Psalm 12:5

Oppression By The Wicked

⁴ that has said, With our tongue we shall do much; our lips are our own; who is lord over us? ⁵ For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, I will now arise, says Jehovah. I will set in safety, he pants for it. ⁶ The Words of Jehovah are pure Words, like silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times.

Oppression of the Poor

Says the Lord

Jehovah

Isaiah 33:10

Now I will rise, says Jehovah; now I will be exalted; now I will lift up Myself.

Exodus 2:23-24

And it happened after many days the king of Egypt died. And the sons of Israel sighed because of the bondage, and they cried, and their cry came up to God because of the bondage.

Exodus 3:7-9

And Jehovah said, I have surely seen the affliction of My people who are in Egypt; I have heard their cry because of their taskmasters; for I know their sorrows.

Judges 10:16

And they put away the strange gods from among them, and served Jehovah. And His soul was moved by the misery of Israel.

Job 5:15

But He saves the poor from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty.

Job 5:21

You shall be hidden from the whip of the tongue; neither shall you be afraid of robbery when it comes.

Psalm 10:5

His ways are always perverted; Your judgments are high, out of his sight. As for all his enemies, he puffs at them.

Psalm 10:12

Arise, O Jehovah; O God, lift up Your hand; forget not the humble.

Psalm 10:18

to judge the fatherless and the oppressed, so that the man of the earth may no more terrify.

Psalm 34:6

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

Psalm 74:21-22

Oh let not the ill-treated ones return ashamed; let the poor and needy praise Your name.

Psalm 79:10-11

Why should the nations say, Where is their God? Let Him be known among the nations before our eyes by the revenging of the blood of Your servants which is shed.

Psalm 146:7-8

who carries out judgment for the mistreated; who gives food to the hungry. Jehovah lets the prisoners loose;

Proverbs 14:31

He who presses the poor curses his Maker, but he who honors Him has mercy upon the poor.

Proverbs 22:22-23

Do not rob the poor, because he is poor; nor press down the afflicted in the gate;

Ecclesiastes 4:1

So I returned, and considered all the oppressions that are done under the sun. And behold the tears of the oppressed ones, and they had no comforter! And on the side of those who oppressed them there was power, but they had no comforter.

Ecclesiastes 5:8

If you see the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of judgment and justice in a province, do not marvel at the matter. For He who is higher than the highest watches; and there are some 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 to Jehovah because of the oppressors, and He shall send them a deliverer, and a great one, and will deliver them.

Ezekiel 18:12-13

has ill-treated the poor and needy; thieving, he stole; has not given back the pledge; and has lifted up his eyes to the idols; has committed abomination;

Ezekiel 18:18

His father, because he extorted, robbed his brother by robbery, and did what is not good among his people; lo, even he shall die in his iniquity.

Micah 7:8-9

Rejoice not against me, my enemy; for if I fall, I shall arise; for if I sit in darkness, Jehovah shall be a light to me.

James 5:4

Behold, the hire of the laborers reaping your fields cry out, being kept back by you. And the cries of those who have reaped have entered into the ears of the Lord of hosts.