Ecclesiastes 5:8
Do not be surprised if you see the poor being oppressed with violence or [do not see] justice and righteousness in the province. For one official is watched by a higher official, and [there are] even higher officials over them!
Psalm 12:5
"Because of [the] oppression of [the] afflicted, because of [the] groaning of [the] poor, now I will rise up," Yahweh says. "I shall put [them] in [the] safety [for which] they long."
Ecclesiastes 4:1
I looked again, and I saw all the oppression that occurs under the sun. {I saw the tears of the oppressed-- no one comforts them! Those who oppress them are powerful-- no one can comfort them}!
Psalm 82:1
God stands in the divine assembly; he administers judgment in the midst of [the] gods.
Ecclesiastes 3:16
I saw something else under the sun: instead of justice [there was] evil; instead of righteousness [there was] wickedness.
1 Kings 21:19-20
You shall say to him, 'Thus says Yahweh: "Have you committed murder and also taken possession?" ' You shall also say to him, 'Thus says Yahweh: "In the place where the dogs licked the blood of Naboth, the dogs will also lick your blood." '"
1 Chronicles 21:15-16
And God sent an angel to Jerusalem to destroy it, and as [he was about] to destroy [it], Yahweh saw and was grieved on account of the calamity. Then he said to the angel, the destroyer, "[It is] enough; slacken your hand." And the angel of Yahweh was standing by the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.
Job 20:19-29
for he has oppressed; he has abandoned [the] poor; he has seized a house but did not build it.
Job 27:8-23
for what [is the] hope of [the] godless when he cuts [them] off, when God takes away his life?
Psalm 10:17-18
[The] longing of [the] afflicted you have heard, O Yahweh. You will make their heart secure. You will {listen attentively}
Psalm 55:9
Confuse, O Lord; divide their speech, because I see violence and strife in the city.
Psalm 58:10-11
[The] righteous will rejoice when he sees [the] vengeance; he will wash his feet in the blood of the wicked.
Psalm 83:18
that they may know that you, [whose] name [is] Yahweh, you alone, [are the] Most High over the whole earth.
Psalm 95:3
For Yahweh [is] [the] great God, and [the] great king over all gods,
Psalm 140:11-12
Do not let a {slanderer} be established in the land; as for [the] man of violence, let evil hunt him quickly.
Proverbs 8:17
I love {those who love me}, and those who seek me diligently shall find me.
Isaiah 3:15
{Why} do you crush my people and grind [the] face of [the] poor?" {declares} the Lord Yahweh of hosts.
Isaiah 5:7
For the vineyard of Yahweh of hosts [is] the house of Israel, and the man of Judah [is] the plantation of his delight. [And] he waited for justice, but look! Bloodshed! For righteousness, but look! A cry of distress!
Isaiah 10:5-7
Ah! Assyria, the rod of my anger, and a staff is in their hand: my wrath!
Isaiah 10:12
And this shall happen: when the Lord has finished all his work against {Mount Zion} and Jerusalem, "I will punish the {arrogance} of the king of Assyria and {his haughtiness}."
Isaiah 37:36
And the angel of Yahweh set out and struck one hundred and eighty-five thousand in the camp of the Assyrians. When they rose in the morning, look! All of them [were] dead corpses.
Isaiah 46:10-11
who from [the] beginning declares [the] end, and from before, [things] that have not been done, who says, 'My plan shall stand,' and, 'I will accomplish all my wishes,'
Isaiah 57:15
For thus says [the] high and lofty one who resides forever, and [whose] name [is] holy: "I reside [in] a high and holy place, and with [the] {contrite} and humble of spirit, to revive [the] spirit of [the] humble, and to revive [the] heart of [the] {contrite}.
Isaiah 59:13-16
transgressing and denying Yahweh, and turning {away from following} our God; speaking oppression and falsehood, conceiving and uttering words of deception from [the] heart.
Jeremiah 22:17-19
"But there is nothing [in] your eyes and your heart {except} your unlawful gain, and on shedding the blood of the innocent, and on committing oppression and extortion."
Ezekiel 22:6-14
Look! The princes of Israel, each [one] according to his strength, they are in you {for the shedding of blood}.
Amos 5:12
For I know your transgressions [are] many and your sins [are] numerous, [you] foes of [the] righteous, those who take a bribe, and {those who} push aside [the] poor [ones] in the gate!
Amos 6:2-6
Cross over [to] Calneh and see, and go from there [to] Hamath Rabbah and 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, or does one plow the sea with oxen? But you have turned justice into poison and [the] fruit of righteousness into wormwood!
Amos 8:4-7
Hear this, those who trample on [the] poor and who annihilate the afflicted of [the] land,
Micah 2:1-3
Woe [to] those who plan wickedness and evil deeds upon their beds! In the light of the morning they did it, because they have power in their hands.
Micah 2:9
You have driven out the women of my people from the houses of their pleasure. From their children you have taken away my glory forever.
Micah 3:1-4
And I said, "Listen, O heads of Jacob and leaders of the house of Israel! [Is it] not for you to know justice?
Micah 3:9-12
Hear this, O rulers of the house of Jacob and leaders of the house of Israel, those detesting justice and perverting all that [is] right,
Micah 6:10-13
Is there any longer a man [in] the house of the wicked treasures of wickedness, and the ephah of scarcity [which is] accursed?
Habakkuk 1:2-3
O Yahweh, how long shall I cry for help and you will not listen? [How long] will I cry out to you, "Violence!" and you will not save?
Habakkuk 1:12-13
Are you not from of old, O Yahweh my God, my Holy One? You shall not die. O Yahweh, you have marked them for judgment; O Rock, you have established them for reproof.
Zechariah 7:9-13
"Thus says Yahweh of hosts: 'Judge [with] trustworthy justice, and show steadfast love and compassion {to one another}.
Zechariah 8:6
Thus says Yahweh of hosts: '[Even] if it seems impossible {to the remnant} of this people in those days, should it also seem impossible {to me}?' {declares} Yahweh of hosts.
Malachi 3:5
"Then I will approach you for judgment, and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers and against the adulterers, and against those who swear {falsely}, and against the oppressors of [the] hired worker [with his] wages, [the] widow and [the] orphan, and {the abusers of} [the] alien, and [yet] do not fear me," says Yahweh of hosts.
Matthew 13:41-42
The Son of Man will send out his angels and they will gather out of his kingdom all the causes of sin and those who do lawless deeds,
Luke 1:32
This one will be great, and he will be called the Son of the Most High, and the Lord God will give him the throne of his father David.
Luke 1:35
And the angel answered [and] said to her, "The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. Therefore also the one to be born will be called holy, the Son of God.
Luke 1:76
And so you, child, will be called the prophet of the Most High, for you will go on before the Lord to prepare his ways,
Acts 4:27-28
For in truth both Herod and Pontius Pilate, together with the Gentiles and the peoples of Israel, assembled together in this city against your holy servant Jesus whom you anointed,
Acts 12:7-10
And behold, an angel of the Lord stood near [him], and a light shone in the prison cell. And striking Peter's side, he woke him up, saying, "Get up {quickly}!" And his chains fell off of [his] hands.
Acts 12:23
And immediately an angel of the Lord struck him down {because} he did not give the glory to God. And he was eaten by worms [and] died.
Romans 11:33
Oh, the depth of the riches and the wisdom and the knowledge of God! How unsearchable [are] his judgments and [how] incomprehensible [are] his ways!
James 2:13
For judgment [is] merciless to the one who has not practiced mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgment.
James 5:2-7
Your wealth has rotted, and your clothing has become moth-eaten.
1 Peter 4:12
Dear friends, do not be surprised at the fiery ordeal among you, [when it] takes place to test you, as [if] [something] strange were happening to you.
1 John 3:13
Do not marvel, brothers, if the world hates you.
Revelation 17:6-7
And I saw the woman drunk with the blood of the saints and with the blood of the witnesses to Jesus. And {I was greatly astonished when I saw her}.