Thematic Bible: Increase, by oppression

He that oppresseth the poor, to make increase for himself, giving to the rich, shall surely come to want. Verse ConceptsAffluenceCovetingBad LeadershipSocial JusticeInjustice, Nature And Source OfMoney, Stewardship OfPoverty, Causes OfRich, TheRiches, Dangers OfRiches, Ungodly Use OfUnjust GainNot Helping The PoorRight Use Of WealthEconomicsHelping The PoorAbuseoppressioncheaters

Thus do they covet fields and seize them, and houses and take them away, - and so they oppress the master and his household, the man and his inheritance. Therefore, - Thus, saith Yahweh, Behold me! devising, against this family, a calamity, - from which ye shall not remove your neck, neither shall ye walk loftily, for, a time of calamity, shall it be.

Shall not, these, all of them, against him, take up - a taunt, a mocking poem, enigmatical sentences - concerning him? And say - Alas! for him who maketh abundance in what is not his own, How long? that he should be burdening himself with heavy debts? Will not thy creditors, suddenly rise up? and they who shall violently shake thee, all at once become active? Then shalt thou serve for booties, unto them! Because, thou, hast plundered many nations, all the residue of the peoples, shall plunder thee, - for shedding Human blood, and doing violence to the earth, to the city, and to all who dwell therein.