Job 20:19
For he has oppressed and forsaken the poor and left them destitute. He has violently seized houses he did not build.
Job 35:9
Because of the multitude of oppressions people cry out. They call for help because of the arm of the mighty.
Proverbs 14:31
He who oppresses the poor reproaches his Maker. He who honors his Maker has mercy for the poor.
Deuteronomy 28:33
A foreign nation will take all the crops that you have worked so hard to grow. You will receive nothing but constant oppression and harsh treatment.
1 Samuel 12:3-4
Here I am! Testify against me before Jehovah and before his anointed one. Whose bull have I stolen? Whose donkey have I taken? Have I cheated anyone? Have I oppressed any? Have I ever taken a bribe? Tell me and I will make it right.
1 Kings 21:19
Say to him: 'Jehovah says: Have you put a man to death and taken his heritage?' Then say: 'Jehovah says: Your blood will become the drink of dogs! You will go to the same place where the dogs drink the blood of Naboth.'
Job 18:15
Fire resides in his tent; burning sulfur is scattered over his dwelling.
Job 21:27-28
Oh, I know your thoughts, and your schemes to wrong me.
Job 22:6
You have indeed exacted pledges from your family for no reason, and stripped the naked of their clothing.
Job 24:2-12
The wicked remove landmarks. They seize flocks and pasture them.
Job 31:13-22
If I have rejected the cause of my male or female slaves, when they brought a complaint against me
Job 31:38-39
If my land has cried out against me, and its furrows have wept together.
Psalm 10:18
You provide justice for orphans and oppressed people so that no man will terrify them again.
Psalm 12:5
Because oppressed people are robbed and needy people groan, I will now arise, says Jehovah. I will provide safety for those who long for it.
Proverbs 22:22-23
Do not rob the poor because he is poor, or crush the afflicted at the gate.
Ecclesiastes 4:1
I returned and considered all the oppressions that are done under the sun. I saw the tears of the oppressed for they had no one to comfort them. The oppressors had power but they had no one to comfort them.
Ecclesiastes 5:8
If you see oppression of the poor and denial of justice and righteousness in the country, do not be shocked at the sight. One official watches over another official and there are higher officials over them.
Isaiah 5:7-8
I am Jehovah of Hosts (All Powerful)! Israel is the vineyard, and Judah is the garden I tended with care. I had hoped for honesty and for justice, but dishonesty and cries for mercy were all I found.
Lamentations 3:34
A man crushes under his feet all the prisoners of the earth.
Ezekiel 22:29
The people of the land have practiced oppression and committed robbery. They have wronged the poor and needy and have oppressed the sojourner without justice.'
Amos 4:1-3
Hear this word you cows of Bashan who live on the mountain of Samaria. You oppress the poor. You crush the needy. You say to your masters (husbands) (lords), Bring us drink.
Micah 2:2
They covet fields and seize them. They covet houses and confiscate them! They oppress a man and his house, even a man and his heritage.
Micah 2:9
You evict the women of my people from their pleasant houses. You remove the glory of their young children from generation to generation.
James 2:6
You have dishonored the poor man. Do the rich oppress you, and personally drag you into court?
James 2:13
For judgment is without mercy to him who shows no mercy. And mercy triumphs over judgment.
James 5:4
Behold, the wages of the laborers who harvested your fields, which are held back by you, cry out: and the cries of them that reaped have entered into the ears of Jehovah of Hosts.