10 Bible Verses about Oppression, God's Attitude To

But alas for you, Pharisees! for you tithe mint and rue and every herb, and pass by the justice and the love of God; these you ought to have done, and those you ought not to have left undone.

I have surely seen the affliction of my people who are in Egypt, and I have heard their groaning, and I have come down to deliver them; and now come, and I will send you into Egypt.

and they cried with a loud voice, saying: How long, Sovereign, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?

And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sung a hymn to God; and the prisoners were listening to them.

For our present light affliction works out for us an eternal fullness of glory, excelling all excellence, ls while we look not at the things that are seen, but at the things that are not seen: for the things seen are temporal; but the things not seen are eternal.

but in all things we commend ourselves as the ministers of God, in much suffering, in afflictions, in distresses, in straits, in stripes, in prisons,, in commotions, in labors, in watchings, in fastings;

Wherefore, let those also who suffer according to the will of God, by doing good, commit their souls to him as to a faithful Creator.

Blessed are the merciful; for they shall receive mercy.

But when you do a charitable deed, let not your left hand know what your right hand does;

Then the King will say to those on his right hand: Come, you blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world. For I was hungry, and you gave me food; I was thirsty, and you gave- me drink; I was a stranger, and you took me to your houses; naked, and you clothed me; I was sick, and you visited me; I was in prison, and you came to me.read more.
Then will the righteous answer him, saying: Lord, when did we see thee hungry, and feed thee? or thirsty, and give thee drink? When did we see thee a stranger, and take thee to our home? or naked, and clothe thee? When did we see thee sick, or in prison, and come to thee?