Ecclesiastes 5:8
If you see in a province the oppression of the poor and the violation of justice and righteousness, do not be amazed at the matter, for the high official is watched by a higher, and there are yet higher ones over them.
Psalm 12:5
"Because the poor are plundered, because the needy groan, I will now arise," says the LORD; "I will place him in the safety for which he longs."
Ecclesiastes 4:1
Again I saw all the oppressions that are done under the sun. And behold, the tears of the oppressed, and they had no one to comfort them! On the side of their oppressors there was power, and there was no one to comfort them.
Psalm 82:1
God has taken his place in the divine council; in the midst of the gods he holds judgment:
Ecclesiastes 3:16
Moreover, I saw under the sun that in the place of justice, even there was wickedness, and in the place of righteousness, even there was wickedness.
1 Kings 21:19-20
And you shall say to him, 'Thus says the LORD, "Have you killed and also taken possession?"' And you shall say to him, 'Thus says the LORD: "In the place where dogs licked up the blood of Naboth shall dogs lick your own blood."'"
1 Chronicles 21:15-16
And God sent the angel to Jerusalem to destroy it, but as he was about to destroy it, the LORD saw, and he relented from the calamity. And he said to the angel who was working destruction, "It is enough; now stay your hand." And the angel of the LORD was standing by the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.
Job 20:19-29
For he has crushed and abandoned the poor; he has seized a house that he did not build.
Job 27:8-23
For what is the hope of the godless when God cuts him off, when God takes away his life?
Psalm 10:17-18
O LORD, you hear the desire of the afflicted; you will strengthen their heart; you will incline your ear
Psalm 55:9
Destroy, O Lord, divide their tongues; for I see violence and strife in the city.
Psalm 58:10-11
The righteous will rejoice when he sees the vengeance; he will bathe his feet in the blood of the wicked.
Psalm 83:18
that they may know that you alone, whose name is the LORD, are the Most High over all the earth.
Psalm 95:3
For the LORD is a great God, and a great King above all gods.
Psalm 140:11-12
Let not the slanderer be established in the land; let evil hunt down the violent man speedily!
Proverbs 8:17
I love those who love me, and those who seek me diligently find me.
Isaiah 3:15
What do you mean by crushing my people, by grinding the face of the poor?" declares the Lord GOD of hosts.
Isaiah 5:7
For the vineyard of the LORD of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah are his pleasant planting; and he looked for justice, but behold, bloodshed; for righteousness, but behold, an outcry!
Isaiah 10:5-7
Ah, Assyria, the rod of my anger; the staff in their hands is my fury!
Isaiah 10:12
When the Lord has finished all his work on Mount Zion and on Jerusalem, he will punish the speech of the arrogant heart of the king of Assyria and the boastful look in his eyes.
Isaiah 37:36
And the angel of the LORD went out and struck down a hundred and eighty-five thousand in the camp of the Assyrians. And when people arose early in the morning, behold, these were all dead bodies.
Isaiah 46:10-11
declaring the end from the beginning and from ancient times things not yet done, saying, 'My counsel shall stand, and I will accomplish all my purpose,'
Isaiah 57:15
For thus says the One who is high and lifted up, who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: "I dwell in the high and holy place, and also with him who is of a contrite and lowly spirit, to revive the spirit of the lowly, and to revive the heart of the contrite.
Isaiah 59:13-16
transgressing, and denying the LORD, and turning back from following our God, speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving and uttering from the heart lying words.
Jeremiah 22:17-19
But you have eyes and heart only for your dishonest gain, for shedding innocent blood, and for practicing oppression and violence."
Ezekiel 22:6-14
"Behold, the princes of Israel in you, every one according to his power, have been bent on shedding blood.
Amos 5:12
For I know how many are your transgressions and how great are your sins-- you who afflict the righteous, who take a bribe, and turn aside the needy in the gate.
Amos 6:2-6
Pass over to Calneh, and see, and from there go to Hamath the great; then go down to Gath of the Philistines. Are you better than these kingdoms? Or is their territory greater than your territory,
Amos 6:12
Do horses run on rocks? Does one plow there with oxen? But you have turned justice into poison and the fruit of righteousness into wormwood--
Amos 8:4-7
Hear this, you who trample on the needy and bring the poor of the land to an end,
Micah 2:1-3
Woe to those who devise wickedness and work evil on their beds! When the morning dawns, they perform it, because it is in the power of their hand.
Micah 2:9
The women of my people you drive out from their delightful houses; from their young children you take away my splendor forever.
Micah 3:1-4
And I said: Hear, you heads of Jacob and rulers of the house of Israel! Is it not for you to know justice?--
Micah 3:9-12
Hear this, you heads of the house of Jacob and rulers of the house of Israel, who detest justice and make crooked all that is straight,
Micah 6:10-13
Can I forget any longer the treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and the scant measure that is accursed?
Habakkuk 1:2-3
O LORD, how long shall I cry for help, and you will not hear? Or cry to you "Violence!" and you will not save?
Habakkuk 1:12-13
Are you not from everlasting, O LORD my God, my Holy One? We shall not die. O LORD, you have ordained them as a judgment, and you, O Rock, have established them for reproof.
Zechariah 7:9-13
"Thus says the LORD of hosts, Render true judgments, show kindness and mercy to one another,
Zechariah 8:6
Thus says the LORD of hosts: If it is marvelous in the sight of the remnant of this people in those days, should it also be marvelous in my sight, declares the LORD of hosts?
Malachi 3:5
"Then I will draw near to you for judgment. I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, against the adulterers, against those who swear falsely, against those who oppress the hired worker in his wages, the widow and the fatherless, against those who thrust aside the sojourner, and do not fear me, says the LORD of hosts.
Matthew 13:41-42
The Son of Man will send his angels, and they will gather out of his kingdom all causes of sin and all law-breakers,
Luke 1:32
He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. And the Lord God will give to him the throne of his father David,
Luke 1:35
And the angel answered her, "The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you; therefore the child to be born will be called holy--the Son of God.
Luke 1:76
And you, child, will be called the prophet of the Most High; for you will go before the Lord to prepare his ways,
Acts 4:27-28
for truly in this city there were gathered together against your holy servant Jesus, whom you anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, along with the Gentiles and the peoples of Israel,
Acts 12:7-10
And behold, an angel of the Lord stood next to him, and a light shone in the cell. He struck Peter on the side and woke him, saying, "Get up quickly." And the chains fell off his hands.
Acts 12:23
Immediately an angel of the Lord struck him down, because he did not give God the glory, and he was eaten by worms and breathed his last.
Romans 11:33
Oh, the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments and how inscrutable his ways!
James 2:13
For judgment is without mercy to one who has shown no mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgment.
James 5:2-7
Your riches have rotted and your garments are moth-eaten.
1 Peter 4:12
Beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery trial when it comes upon you to test you, as though something strange were happening to you.
1 John 3:13
Do not be surprised, brothers,that the world hates you.
Revelation 17:6-7
And I saw the woman, drunk with the blood of the saints, the blood of the martyrs of Jesus.When I saw her, I marveled greatly.