Ezekiel 22:29

The people of the land were vigorously oppressive and took possession of plunder by violence. They've afflicted the poor and the needy and unjustly treated the foreigner.

Ezekiel 22:7

They've treated mothers and fathers among you with contempt. They've oppressed the foreigner among you. They've maltreated the orphan and the widow among you.

Exodus 23:9

You are not to oppress the resident alien, because you were aliens in the land of Egypt."

Isaiah 5:7

For the vineyard of the LORD of the Heavenly Armies is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah are the garden in which he delights. He looked for justice, but saw only bloodshed; he searched for righteousness, but heard only an outcry!

Exodus 22:21

"You are not to wrong or oppress an alien, because you were aliens in the land of Egypt.

Amos 3:10

Because they do not know how to act right," declares the LORD, "they are filling their strongholds with treasures that they took from others by violence into their fortified citadels."

Leviticus 19:33

"If a resident alien lives with you in your land, you are not to mistreat him.

Psalm 94:6

The wicked kill widows and foreigners; they murder orphans.

Isaiah 10:2

to deprive the needy of justice and to rob the poor of my people of their rights, so that widows may become their spoil and so that they may plunder orphans!

Isaiah 59:3-7

For your hands are defiled with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your tongue mutters wickedness.

Jeremiah 5:26-28

"Evil men are found among my people. They lie in wait like someone who traps birds. They set a trap, but they do so to catch people.

Jeremiah 5:31

The prophets prophesy falsely, the priests rule by their own authority, and my people love it this way. But what will you do in the end?"

Jeremiah 6:13

"Indeed, from the least important to the most important, they're all greedy for dishonest gain. From prophet to priest, they all act deceitfully.

Ezekiel 18:12

oppresses the afflicted and the poor, robs others, doesn't return security for a debt, looks to idols, does detestable things,

Micah 2:2

They covet fields and seize them; they covet houses, and grab them, too. They harass the valiant man, along with his household, an individual and his estate.

Micah 3:3

You eat the flesh of my people, flaying their skin from them. You break their bones, chopping them in pieces like meat for a pot, like meat destined for a soup kettle.'

Matthew 25:43

I was a stranger, and you didn't welcome me. I was naked, and you didn't clothe me. I was sick and in prison, and you didn't visit me.'

James 5:4

Look! The wages that you kept back from the workers who harvested your fields are shouting out against you, and the cries of the reapers have reached the ears of the Lord of the Heavenly Armies.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

The people of the land have used oppression, and exercised robbery, and have vexed the poor and needy: yea, they have oppressed the stranger wrongfully.

General references

Bible References

People

Ezekiel 22:7
They've treated mothers and fathers among you with contempt. They've oppressed the foreigner among you. They've maltreated the orphan and the widow among you.
Ezekiel 18:12
oppresses the afflicted and the poor, robs others, doesn't return security for a debt, looks to idols, does detestable things,
Isaiah 5:7
For the vineyard of the LORD of the Heavenly Armies is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah are the garden in which he delights. He looked for justice, but saw only bloodshed; he searched for righteousness, but heard only an outcry!
Isaiah 10:2
to deprive the needy of justice and to rob the poor of my people of their rights, so that widows may become their spoil and so that they may plunder orphans!
Isaiah 59:3
For your hands are defiled with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your tongue mutters wickedness.
Jeremiah 5:26
"Evil men are found among my people. They lie in wait like someone who traps birds. They set a trap, but they do so to catch people.
Jeremiah 6:13
"Indeed, from the least important to the most important, they're all greedy for dishonest gain. From prophet to priest, they all act deceitfully.
Amos 3:10
Because they do not know how to act right," declares the LORD, "they are filling their strongholds with treasures that they took from others by violence into their fortified citadels."
Micah 2:2
They covet fields and seize them; they covet houses, and grab them, too. They harass the valiant man, along with his household, an individual and his estate.
Micah 3:3
You eat the flesh of my people, flaying their skin from them. You break their bones, chopping them in pieces like meat for a pot, like meat destined for a soup kettle.'
James 5:4
Look! The wages that you kept back from the workers who harvested your fields are shouting out against you, and the cries of the reapers have reached the ears of the Lord of the Heavenly Armies.

Oppressed

Ezekiel 22:7
They've treated mothers and fathers among you with contempt. They've oppressed the foreigner among you. They've maltreated the orphan and the widow among you.
Exodus 22:21
"You are not to wrong or oppress an alien, because you were aliens in the land of Egypt.
Exodus 23:9
You are not to oppress the resident alien, because you were aliens in the land of Egypt."
Leviticus 19:33
"If a resident alien lives with you in your land, you are not to mistreat him.
Psalm 94:6
The wicked kill widows and foreigners; they murder orphans.
Matthew 25:43
I was a stranger, and you didn't welcome me. I was naked, and you didn't clothe me. I was sick and in prison, and you didn't visit me.'

General references

Proverbs 4:17
For they eat the bread of wickedness, and they drink the wine of violence.
Acts 24:9
The Jewish leaders supported his accusations by asserting that these things were true.

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