Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

By reason of the multitude of oppressions they make the oppressed to cry: they cry out by reason of the arm of the mighty.

Bible References

They make

Job 24:12
From [the] city people groan, and [the] throat of [the] wounded cries for help; yet God does not {regard it as unseemly}.
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,
Exodus 2:23
{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.
Nehemiah 5:1
Now there was a great cry of distress of the people and of their wives [against] their Jewish brothers.
Psalm 12:5
"Because of [the] oppression of [the] afflicted, because of [the] groaning of [the] poor, now I will rise up," Yahweh says. "I shall put [them] in [the] safety [for which] they long."
Psalm 43:2
because you [are] the God of my refuge. Why have you rejected me? Why must I go about mourning because of [the] oppression of [the] enemy?
Psalm 55:2
Attend to me and answer me. I am restless in my lamenting and I groan,
Psalm 56:1
Be gracious to me, O God, because humankind has trampled me; fighting all the day he oppresses me.
Luke 18:3
And there was a widow in that town, and she kept coming to him, saying, 'Grant me justice against my adversary!'

The arm

Job 40:9
Or do you have an arm like God, and can you thunder with a voice like his?
Psalm 10:15
Break [the] arm of [the] wicked, and [as for the] evil [man]-- seek out his wickedness [until] you find none.