60 Bible Verses about Oppression, God's Attitude To
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Do not oppress the widow. Do not oppress the fatherless. Do not oppress the stranger and do not oppress the poor. And you should not devise evil in your heart against your brother.
Do not rob the poor because he is poor, or crush the afflicted at the gate. Jehovah will plead their cause and take the life of those who rob them.
For if you truly amend your ways and your deeds, if you truly practice justice between a man and his neighbor, if you do not oppress the alien, the orphan, or the widow, and do not shed innocent blood in this place, nor walk after other gods to your own ruin, then I will let you dwell in this place, in the land I gave to your fathers from generation to generation and for a very long time.'
The sinners in Zion are terrified. The godless tremble. Who of us can dwell with the consuming fire? Who of us can dwell with long lasting fire? He who walks righteously and speaks what is right, who rejects gain from extortion and keeps his hand from accepting bribes, who stops his ears against plots of murder and shuts his eyes against contemplating evil.
He will judge the poor of the people. He will save the children of the needy, and will break the oppressor in pieces.
How horrible it will be for those who enact unjust laws and who decree oppressive regulations. They deprive the poor of justice. They take away the rights of the needy among my people. They prey on widows and rob orphans. What will you do on the day you are called to account for these things, when destruction comes from far away? Where will you run for help? Where will you leave your wealth?
When you mock the poor you disgrace your Maker. He who is glad at calamity will be punished.
This is what the Holy One of Israel says: You have rejected this warning, trusted oppression and deceit, and you leaned upon them for support. For that reason your sin will be like a high wall with a bulging crack, ready to fall. All of a sudden it will fall.
People in you hate their fathers and mothers. They oppress foreigners in you. They oppress orphans and widows in you.'
Jehovah said: I will not withdraw punishment for (three sins of Israel, even for four) the many transgressions of Israel! They sold the righteous for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes.
You impose unfair rent on the poor and defraud a tribute of grain from them. You haave built houses of hewn stone yet you will not live in them. You planted pleasant vineyards, but you will not drink the wine from them.
Woe to those who devise iniquity and work evil upon their beds! When the morning comes they do it because they are able to (it is in the power of their hands). They covet fields and seize them. They covet houses and confiscate them! They oppress a man and his house, even a man and his heritage. Therefore Jehovah says: Behold, against this family I plan bad things, from which you will not remove the burden. You will not be able to show pride for it is an evil time.
Woe to the bloody city! It is full of lies and robbery! The prey does not leave.
Woe to you Pharisees! You tithe mint and rue and every herb, and pass over justice and the love of God. You should have done these but you leave them undone.
He executes justice for the orphan and the widow. He shows His love for the alien by giving him food and clothing.
He raises the poor from the dust. He lifts up the needy from the dunghill to set them among the princes. He causes them to inherit a throne of glory (honor). The pillars of the earth are Jehovah's. He sets the world on them.
He executes justice for the oppressed. He gives food to the hungry. Jehovah sets the prisoners free. Jehovah opens the eyes of the blind. Jehovah raises up those who are bowed down. Jehovah loves the righteous. Jehovah protects the strangers. He supports the fatherless and the widow, but he overthrows the way of the wicked.
Jehovah is a refuge for the oppressed, a place of safety in times of trouble.
You have heard the desire of humble people, O Jehovah. You encourage them. You incline your ear (pay close attention) to them. You provide justice for orphans and oppressed people so that no man will terrify them again.
Because oppressed people are robbed and needy people groan, I will now arise, says Jehovah. I will provide safety for those who long for it.
In his holy habitation God is a father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows.
Jehovah of Hosts says: All the people of Israel and Judah are oppressed. All their enemies have captured them. They refuse to let them go. Their defender is strong. His name is Jehovah of Hosts. He will certainly take up their cause in order to bring rest to the land of Israel and unrest to the people who live in Babylon.
He saves people from the sword (slander) of their mouth. He saves the needy from the power of the mighty.
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. I have come down to rescue them from the Egyptians. I will bring my people out of Egypt into a country where there is good land, rich with milk and honey. I will give them the land where the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites now live. My people have begged for my help. I have seen how cruel the Egyptians are to them.
You will answer your son: 'We were Pharaoh's slaves in Egypt, and Jehovah brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand.
All my bones will say: O Jehovah, who can compare with you? You rescue the weak person from the one who is too strong for him and weak and needy people from the one who robs them.
Then they cried to Jehovah in their trouble. He delivered them out of their distress.
In their distress they cried out to Jehovah. He saved them from their troubles.
Do not say: I will recompense evil. Instead wait on Jehovah, and he will save you.
When that day comes, Jehovah will give you relief from your pain and suffering, from the hard slavery you were forced to do. You will mock the king of Babylon with this saying: How the tyrant has come to an end! How his attacks have come to an end!
I will feed oppressors with their own flesh. They will be intoxicated with their own blood as if by sweet wine. Everyone will know that I am Jehovah, your Savior and Redeemer, the mighty One of Jacob.
I have seen the affliction of my people in Egypt. I have heard their groaning and have come to deliver them. Come, I will send you into Egypt.
Jabin had nine hundred iron chariots, and he ruled the people of Israel with cruelty and violence for twenty years. The people of Israel cried out to Jehovah for help.
The Ammonites crossed the Jordan to fight the tribes of Judah, Benjamin, and Ephraim. Israel was greatly distressed. The children of Israel cried out to Jehovah: We sinned against you. We left our God and served the Baals.
If they change their attitude toward you in the land where they are captives. If they pray to you toward the land that you gave their ancestors, and the city you have chosen, and the Temple I have built for your name, then in heaven, the place where you live, hear their prayer for mercy. Do what is right for them. Forgive your people, who have sinned against you.
I will ask God, my rock: Why have you forgotten me? Why must I walk around in mourning while the enemy oppresses me?
([Psalm of David]) Be gracious to me, O God, be gracious to me for I take refuge in you. Yes, in the shadow of your wings, I will take refuge until disaster has passed.
Let the groans of prisoners come into your presence. With your powerful arm (according to the greatness of your power) rescue those who are condemned to death.
Defend the weak and fatherless. Protect the rights of the oppressed and the poor. Rescue the weak and needy. Help them escape the power of the wicked.
O Jehovah, God of vengeance, God of vengeance, shine forth! Rise up, O Judge of the earth, Render recompense to the proud. O Jehovah, how long shall the wicked exult?read more.
They utter speech. They speak arrogantly. All troublemakers brag about themselves. They crush your people, O Jehovah. They make those who belong to you suffer. They kill widows and foreigners, and they murder orphans. They say: Jehovah does not see it. The God of Jacob does not even pay attention to it.
They cried with a loud voice, saying: How long, O Lord, holy and true, before you judge and avenge our blood on those who dwell on the earth?
Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God at midnight. The prisoners were listening to them.
I know that my redeemer lives, and in later days he will take his stand on the earth.
([Sons of Korah]) As the deer desires the water brooks, so I desire you, O God. I thirst for God, for the living God. When shall I come and appear before God? My tears have been my food day and night, while they say to me all day long: Where is your God?
Even though I walk into the middle of trouble, you guard my life against the anger of my enemies. You stretch out your hand, and your right hand saves me.
Our light affliction is for the moment. It works more exceedingly an eternal weight of glory for us.
In everything we commend ourselves, as ministers of God, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses, in beatings, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labors, in watching, in fasting;
Let them also that suffer according to the will of God commend themselves in well doing to a faithful Creator.
Blessed are the merciful and compassionate, for they will receive mercy and compassion.
Do not glean your vineyard. Do not gather the fallen fruit of your vineyard. Leave them for the needy and for the stranger. I am Jehovah your God.
When you reap your harvest in your field and have forgotten a sheaf in the field, you shall not go back to get it. It shall be for the alien, for the orphan, and for the widow, in order that Jehovah your God may bless you in all the work of your hands. When you beat the olives from your olive tree, you shall not go over the boughs again. It shall be for the alien, for the orphan, and for the widow. When you gather the grapes of your vineyard, you shall not go over it again. It shall be for the alien, for the orphan, and for the widow.
Open your mouth for the dumb in the cause of all who are appointed to destruction. Open your mouth and judge righteously. Plead the cause of the poor and needy.
Then you will call, and Jehovah will answer! You will cry and he will say: 'Here I am.' If you remove the yoke from your midst, the pointing of the finger and speaking wickedness, and if you give yourself to the hungry and satisfy the desire of the afflicted, then your light will rise in darkness and your gloom will be like midday.
This is what Jehovah says: Judge fairly, and do what is right. Rescue those who have been robbed from those who oppress them. Do not mistreat foreigners, orphans, or widows, and do not oppress them. Do not kill innocent people in this place.
Jehovah of Hosts has spoken: Every man should execute true judgment, and show kindness and compassion to his brother!
When you give gifts, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing.
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. I was hungry and you gave me something to eat. I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink. I was a stranger and you took me in. I was naked and you clothed me. I was sick and you visited me. I was in prison and you came to me.'read more.
The righteous will answer him: 'Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you drink? When did we see you as a stranger and take you in, or naked and dress you? When did we see you sick or in prison and come to you?'
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