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!
Psalm 80:8-11
You uprooted a vine from Egypt; you drove out [the] nations and planted it.
Genesis 4:10
And he said, "What have you done? The voice of your brother's blood is crying out to me from the ground.
Exodus 2:23-24
{And then} during those many days, the king of Egypt died, and the {Israelites} groaned because of the work, and they cried out, and their cry for help because of the work went up to God.
Exodus 3:7
And Yahweh said, "Surely I have seen the misery of my people who [are] in Egypt, and I have heard their cry of distress because of their oppressors, for I know their sufferings.
Exodus 22:21-27
" 'You will not mistreat an alien, and you will not oppress him, because you were aliens in the land of Egypt.
Deuteronomy 15:9
{Take care} so that there will not be {a thought of wickedness} in your heart, {saying}, 'The seventh year, the year of the remission of debt is near,' {and you view your needy neighbor with hostility}, and [so] you [do] not give to him, and he might cry [out] against you to Yahweh, and {you would incur guilt against yourself}.
Nehemiah 5:1-5
Now there was a great cry of distress of the people and of their wives [against] their Jewish brothers.
Job 31:38-39
If my land has cried out against me, and its furrows have wept together,
Job 34:28
so that [they] cause [the] cry of distress from [the] helpless to come to him, and he hears [the] cry of distress from [the] needy,
Psalm 80:15
even[the] stalk that your right hand planted, and concerning [the] shoot you strengthened for yourself.
Psalm 147:11
Yahweh takes pleasure in those who fear him, the ones who hope for his loyal love.
Psalm 149:4
For Yahweh takes pleasure in his people; he glorifies [the] afflicted with salvation.
Proverbs 21:13
He who closes his ear from the cry of the poor, he also will cry out and not be heard.
Song of Songs 7:6
How beautiful you are and how pleasant, O loved one in the delights!
Isaiah 1:6
From the sole of the foot and up to [the] head there is no health in it; bruise and sore and bleeding wound have not been cleansed, and they have not been bound up and not softened with the oil.
Isaiah 3:14
Yahweh enters into judgment with the elders of his people and its princes. "And you! You have devoured the vineyard; the spoil of the poor [is] in your houses!
Isaiah 3:17
the Lord will make the heads of the daughters of Zion scabby, and Yahweh will lay their foreheads bare."
Isaiah 5:2
And he dug it and cleared it of stones, and he planted it [with] choice vines, and he built a watchtower in the middle of it, and he even hewed out a wine vat in it, and he waited for [it] to yield grapes-- but it yielded wild grapes.
Isaiah 58:6-8
Is this not [the] fast I choose: to release [the] bonds of injustice, to untie [the] ropes of [the] yoke, and to let [the] oppressed go free, and {tear} every yoke to pieces?
Isaiah 62:5
For [as] a young man marries a virgin, [so] shall your sons marry you, and [as is the] joy of [the] bridegroom over [the] bride, [so] shall your God rejoice over you.
Jeremiah 12:10
Many shepherds have destroyed my vineyard, they have trampled down my plot of land. They have made {my pleasant field} like the desert of desolation.
Micah 6:8
He has told you, O mortal, what [is] good, and what does Yahweh ask from you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?
Zephaniah 3:17
Yahweh your God [is] in your midst; a mighty warrior who saves. He shall rejoice over you with joy; he renews you in his love; he will exult over you with singing.
Zechariah 7:9-14
"Thus says Yahweh of hosts: 'Judge [with] trustworthy justice, and show steadfast love and compassion {to one another}.
Matthew 3:8-10
Therefore produce fruit worthy of repentance!
Matthew 23:23
"Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees--hypocrites!--because you pay a tenth of mint and dill and cumin, and neglect the more important [matters] of the law--justice and mercy and faithfulness! It was necessary to do these [things] {while not neglecting those}.
Luke 18:7
And will not God surely {see to it that justice is done} to his chosen ones who cry out to him day and night, and will he delay toward them?
John 15:2
Every branch that does not bear fruit in me, he removes it, and every [branch] that bears fruit, he prunes it in order that it may bear more fruit.
1 Corinthians 6:8-11
But you wrong and defraud, and [do] this [to] brothers!
James 5:4
Behold, the wages that were held back by you from the workers who reap your fields cry out, and the cries of the reapers have come to the ears of the Lord of hosts.
1 John 3:7-8
Little children, let no one deceive you: the one who practices righteousness is righteous, just as that one is righteous.