Thematic Bible: Oppressed


Thematic Bible



The people of the land have practiced oppression and extortion and have committed robbery; they have wronged the poor and needy and they have oppressed the stranger without justice. Verse ConceptsAliens, God's AttitudeExtortion, Examples OfAbuse Of Authority, Warnings AgainstOppression, Nature OfOutsidersUnkindnessOppression, Examples OfPoor, The Wicked Response ToOppressing ForeignersOppressorsNot Helping The Poor

Until [the time when] there arose over Egypt another and a different king who did not know Joseph [neither knowing his history and services nor recognizing his merits]. He dealt treacherously with and defrauded our race; he abused and oppressed our forefathers, forcing them to expose their babies so that they might not be kept alive. At this juncture Moses was born, and was exceedingly beautiful in God's sight. For three months he was nurtured in his father's house; read more.
Then when he was exposed [to perish], the daughter of Pharaoh rescued him and took him and reared him as her own son.

Then the Israelites cried out to the Lord [for help], for Jabin had nine hundred iron chariots and had oppressed and tormented the sons of Israel severely for twenty years. Verse ConceptsBeggarsOppression, God's Attitude ToPrayer, As Asking GodAnswered PrayerAfflictions, Benefits OfCrying To GodSeven To Nine Hundred20 To 30 YearsIron Objects

Now, behold, the cry of the children of Israel has come to Me; and I have also seen how the Egyptians oppress them. Verse ConceptsAnti semitismOppression, Nature OfVisionCries Of Distress To Godisraeloppression

When the Lord raised up judges for them, He was with the judge and He rescued them from the hand of their enemies all the days of the judge; for the Lord was moved to pity by their groaning because of those who oppressed and afflicted them. Verse ConceptsGod, As SaviorCruelty, God's attitude toGrace, In OtSensitivitySympathyGod Saving From EnemiesGod With Specific PeopleGod Showed Mercy

Therefore, now hear this, you who are afflicted, and [who are] drunk, but not with wine [but thrown down by the wrath of God]. Thus says your Lord, the Lord, and your God, Who pleads the cause of His people: Behold, I have taken from your hand the cup of staggering and intoxication; the cup of My wrath you shall drink no more. And I will put it into the hands of your tormentors and oppressors, those who said to you, Bow down, that we may ride or tread over you; and you have made your back like the ground and like the street for them to pass over.


“I will make those who oppress you consume their own flesh [in mutually destructive wars]
And they will become drunk with their own blood as with sweet wine;
And all mankind will know [with a knowledge grounded in personal experience] that I, the Lord, am your Savior
And your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.”
Verse ConceptsGod, As RedeemerAlcoholDrunkenness, Figurative OfKnowledge, Of GodMission, Of IsraelOppression, God's Attitude ToPeople Consuming BloodThose OppressedGod Making DrunkMighty OneKnowing About God's Kingdomoppression

if you do not oppress the transient and the foreigner, the orphan, or the widow, and do not shed innocent blood [by oppression and by unjust judicial murders] in Jerusalem, nor follow after other gods to your own ruin, Verse ConceptsForeignersOppression, Nature OfWidows, Should Not BeSheddingOppressing ForeignersDifferent GodsDo Not MurderPenalties For Serving Other Gods