10 Bible Verses about Oppression, God's Attitude To

But woe to you, Pharisees! for you tithe mint, and rue, and every kind of plant, and omit justice and the love of God. These things you ought to do, and not to omit those.

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

And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, Master, holy and true, do you not judge and avenge our blood on those that dwell on the earth?

But at midnight Paul and Silas prayed and sung praises to God, and the prisoners heard them.

For the light affliction which is for a moment, works out for us more abundantly an eternal weight of glory,

but in every thing commending ourselves as ministers of God, in great patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses, in stripes, in imprisonments, in dissensions, in labors, in watchings, in fastings,

Let those therefore who suffer by the will of God, commit their souls to him in well doing as a faithful creator.

Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy.

But when you give in charity let not your left hand know what your right hand does,

Then shall the king say to those on his right hand, Come, 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 in; naked and you clothed me; I was sick and you visited me; I was in prison, and you came to me.read more.
Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when did we see you hungry, and feed you? or thirsty, and give you drink? when did we see you a stranger, and take you in? or naked, and clothe you? when did we see you sick, or in prison, and come to you?