Psalm 12:5

Oppression By The Wicked

⁴ those who say, "With our tongue we will prevail, our lips are with us; who is master over us?" ⁵ “Because of the devastation of the afflicted, because of the groaning of the needy,
Now I will arise,” says the Lord; “I will set him in the safety for which he longs.”
⁶ The words of the LORD are pure words, like silver refined in a furnace on the ground, purified seven times.

Oppression of the Poor

Says the Lord

Jehovah

Isaiah 33:10

"Now I will arise," says the LORD, "now I will lift myself up; now I will be exalted.

Exodus 2:23-24

During those many days the king of Egypt died, and the people of Israel groaned because of their slavery and cried out for help. Their cry for rescue from slavery came up to God.

Exodus 3:7-9

Then the LORD said, "I have surely seen the affliction of my people who are in Egypt and have heard their cry because of their taskmasters. I know their sufferings,

Judges 10:16

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

Job 5:15

But he saves the needy from the sword of their mouth and from the hand of the mighty.

Job 5:21

You shall be hidden from the lash of the tongue, and shall not fear destruction when it comes.

Psalm 10:5

His ways prosper at all times; your judgments are on high, out of his sight; as for all his foes, he puffs at them.

Psalm 10:12

Arise, O LORD; O God, lift up your hand; forget not the afflicted.

Psalm 10:18

to do justice to the fatherless and the oppressed, so that man who is of the earth may strike terror no more.

Psalm 34:6

This poor man cried, and the LORD heard him and saved him out of all his troubles.

Psalm 74:21-22

Let not the downtrodden turn back in shame; let the poor and needy praise your name.

Psalm 79:10-11

Why should the nations say, "Where is their God?" Let the avenging of the outpoured blood of your servants be known among the nations before our eyes!

Psalm 146:7-8

who executes justice for the oppressed, who gives food to the hungry.The LORD sets the prisoners free;

Proverbs 14:31

Whoever oppresses a poor man insults his Maker, but he who is generous to the needy honors him.

Proverbs 22:22-23

Do not rob the poor, because he is poor, or crush the afflicted at the gate,

Ecclesiastes 4:1

Again I saw all the oppressions that are done under the sun. And behold, the tears of the oppressed, and they had no one to comfort them! On the side of their oppressors there was power, and there was no one to comfort them.

Ecclesiastes 5:8

If you see in a province the oppression of the poor and the violation of justice and righteousness, do not be amazed at the matter, for the high official is watched by a higher, and there are yet higher ones over them.

Isaiah 19:20

It will be a sign and a witness to the LORD of hosts in the land of Egypt. When they cry to the LORD because of oppressors, he will send them a savior and defender, and deliver them.

Ezekiel 18:12-13

oppresses the poor and needy, commits robbery, does not restore the pledge, lifts up his eyes to the idols, commits abomination,

Ezekiel 18:18

As for his father, because he practiced extortion, robbed his brother, and did what is not good among his people, behold, he shall die for his iniquity.

Micah 7:8-9

Rejoice not over me, O my enemy; when I fall, I shall rise; when I sit in darkness, the LORD will be a light to me.

James 5:4

Behold, the wages of the laborers who mowed your fields, which you kept back by fraud, are crying out against you, and the cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord of hosts.