26 Bible Verses about Troubling Groups Of People
Most Relevant Verses
“You must not exploit a foreign resident or oppress him, since you were foreigners in the land of Egypt.
You must not oppress a foreign resident; you yourselves know how it feels to be a foreigner because you were foreigners in the land of Egypt.
and made their lives bitter with difficult labor in brick and mortar and in all kinds of fieldwork. They ruthlessly imposed all this work on them.
The Israelite foremen saw that they were in trouble when they were told, “You cannot reduce your daily quota of bricks.”
They were not permitted to kill them but were to torment them for five months; their torment is like the torment caused by a scorpion when it strikes a man.
Joshua said, “Why have you troubled us? Today the Lord will trouble you!” So all Israel stoned them to death. They burned their bodies, threw stones on them,
When Ahab saw Elijah, Ahab said to him, “Is that you, you destroyer of Israel?”
He replied, “I have not destroyed Israel, but you and your father’s house have, because you have abandoned the Lord’s commands and followed the Baals.
So Achish summoned David and told him, “As the Lord lives, you are an honorable man. I think it is good to have you working with me in the camp, because I have found no fault in you from the day you came to me until today. But the leaders don’t think you are reliable. Now go back quietly and you won’t be doing anything the Philistine leaders think is wrong.”
So Achish trusted David, thinking, “Since he has made himself detestable to his people Israel, he will be my servant forever.”
But if you don’t drive out the inhabitants of the land before you, those you allow to remain will become thorns in your eyes and in your sides; they will harass you in the land where you will live.
know for certain that the Lord your God will not continue to drive these nations out before you. They will become a snare and a trap for you, a scourge for your sides and thorns in your eyes, until you disappear from this good land the Lord your God has given you.
I will trouble the hearts of many peoples,
when I bring about your destruction
among the nations,
in countries you do not know.
I have confidence in the Lord you will not accept any other view. But whoever it is that is confusing you will pay the penalty.
I will establish a place for My people Israel and plant them, so that they may live there and not be disturbed again. Evildoers will not afflict them as they have done
Women received their dead—they were raised to life again. Some men were tortured, not accepting release, so that they might gain a better resurrection,
But look, I am raising up a nation
against you, house of Israel—
this is the declaration of the Lord,
the God of Hosts—
and they will oppress you
from the entrance of Hamath
to the Brook of the Arabah.
When they did not find them, they dragged Jason and some of the brothers before the city officials, shouting, “These men who have turned the world upside down have come here too,
Bringing them before the chief magistrates, they said, “These men are seriously disturbing our city. They are Jews
Therefore, in my judgment, we should not cause difficulties for those among the Gentiles who turn to God,
Because we have heard that some without our authorization went out from us and troubled you with their words and unsettled your hearts,
