Job 20:19
For he has oppressed the poor and abandoned them; he has seized a house which he did not build.
Job 35:9
"People cry out because of the excess of oppression; they cry out for help because of the power of the mighty.
Proverbs 14:31
The one who oppresses the poor insults his Creator, but whoever shows favor to the needy honors him.
Deuteronomy 28:33
As for the produce of your land and all your labor, a people you do not know will consume it, and you will be nothing but oppressed and crushed for the rest of your lives.
1 Samuel 12:3-4
Here I am. Bring a charge against me before the Lord and before his chosen king. Whose ox have I taken? Whose donkey have I taken? Whom have I wronged? Whom have I oppressed? From whose hand have I taken a bribe so that I would overlook something? Tell me, and I will return it to you!"
1 Kings 21:19
Say to him, 'This is what the Lord says: "Haven't you committed murder and taken possession of the property of the deceased?"' Then say to him, 'This is what the Lord says: "In the spot where dogs licked up Naboth's blood they will also lick up your blood -- yes, yours!"'"
Job 18:15
Fire resides in his tent; over his residence burning sulfur is scattered.
Job 21:27-28
"Yes, I know what you are thinking, the schemes by which you would wrong me.
Job 22:6
"For you took pledges from your brothers for no reason, and you stripped the clothing from the naked.
Job 24:2-12
Men move boundary stones; they seize the flock and pasture them.
Job 31:13-22
"If I have disregarded the right of my male servants or my female servants when they disputed with me,
Job 31:38-39
"If my land cried out against me and all its furrows wept together,
Psalm 10:18
You defend the fatherless and oppressed, so that mere mortals may no longer terrorize them.
Psalm 12:5
"Because of the violence done to the oppressed, because of the painful cries of the needy, I will spring into action," says the Lord. "I will provide the safety they so desperately desire."
Proverbs 22:22-23
Do not exploit a poor person because he is poor and do not crush the needy in court,
Ecclesiastes 4:1
So I again considered all the oppression that continually occurs on earth. This is what I saw: The oppressed were in tears, but no one was comforting them; no one delivers them from the power of their oppressors.
Ecclesiastes 5:8
If you see the extortion of the poor, or the perversion of justice and fairness in the government, do not be astonished by the matter. For the high official is watched by a higher official, and there are higher ones over them!
Isaiah 5:7-8
Indeed Israel is the vineyard of the Lord who commands armies, the people of Judah are the cultivated place in which he took delight. He waited for justice, but look what he got -- disobedience! He waited for fairness, but look what he got -- cries for help!
Lamentations 3:34
(Lamed) To crush underfoot all the earth's prisoners,
Ezekiel 22:29
The people of the land have practiced extortion and committed robbery. They have wronged the poor and needy; they have oppressed the foreigner who lives among them and denied them justice.
Amos 4:1-3
Listen to this message, you cows of Bashan who live on Mount Samaria! You oppress the poor; you crush the needy. You say to your husbands, "Bring us more to drink!"
Micah 2:2
They confiscate the fields they desire, and seize the houses they want. They defraud people of their homes, and deprive people of the land they have inherited.
Micah 2:9
You wrongly evict widows among my people from their cherished homes. You defraud their children of their prized inheritance.
James 2:6
But you have dishonored the poor! Are not the rich oppressing you and dragging you into the courts?
James 2:13
For judgment is merciless for the one who has shown no mercy. But mercy triumphs over judgment.
James 5:4
Look, the pay you have held back from the workers who mowed your fields cries out against you, and the cries of the reapers have reached the ears of the Lord of hosts.