26 Bible Verses about Oppressors
Most Relevant Verses
I returned and considered all the oppressions that are done under the sun. I saw the tears of the oppressed for they had no one to comfort them. The oppressors had power but they had no one to comfort them.
A righteous man has regard for the life of his animal, but the compassion of the wicked is terrible.
The ruler who lacks understanding is a great oppressor. He who hates covetousness will prolong his days.
There is a generation, whose teeth are like swords, and their jaw teeth like knives, to devour the poor from off the earth, and the needy from among men.
People will oppress each other. Everyone will harass his neighbor. The young will tyrannize the old. The common people will taunt their superiors.
Destruction is everywhere. Oppression and fraud never leave the streets.
If you see oppression of the poor and denial of justice and righteousness in the country, do not be shocked at the sight. One official watches over another official and there are higher officials over them.
Oppression makes a wise man foolish (emotionally unstable) (mentally ill) and a bribe destroys the heart.
As for his father, because he practiced extortion, robbed his brother and did what was not good among his people, he will die for his iniquity.
For he has oppressed and forsaken the poor and left them destitute. He has violently seized houses he did not build.
He oppresses the poor and needy. He robs. He does not return the security for a loan. He looks to idols for help. He does disgusting things.
People in you hate their fathers and mothers. They oppress foreigners in you. They oppress orphans and widows in you.'
The people of the land have practiced oppression and committed robbery. They have wronged the poor and needy and have oppressed the sojourner without justice.'
Some of your people murder for pay. Some charge interest on the loans they make to other Israelites and get rich by taking advantage of them. They have forgotten me. The Lord Jehovah has spoken.
Publish it in the palaces at Ashdod, and in the palaces in the land of Egypt. Proclaim and assemble on the mountains of Samaria, and observe the great trouble and oppression there.
He dealt treacherously with our people and oppressed our fathers so that they cast out their young children and they did not survive.
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.
But if you continue to bite and devour one another, take care that you do not consume one another.
You have dishonored the poor man. Do the rich oppress you, and personally drag you into court?
You have not strengthened those that were weak, healed those who were sick, or bandaged those who were injured. You have not brought back those who strayed away or looked for those who were lost. You have ruled them harshly and violently.
I was angry with my people. I profaned my heritage and gave them into your hand. You did not show mercy to them. You made your yoke very heavy on the aged.
They seize bow and spear. They are cruel and have no mercy. Their voice roars like the sea, and they ride on horses. They are arrayed as a man for the battle against you, O daughter of Zion!
They will take hold of bows and spears. They will be cruel and have no compassion. They will sound like the sea when it roars. They will ride horses. They are ready for war, ready to attack you, people of Babylon.
Your eyes and your heart are intent only upon your own dishonest gain. You are shedding innocent blood and on practicing oppression and extortion.
