corrupts the [good judgment of the] heart.

Isaiah 51:23

“I will put it into the hands of your tormentors,
Who have said to you, ‘Lie down so that we may walk over you.’
You have even made your back like the ground
And like the street for those who walk over it.”

Isaiah 59:7

Their feet run to evil,
And they rush to shed innocent blood.
Their thoughts are thoughts of wickedness [of sin, of injustice, of wrongdoing];
Devastation and destruction are in their highways.

Isaiah 59:13-15

Rebelling against and denying the Lord,
Turning away from [following] our God,
Speaking oppression and revolt,
Conceiving and muttering from the heart lying words.

Malachi 2:13

This is another thing you do: you cover the altar of the Lord with tears, with [your own] weeping and sighing, because the Lord no longer regards your offering or accepts it with favor from your hand.

Malachi 3:5

“Then I will come near you for judgment; I will be a swift witness against sorcerers, against adulterers, against perjurers, and against those who oppress the laborer in his wages and widows and the fatherless, and against those who turn away the alien [from his right], and those who do not fear Me [with awe-filled reverence],” says the Lord of hosts.

Malachi 3:18

Then you will again distinguish between the righteous and the wicked, between the one who serves God and the one who does not serve Him.

Matthew 26:56

But all this has taken place so that the Scriptures of the prophets would be fulfilled.” Then all the disciples deserted Him and fled.

2 Timothy 4:16-17

At my first trial no one supported me [as an advocate] or stood with me, but they all deserted me. May it not be counted against them [by God].

James 5:4

Look! The wages that you have [fraudulently] withheld from the laborers who have mowed your fields are crying out [against you for vengeance]; and the cries of the harvesters have come to the ears of the Lord of Sabaoth.