Psalm 12:5

Oppression By The Wicked

⁴ Who have said, With our tongue will we prevail, our lips are our own: who is lord over us? ⁵ Because of the oppression of the afflicted, because of the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith Jehovah, I will set him in safety, at whom they puff. ⁶ The words of Jehovah are pure words, silver tried in the furnace of earth, purified seven times.

Oppression of the Poor

Says the Lord

Jehovah

Isaiah 33:10

Now will I arise, saith Jehovah; now will I be exalted, now will I lift up myself.

Exodus 2:23-24

And it came to pass during those many days, that the king of Egypt died. And the children of Israel sighed because of the bondage, and cried; and their cry came up to God because of the bondage;

Exodus 3:7-9

And Jehovah said, I have seen assuredly the affliction of my people who are in Egypt, and their cry have I heard on account of their taskmasters; for I know their sorrows.

Judges 10:16

So they put away the foreign gods from among them and served the LORD; and he became indignant over the misery of Israel.

Job 5:15

And he saveth the needy from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty.

Job 5:21

Thou shalt be hidden from the scourge of the tongue; and thou shalt not be afraid of destruction when it cometh.

Psalm 10:5

His ways always succeed; thy judgments are far above out of his sight; as for all his adversaries, he puffeth at them.

Psalm 10:12

Arise, Jehovah; O God, lift up thy hand: forget not the afflicted.

Psalm 10:18

To do justice to the fatherless and the oppressed one, that the man of the earth may terrify no more.

Psalm 34:6

This afflicted one called, and Jehovah heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles.

Psalm 74:21-22

Oh let not the oppressed one return ashamed; let the afflicted and needy praise thy name.

Psalm 79:10-11

Wherefore should the nations say, Where is their God? Let the avenging of the blood of thy servants that is shed be known among the nations in our sight.

Psalm 146:7-8

Who executeth judgment for the oppressed, who giveth bread to the hungry. Jehovah looseth the prisoners;

Proverbs 14:31

He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker; but he that honoureth Him is gracious to the needy.

Proverbs 22:22-23

Rob not the poor, because he is poor, neither oppress the afflicted in the gate;

Ecclesiastes 4:1

And I returned and saw all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and behold, the tears of the oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors was power, and they had no comforter.

Ecclesiastes 5:8

If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of judgment and justice in a province, marvel not at the matter; for a higher than the high is watching, and there are higher than they.

Isaiah 19:20

and it shall be for a sign and for a witness to Jehovah of hosts in the land of Egypt; for they shall cry unto Jehovah because of the oppressors, and he will send them a saviour and defender, who shall deliver them.

Ezekiel 18:12-13

hath oppressed the poor and needy, exercised robbery, hath not restored the pledge, and hath lifted up his eyes to the idols, committed abomination,

Ezekiel 18:18

As for his father, because he practised oppression, exercised robbery upon his brother, and did what was not good among his people, behold, he shall die in his iniquity.

Micah 7:8-9

Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy: though I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, Jehovah shall be a light unto me.

James 5:4

Behold, the wages of your labourers, who have harvested your fields, wrongfully kept back by you, cry, and the cries of those that have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of sabaoth.