Psalm 12:5

Oppression By The Wicked

⁴ Who said, 'By our tongue we do mightily: Our lips are our own; who is lord over us?' ⁵ Because of the spoiling of the poor, Because of the groaning of the needy, Now do I arise, saith Jehovah, I set in safety him who doth breathe for it. ⁶ Sayings of Jehovah are pure sayings; Silver tried in a furnace of earth refined sevenfold.

Oppression of the Poor

Says the Lord

Jehovah

Isaiah 33:10

Now, do I arise, saith Jehovah, Now I am exalted, now I am lifted up.

Exodus 2:23-24

And it cometh to pass during these many days, that the king of Egypt dieth, and the sons of Israel sigh because of the service, and cry, and their cry goeth up unto God, because of the service;

Exodus 3:7-9

And Jehovah saith, 'I have certainly seen the affliction of My people who are in Egypt, and their cry I have heard, because of its exactors, for I have known its pains;

Judges 10:16

And they turn aside the gods of the stranger out of their midst, and serve Jehovah, and His soul is grieved with the misery of Israel.

Job 5:15

And He saveth the wasted from their mouth, And from a strong hand the needy,

Job 5:21

When the tongue scourgeth thou art hid, And thou art not afraid of destruction, When it cometh.

Psalm 10:5

Pain do his ways at all times, On high are Thy judgments before him, All his adversaries -- he puffeth at them.

Psalm 10:12

Arise, O Jehovah! O God, lift up Thy hand! Forget not the humble.

Psalm 10:18

To judge the fatherless and bruised: He addeth no more to oppress -- man of the earth!

Psalm 34:6

This poor one called, and Jehovah heard, And from all his distresses saved him.

Psalm 74:21-22

Let not the oppressed turn back ashamed, Let the poor and needy praise Thy name,

Psalm 79:10-11

Why do the nations say, 'Where is their God?' Let be known among the nations before our eyes, The vengeance of the blood of Thy servants that is shed.

Psalm 146:7-8

Doing judgment for the oppressed, Giving bread to the hungry.

Proverbs 14:31

An oppressor of the poor reproacheth his Maker, And whoso is honouring Him Is favouring the needy.

Proverbs 22:22-23

Rob not the poor because he is poor, And bruise not the afflicted in the gate.

Ecclesiastes 4:1

And I have turned, and I see all the oppressions that are done under the sun, and lo, the tear of the oppressed, and they have no comforter; and at the hand of their oppressors is power, and they have no comforter.

Ecclesiastes 5:8

If oppression of the poor, and violent taking away of judgment and righteousness thou seest in a province, do not marvel at the matter, for a higher than the high is observing, and high ones are over them.

Isaiah 19:20

And it hath been for a sign and for a testimony, To Jehovah of Hosts in the land of Egypt, For they cry unto Jehovah from the face of oppressors, And He sendeth to them a saviour, Even a great one, and hath delivered them.

Ezekiel 18:12-13

The afflicted and needy he hath oppressed, Plunder he hath taken violently away, A pledge he doth not return, And unto the idols he hath lifted up his eyes, Abomination he hath done!

Ezekiel 18:18

His father -- because he used oppression, Did violently Plunder a brother, And that which is not good did in the midst of his people, And lo, he is dying in his iniquity.

Micah 7:8-9

Thou dost not rejoice over me, O mine enemy, When I have fallen, I have risen, When I sit in darkness Jehovah is a light to me.

James 5:4

lo, the reward of the workmen, of those who in-gathered your fields, which hath been fraudulently kept back by you -- doth cry out, and the exclamations of those who did reap into the ears of the Lord of Sabaoth have entered;