Ecclesiastes 5:8

If you see the oppression of the poor, and the violent taking away of justice and righteousness in a district, don't marvel at the matter: for one official is eyed by a higher one; and there are officials over them.

Psalm 12:5

"Because of the oppression of the weak and because of the groaning of the needy, I will now arise," says Yahweh; "I will set him in safety from those who malign him."

Ecclesiastes 4:1

Then I returned and saw all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and behold, the tears of those who were oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors there was power; but they had no comforter.

Psalm 82:1

God presides in the great assembly. He judges among the gods.

Ecclesiastes 3:16

Moreover I saw under the sun, in the place of justice, that wickedness was there; and in the place of righteousness, that wickedness was there.

1 Kings 21:19-20

You shall speak to him, saying, 'Thus says Yahweh, "Have you killed and also taken possession?"' You shall speak to him, saying, 'Thus says Yahweh, "In the place where dogs licked the blood of Naboth, dogs will lick your blood, even yours."'"

1 Chronicles 21:15-16

God sent an angel to Jerusalem to destroy it. As he was about to destroy, Yahweh saw, and he relented of the disaster, and said to the destroying angel, "It is enough; now stay your hand." The angel of Yahweh was standing by the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.

Job 20:19-29

For he has oppressed and forsaken the poor. He has violently taken away a house, and he shall not build it up.

Job 27:8-23

For what is the hope of the godless, when he is cut off, when God takes away his life?

Psalm 10:17-18

Yahweh, you have heard the desire of the humble. You will prepare their heart. You will cause your ear to hear,

Psalm 55:9

Confuse them, Lord, and confound their language, for I have seen violence and strife in the city.

Psalm 58:10-11

The righteous shall rejoice when he sees the vengeance. He shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked;

Psalm 83:18

that they may know that you alone, whose name is Yahweh, are the Most High over all the earth. For the Chief Musician. On an instrument of Gath. A Psalm by the sons of Korah.

Psalm 95:3

For Yahweh is a great God, a great King above all gods.

Psalm 140:11-12

An evil speaker won't be established in the earth. Evil will hunt the violent man to overthrow him.

Proverbs 8:17

I love those who love me. Those who seek me diligently will find me.

Isaiah 3:15

What do you mean that you crush my people, and grind the face of the poor?" says the Lord, Yahweh of Armies.

Isaiah 5:7

For the vineyard of Yahweh of Armies is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah his pleasant plant: and he looked for justice, but, behold, oppression; for righteousness, but, behold, a cry of distress.

Isaiah 10:5-7

Alas Assyrian, the rod of my anger, the staff in whose hand is my indignation!

Isaiah 10:12

Therefore it will happen that, when the Lord has performed his whole work on Mount Zion and on Jerusalem, I will punish the fruit of the willful proud heart of the king of Assyria, and the insolence of his haughty looks.

Isaiah 37:36

The angel of Yahweh went out and struck one hundred and eighty-five thousand men in the camp of the Assyrians. When men 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 that are not [yet] done; saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure;

Isaiah 57:15

For thus says the high and lofty One who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: "I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also who is of a contrite and humble 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 revolt, conceiving and uttering from the heart words of falsehood.

Jeremiah 22:17-19

But your eyes and your heart are not but for your covetousness, and for shedding innocent blood, and for oppression, and for violence, to do it.

Ezekiel 22:6-14

Behold, the princes of Israel, everyone according to his power, have been in you to shed blood.

Amos 5:12

For I know how many your offenses, and how great are your sins -- you who afflict the just, who take a bribe, and who turn aside the needy in the courts.

Amos 6:2-6

Go to Calneh, and see; and from there go to Hamath the great; then go down to Gath of the Philistines. are they better than these kingdoms? or is their border greater than your border?

Amos 6:12

Do horses run on the rocky crags? Does one plow there with oxen? But you have turned justice into poison, and the fruit of righteousness into bitterness;

Amos 8:4-7

Hear this, you who desire to swallow up the needy, and cause the poor of the land to fail,

Micah 2:1-3

Woe to those who devise iniquity and work evil on their beds! When the morning is light, they practice it, because it is in the power of their hand.

Micah 2:9

You drive the women of my people out from their pleasant houses; from their young children you take away my blessing forever.

Micah 3:1-4

I said, "Please listen, you heads of Jacob, and rulers of the house of Israel: Isn't it for you to know justice?

Micah 3:9-12

Please listen to this, you heads of the house of Jacob, and rulers of the house of Israel, who abhor justice, and pervert all equity.

Micah 6:10-13

Are there yet treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and a short ephah that is accursed?

Habakkuk 1:2-3

Yahweh, how long will I cry, and you will not hear? I cry out to you "Violence!" and will you not save?

Habakkuk 1:12-13

Aren't you from everlasting, Yahweh my God, my Holy One? We will not die. Yahweh, you have appointed him for judgment. You, Rock, have established him to punish.

Zechariah 7:9-13

"Thus has Yahweh of Armies spoken, saying, 'Execute true judgment, and show kindness and compassion every man to his brother.

Zechariah 8:6

Thus says Yahweh of Armies: "If it is marvelous in the eyes of the remnant of this people in those days, should it also be marvelous in my eyes?" says Yahweh of Armies.

Malachi 3:5

I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against the perjurers, and against those who oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and who deprive the foreigner of justice, and don't fear me," says Yahweh of Armies.

Matthew 13:41-42

The Son of Man will send out his angels, and they will gather out of his Kingdom all things that cause stumbling, and those who do iniquity,

Luke 1:32

He will be great, and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of his father, David,

Luke 1:35

The angel answered her, "The Holy Spirit will come on you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. Therefore also the holy one who is born from you will be called the Son of God.

Luke 1:76

And you, child, will be called a prophet of the Most High, for you will go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways,

Acts 4:27-28

"For truly, in this city against your holy servant, Jesus, whom you anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the people of Israel, were gathered together

Acts 12:7-10

And behold, an angel of the Lord stood by him, and a light shone in the cell. He struck Peter on the side, and woke him up, saying, "Stand up quickly!" His chains fell off from his hands.

Acts 12:23

Immediately an angel of the Lord struck him, because he didn't give God the glory, and he was eaten by worms and died.

Romans 11:33

Oh the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and the knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past tracing out!

James 2:13

For judgment is without mercy to him who has shown no mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgment.

James 5:2-7

Your riches are corrupted and your garments are moth-eaten.

1 Peter 4:12

Beloved, don't be astonished at the fiery trial which has come upon you, to test you, as though a strange thing happened to you.

1 John 3:13

Don't be surprised, my brothers, if the world hates you.

Revelation 17:6-7

I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus. When I saw her, I wondered with great amazement.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Bible References

Thou seest

Ecclesiastes 3:16
Moreover I saw under the sun, in the place of justice, that wickedness was there; and in the place of righteousness, that wickedness was there.
Ecclesiastes 4:1
Then I returned and saw all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and behold, the tears of those who were oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors there was power; but they had no comforter.
Psalm 12:5
"Because of the oppression of the weak and because of the groaning of the needy, I will now arise," says Yahweh; "I will set him in safety from those who malign him."
Psalm 55:9
Confuse them, Lord, and confound their language, for I have seen violence and strife in the city.
Psalm 58:11
so that men shall say, "Most certainly there is a reward for the righteous. Most certainly there is a God who judges the earth." For the Chief Musician. To the tune of "Do Not Destroy." A poem by David, when Saul sent, and they watched the house to kill him.
Proverbs 8:17
I love those who love me. Those who seek me diligently will find me.
Habakkuk 1:2
Yahweh, how long will I cry, and you will not hear? I cry out to you "Violence!" and will you not save?

Marvel

Zechariah 8:6
Thus says Yahweh of Armies: "If it is marvelous in the eyes of the remnant of this people in those days, should it also be marvelous in my eyes?" says Yahweh of Armies.
1 John 3:13
Don't be surprised, my brothers, if the world hates you.
Revelation 17:6
I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus. When I saw her, I wondered with great amazement.

Matter

Isaiah 10:5
Alas Assyrian, the rod of my anger, the staff in whose hand is my indignation!
Isaiah 46:10
declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times things that are not [yet] done; saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure;
Habakkuk 1:12
Aren't you from everlasting, Yahweh my God, my Holy One? We will not die. Yahweh, you have appointed him for judgment. You, Rock, have established him to punish.
Acts 4:27
"For truly, in this city against your holy servant, Jesus, whom you anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the people of Israel, were gathered together
Romans 11:33
Oh the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and the knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past tracing out!

For

Isaiah 57:15
For thus says the high and lofty One who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: "I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also who is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite.
Luke 1:32
He will be great, and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of his father, David,

Regardeth

1 Kings 21:19
You shall speak to him, saying, 'Thus says Yahweh, "Have you killed and also taken possession?"' You shall speak to him, saying, 'Thus says Yahweh, "In the place where dogs licked the blood of Naboth, dogs will lick your blood, even yours."'"
Job 20:19
For he has oppressed and forsaken the poor. He has violently taken away a house, and he shall not build it up.
Job 27:8
For what is the hope of the godless, when he is cut off, when God takes away his life?
Psalm 10:17
Yahweh, you have heard the desire of the humble. You will prepare their heart. You will cause your ear to hear,
Psalm 12:5
"Because of the oppression of the weak and because of the groaning of the needy, I will now arise," says Yahweh; "I will set him in safety from those who malign him."
Psalm 58:10
The righteous shall rejoice when he sees the vengeance. He shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked;
Psalm 82:1
God presides in the great assembly. He judges among the gods.
Psalm 83:18
that they may know that you alone, whose name is Yahweh, are the Most High over all the earth. For the Chief Musician. On an instrument of Gath. A Psalm by the sons of Korah.
Psalm 140:11
An evil speaker won't be established in the earth. Evil will hunt the violent man to overthrow him.
Isaiah 3:15
What do you mean that you crush my people, and grind the face of the poor?" says the Lord, Yahweh of Armies.
Isaiah 5:7
For the vineyard of Yahweh of Armies is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah his pleasant plant: and he looked for justice, but, behold, oppression; for righteousness, but, behold, a cry of distress.
Isaiah 59:13
transgressing and denying Yahweh, and turning away from following our God, speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving and uttering from the heart words of falsehood.
Jeremiah 22:17
But your eyes and your heart are not but for your covetousness, and for shedding innocent blood, and for oppression, and for violence, to do it.
Ezekiel 22:6
Behold, the princes of Israel, everyone according to his power, have been in you to shed blood.
Amos 5:12
For I know how many your offenses, and how great are your sins -- you who afflict the just, who take a bribe, and who turn aside the needy in the courts.
Amos 6:2
Go to Calneh, and see; and from there go to Hamath the great; then go down to Gath of the Philistines. are they better than these kingdoms? or is their border greater than your border?
Amos 8:4
Hear this, you who desire to swallow up the needy, and cause the poor of the land to fail,
Micah 2:1
Woe to those who devise iniquity and work evil on their beds! When the morning is light, they practice it, because it is in the power of their hand.
Micah 3:1
I said, "Please listen, you heads of Jacob, and rulers of the house of Israel: Isn't it for you to know justice?
Micah 6:10
Are there yet treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and a short ephah that is accursed?
Zechariah 7:9
"Thus has Yahweh of Armies spoken, saying, 'Execute true judgment, and show kindness and compassion every man to his brother.
Malachi 3:5
I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against the perjurers, and against those who oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and who deprive the foreigner of justice, and don't fear me," says Yahweh of Armies.
James 2:13
For judgment is without mercy to him who has shown no mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgment.
James 5:2
Your riches are corrupted and your garments are moth-eaten.

Higher than they

1 Chronicles 21:15
God sent an angel to Jerusalem to destroy it. As he was about to destroy, Yahweh saw, and he relented of the disaster, and said to the destroying angel, "It is enough; now stay your hand." The angel of Yahweh was standing by the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.
Psalm 95:3
For Yahweh is a great God, a great King above all gods.
Isaiah 37:36
The angel of Yahweh went out and struck one hundred and eighty-five thousand men in the camp of the Assyrians. When men arose early in the morning, behold, these were all dead bodies.
Matthew 13:41
The Son of Man will send out his angels, and they will gather out of his Kingdom all things that cause stumbling, and those who do iniquity,
Acts 12:7
And behold, an angel of the Lord stood by him, and a light shone in the cell. He struck Peter on the side, and woke him up, saying, "Stand up quickly!" His chains fell off from his hands.

General references

Exodus 23:6
"You shall not deny justice to your poor people in their lawsuits.
Leviticus 25:14
"'If you sell anything to your neighbor, or buy from your neighbor, you shall not wrong one another.
Ecclesiastes 3:16
Moreover I saw under the sun, in the place of justice, that wickedness was there; and in the place of righteousness, that wickedness was there.
Habakkuk 1:3
Why do you show me iniquity, and look at perversity? For destruction and violence are before me. There is strife, and contention rises up.