'Oppression' in the Bible

Now, behold, the cry of the sons of Israel has come to Me; furthermore, I have seen the oppression with which the Egyptians are oppressing them.

Then we cried to the Lord, the God of our fathers, and the Lord heard our voice and saw our affliction and our toil and our oppression;

Then Jehoahaz entreated the favor of the Lord, and the Lord listened to him; for He saw the oppression of Israel, how the king of Aram oppressed them.

“He delivers the afflicted in their affliction,And opens their ear in time of oppression.

His mouth is full of curses and deceit and oppression;Under his tongue is mischief and wickedness.

I will say to God my rock, “Why have You forgotten me?Why do I go mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?”

For You are the God of my strength; why have You rejected me?Why do I go mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?

Why do You hide Your faceAnd forget our affliction and our oppression?

Destruction is in her midst;Oppression and deceit do not depart from her streets.

Do not trust in oppressionAnd do not vainly hope in robbery;If riches increase, do not set your heart upon them.

He will rescue their life from oppression and violence,And their blood will be precious in his sight;

They mock and wickedly speak of oppression;They speak from on high.

When they are diminished and bowed downThrough oppression, misery and sorrow,

Redeem me from the oppression of man,That I may keep Your precepts.

Then I looked again at all the acts of oppression which were being done under the sun. And behold I saw the tears of the oppressed and that they had no one to comfort them; and on the side of their oppressors was power, but they had no one to comfort them.

If you see oppression of the poor and denial of justice and righteousness in the province, do not be shocked at the sight; for one official watches over another official, and there are higher officials over them.

For oppression makes a wise man mad,And a bribe corrupts the heart.

Therefore thus says the Holy One of Israel,“Since you have rejected this wordAnd have put your trust in oppression and guile, and have relied on them,

Although the Lord has given you bread of privation and water of oppression, He, your Teacher will no longer hide Himself, but your eyes will behold your Teacher.

By oppression and judgment He was taken away;And as for His generation, who consideredThat He was cut off out of the land of the livingFor the transgression of my people, to whom the stroke was due?

“In righteousness you will be established;You will be far from oppression, for you will not fear;And from terror, for it will not come near you.

Transgressing and denying the Lord,And turning away from our God,Speaking oppression and revolt,Conceiving in and uttering from the heart lying words.

For thus says the Lord of hosts,“Cut down her treesAnd cast up a siege against Jerusalem.This is the city to be punished,In whose midst there is only oppression.

“But your eyes and your heartAre intent only upon your own dishonest gain,And on shedding innocent bloodAnd on practicing oppression and extortion.”

O Lord, You have seen my oppression;Judge my case.

In you they have taken bribes to shed blood; you have taken interest and profits, and you have injured your neighbors for gain by oppression, and you have forgotten Me,” declares the Lord God.

The people of the land have practiced oppression and committed robbery, and they have wronged the poor and needy and have oppressed the sojourner without justice.