Thematic Bible: Oppression of


Thematic Bible



"You shall not oppress a hired servant who is poor and needy, whether he is one of your brothers or one of the sojourners who are in your land within your towns. Verse ConceptsThe NeedyAbuse Of Authority, Warnings AgainstMastersUnkindnessEmployersMasters Duties Towards ServantsAdvantagesForeigners Included In The LawNot Helping The PoorAliens


"'Cursed be anyone who perverts the justice due to the sojourner, the fatherless, and the widow.' And all the people shall say, 'Amen.' Verse ConceptsGentiles, In OtForeignersethics, socialSocial JusticeOppression, Nature OfOrphansResponsibility, For God's WorldWidowsAliens, Believers DutyStrangersJusticeOppressing ForeignersAmenNo Justice

Thus says the LORD: Do justice and righteousness, and deliver from the hand of the oppressor him who has been robbed. And do no wrong or violence to the resident alien, the fatherless, and the widow, nor shed innocent blood in this place. Verse ConceptsCruelty, God's attitude toAliens, God's AttitudeExploitationsBereaved, Care ForSocial JusticeInnocence, Teaching OnOppression, Nature OfOppression, God's Attitude ToOrphansOutsidersRighteousness, Of BelieversSanctity Of LifeViolenceWidows, Should Not BeSheddingOppressing ForeignersSaving PeopleDo Not MurderRobbing PeopleImmigrants

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