4 Bible Verses about Oppression, Nature Of

But you--you insult the poor man! Is not it the rich who oppress you? Is not it they who drag you into law-courts?

They are the men that rob widows of their homes, and make a pretense of saying long prayers. Their sentence will be all the heavier."

And, seeing an Israelite ill-treated, he defended him, and avenged the man, who was being wronged, by striking down the Egyptian.

I tell you, the wages of the laborers who mowed your fields, which you have been fraudulently keeping back, are crying out against you, and the outcries of your reapers have reached the ears of the Lord of Hosts!