Psalm 12:5

Oppression By The Wicked

⁴ They say: We will overcome with our tongues. With lips such as ours, who can be our master? 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 Jehovah are pure, like silver refined in a furnace on the earth and purified seven times.

Oppression of the Poor

Says the Lord

Jehovah

Isaiah 33:10

Now I will arise, says Jehovah. Now I will be exalted and lifted up.

Exodus 2:23-24

Time went by and the king of Egypt died. The Israelites still groaned because they were slaves. So they cried out, and their cries for help went up to God.

Exodus 3:7-9

Jehovah said: I have seen how my people are suffering as slaves in Egypt. I have heard them beg for my help because of the way they are being mistreated. I feel sorry for them.

Judges 10:16

So they removed the foreign gods and worshiped Jehovah. He could bear the distress of Israel no longer.

Job 5:15

He saves people from the sword (slander) of their mouth. He saves the needy from the power of the mighty.

Job 5:21

You will be protected from the sharp tongue and you will not be afraid when destruction comes.

Psalm 10:5

He always succeeds at what he does. Your judgments are beyond his understanding. He scoffs at all his opponents.

Psalm 10:12

Arise, O Jehovah! Lift your hand, O God. Do not forget oppressed people!

Psalm 10:18

You provide justice for orphans and oppressed people so that no man will terrify them again.

Psalm 34:6

The poor man called out. Jehovah heard him and saved him from all his troubles.

Psalm 74:21-22

Do not let the oppressed return ashamed. Let the poor and needy praise your name.

Psalm 79:10-11

Why should the nations be allowed to say: Where is their God? Let us watch as the nations learn that there is punishment for shedding the blood of your servants.

Psalm 146:7-8

He executes justice for the oppressed. He gives food to the hungry. Jehovah sets the prisoners free.

Proverbs 14:31

He who oppresses the poor reproaches his Maker. He who honors his Maker has mercy for the poor.

Proverbs 22:22-23

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

Ecclesiastes 4:1

I returned and considered all the oppressions that are done under the sun. I saw the tears of the oppressed for they had no one to comfort them. The oppressors had power but they had no one to comfort them.

Ecclesiastes 5:8

If you see oppression of the poor and denial of justice and righteousness in the country, do not be shocked at the sight. One official watches over another official and there are higher officials over them.

Isaiah 19:20

They will be a sign of the presence of Jehovah of Hosts in Egypt. When the people there are oppressed and call out to Jehovah for help, he will send someone to rescue them.

Ezekiel 18:12-13

He oppresses the poor and needy. He robs. He does not return the security for a loan. He looks to idols for help. He does disgusting things.

Ezekiel 18:18

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

Micah 7:8-9

Do not rejoice against me, O my enemy! When I fall, I will arise. When I sit in darkness, Jehovah will be a light to me.

James 5:4

Behold, the wages of the laborers who harvested your fields, which are held back by you, cry out: and the cries of them that reaped have entered into the ears of Jehovah of Hosts.