Isaiah 3:15


“What do you mean by crushing My people
And grinding the face of the poor?”
Declares the Lord God of hosts.

Psalm 94:5


They crush Your people, O Lord,
And afflict and abuse Your heritage.

Exodus 5:14

And the Hebrew foremen, whom Pharaoh’s taskmasters had set over them, were beaten and were asked, “Why have you not fulfilled your required quota of making bricks yesterday and today, as before?”

Isaiah 58:4


“The facts are that you fast only for strife and brawling and to strike with the fist of wickedness.
You do not fast as you do today to make your voice heard on high.

Ezekiel 18:2

“What do you mean by using this proverb concerning the land of Israel,

The fathers eat sour grapes [they sin],
But the children’s teeth are set on edge’?

Amos 2:6-7


Thus says the Lord,
“For three transgressions of Israel and for four (multiplied delinquencies)
I will not reverse its punishment or revoke My word concerning it,
Because they sell the righteous and innocent for silver
And the needy for the price of a pair of sandals.

Amos 8:4-6

Hear this, you who trample down the needy, and do away with the poor of the land,

Jonah 1:6

So the captain came up to him and said, “How can you stay asleep? Get up! Call on your god! Perhaps your god will give a thought to us so that we will not perish.”

Micah 3:2-3


“You who hate good and love evil,
Who tear the skin off my people
And their flesh from their bones;

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

What mean ye that ye beat my people to pieces, and grind the faces of the poor? saith the Lord GOD of hosts.

General references

Bible References

What mean

Ezekiel 18:2
“What do you mean by using this proverb concerning the land of Israel,

The fathers eat sour grapes [they sin],
But the children’s teeth are set on edge’?
Jonah 1:6
So the captain came up to him and said, “How can you stay asleep? Get up! Call on your god! Perhaps your god will give a thought to us so that we will not perish.”

Ye beat

Isaiah 58:4

“The facts are that you fast only for strife and brawling and to strike with the fist of wickedness.
You do not fast as you do today to make your voice heard on high.
Exodus 5:14
And the Hebrew foremen, whom Pharaoh’s taskmasters had set over them, were beaten and were asked, “Why have you not fulfilled your required quota of making bricks yesterday and today, as before?”
Amos 2:6

Thus says the Lord,
“For three transgressions of Israel and for four (multiplied delinquencies)
I will not reverse its punishment or revoke My word concerning it,
Because they sell the righteous and innocent for silver
And the needy for the price of a pair of sandals.
Amos 8:4
Hear this, you who trample down the needy, and do away with the poor of the land,
Micah 3:2

“You who hate good and love evil,
Who tear the skin off my people
And their flesh from their bones;

General references

Leviticus 25:14
If you sell anything to your friend or buy from your friend, you shall not wrong one another.