Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Again, they are minished and brought low through oppression, affliction, and sorrow.
Oppression
General references
Bible References
They are
Psalm 30:6 When I was secure, I said,
“I will never be shaken.”
“I will never be shaken.”
Genesis 45:11
There I will sustain you, for there will be five more years of famine. Otherwise, you, your household, and everything you have will become destitute.”’
Ruth 1:20
“Don’t call me Naomi. Call me Mara,” she answered, “for the Almighty has made me very bitter.
1 Samuel 2:5 Those who are full hire themselves out for food,
but those who are starving hunger no more.
The woman who is childless gives birth to seven,
but the woman with many sons pines away.
but those who are starving hunger no more.
The woman who is childless gives birth to seven,
but the woman with many sons pines away.
2 Kings 4:8
One day Elisha went to Shunem. A prominent woman who lived there persuaded him to eat some food. So whenever he passed by, he stopped there to eat.
2 Kings 8:3
When the woman returned from the land of the Philistines at the end of seven years, she went to appeal to the king for her house and field.
Job 1:10
Haven’t You placed a hedge around him, his household, and everything he owns? You have blessed the work of his hands, and his possessions have increased in the land.
Oppression
Exodus 1:13
They worked the Israelites ruthlessly
Exodus 2:23
After a long time, the king of Egypt died. The Israelites groaned because of their difficult labor, and they cried out; and their cry for help ascended to God because of the difficult labor.
Judges 6:3
Whenever the Israelites planted crops, the Midianites, Amalekites, and the Qedemites came and attacked them.
2 Kings 10:32
In those days the Lord began to reduce the size of Israel. Hazael defeated the Israelites throughout their territory:
2 Kings 13:7
Jehoahaz did not have an army left, except for 50 horsemen, 10 chariots, and 10,000 foot soldiers, because the king of Aram had destroyed them, making them like dust at threshing.
2 Kings 14:26
For the Lord saw that the affliction of Israel was very bitter. There was no one to help Israel, neither bond nor free.
2 Chronicles 15:5
In those times there was no peace for those who went about their daily activities because the residents of the lands had many conflicts.
Jeremiah 51:33
For this is what the Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel, says:
Daughter Babylon is like a threshing floor
at the time it is trampled.
In just a little while her harvest time will come.
at the time it is trampled.
In just a little while her harvest time will come.
General references
Obadiah 1:2 Look, I will make you insignificant
among the nations;
you will be deeply despised.
among the nations;
you will be deeply despised.