10 Bible Verses about Oppression, God's Attitude To

"But woe to you Pharisees! because ye tithe the mint, and the rue, and every herb; but ye pass by judgment and the love of God. Now these things it was needful to do, and not to leave those undone.

Surely, I saw the affliction of My people in Egypt, and heard their groaning; and I came down to rescue them. And now come, I will send you into Egypt.'

And they cried with a great voice, saying, "How long, O Master, the Holy, and the True, dost Thou not judge and avenge our blood on those who dwell upon the earth?"

And about midnight Paul and Silas, while engaged in prayer, were singing praise to God; and the prisoners were listening to them.

For our momentary light tribulation is working out for us more and more exceedingly an eternal weight of glory;

but in everything commending ourselves as God's ministers, in much patience, in tribulations, in necessities, in distresses, in stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in toilings, in watchings, in fastings;

Wherefore, let those also who suffer according to the will of God commit their souls in well-doing to a Faithful Creator.

"Happy are the merciful: because they shall receive mercy.

But, when you are doing alms, let not your left hand know what your right hand is doing,

"Then will the King say to those on His right hand, 'Come, ye blessed of My Father! inherit the Kingdom prepared for you from the founding of the world: for I hungered, and ye gave Me to eat; I thirsted, and ye gave Me drink; I was a stranger, and ye took Me in; naked, and ye clothed Me; I was sick, and ye looked after Me; I was in prison, and ye came to Me.'read more.
"Then will the righteous answer Him, saying, 'Lord, when did we see Thee hungering, and fed Thee? or thirsting, and gave Thee drink? And when did we see Thee a stranger, and took Thee in; or naked, and clothed Thee? And, when did we see Thee sick, or in prison, and came to Thee?'