7 Bible Verses about oppression

Most Relevant Verses

Acts 7:6

And God declared that Abraham's posterity should for four hundred years make their home in a country not their own, and be reduced to slavery and be oppressed.

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Condemnation » Increased by » Oppression

James 5:1-5

Come, you rich men, weep aloud and howl for your sorrows which will soon be upon you. Your treasures have rotted, and your piles of clothing are moth-eaten; your gold and your silver have become covered with rust, and the rust on them will give evidence against you, and will eat your flesh like fire. You have hoarded up wealth in these last days. read more.
I tell you that the pay of the labourers who have gathered in your crops--pay which you are keeping back--is calling out against you; and the outcries of those who have been your reapers have entered into the ears of the Lord of the armies of Heaven. Here on earth you have lived self-indulgent and profligate lives. You have stupefied yourselves with gross feeding; but a day of slaughter has come.

Covetousness » Natural fruits of » Oppression

Oppression » Examples of

Oppression » Not oppressing others

More verses: Zechariah 7:9-10

Oppression » God will judge

Oppression » National, relieved

Oppression » Those that oppress the poor

Oppression » Prayers against

Oppression » Those that oppress israel

Oppression » Those that have not oppressed others

Oppression » God's help promised against

Oppression » The oppressed

Oppression » The servant of the lord being oppressed

Oppression » Who shall be far from oppression

Oppression » Who is an oppressor

Oppression » Instances of » Of israelites, by egyptians

Oppression » Instances of » Rehoboam resolves to oppress the israelites

Oppression » Instances of » Of hagar, by sarah

Oppression » God is a refuge from

Oppression » National, God judges

Acts 7:7

"'And the nation, whichever it is, that enslaves them, I will judge,' said God; 'and afterwards they shall come out, and they shall worship Me in this place.'

Riches » Often lead to » Oppression

James 2:6

But *you* have put dishonour upon the poor man. Yet is it not the rich who grind you down? Are not they the very people who drag you into the Law courts? --

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