36 occurrences

'Oppressed' in the Bible

"If anyone sins, and commits a trespass against Yahweh, and deals falsely with his neighbor in a matter of deposit, or of bargain, or of robbery, or has oppressed his neighbor,

Verse ConceptsFraudCovenant breakersServants, BadUnfaithfulness, To GodAvoiding Deceitcheaters

and you shall grope at noonday, as the blind gropes in darkness, and you shall not prosper in your ways: and you shall be only oppressed and robbed always, and there shall be none to save you.

Verse ConceptsNoonRescueWorldly DilemmasWalking In DarknessNot ProsperingRobbing PeopleSpiritual Darkness

The fruit of your ground, and all your labors, shall a nation which you don't know eat up; and you shall be only oppressed and crushed always;

Verse Conceptsenemies, of Israel and JudahNot Knowing PeopleThose OppressedAbuseoppression

When Yahweh raised them up judges, then Yahweh was with the judge, and saved them out of the hand of their enemies all the days of the judge: for it grieved Yahweh because of their groaning by reason of those who oppressed them and troubled them.

Verse ConceptsGod, As SaviorCruelty, God's attitude toGrace, In OtSensitivitySympathyGod Saving From EnemiesGod With Specific PeopleGod Showed Mercy

The children of Israel cried to Yahweh: for he had nine hundred chariots of iron; and twenty years he mightily oppressed the children of Israel.

Verse ConceptsBeggarsOppression, God's Attitude ToPrayer, As Asking GodAnswered PrayerAfflictions, Benefits OfCrying To GodSeven To Nine Hundred20 To 30 YearsIron Objects

and I delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of all who oppressed you, and drove them out from before you, and gave you their land;

Verse ConceptsCruelty, God's attitude toGod Gave The Land

They troubled and oppressed the children of Israel that year: eighteen years [oppressed they] all the children of Israel that were beyond the Jordan in the land of the Amorites, which is in Gilead.

Verse Conceptseast15 To 20 YearsBeyond Jordanharassment

and he said to the children of Israel, "Thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel, 'I brought up Israel out of Egypt, and I delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of all the kingdoms that oppressed you:'

Verse ConceptsCruelty, God's attitude toKingdomsGod Bringing Israel Out Of EgyptSpecial Revelation

Here I am. Witness against me before Yahweh, and before his anointed. Whose ox have I taken? Whose donkey have I taken? Whom have I defrauded? Whom have I oppressed? Of whose hand have I taken a ransom to blind my eyes therewith? I will restore it to you."

Verse ConceptsBlindness, SymbolicStandingOwning LivestockAvoiding BribesBlindingLoss Of DonkeysOther Blinding

They said, "You have not defrauded us, nor oppressed us, neither have you taken anything of any man's hand."

Verse ConceptsFraud

Jehoahaz begged Yahweh, and Yahweh listened to him; for he saw the oppression of Israel, how that the king of Syria oppressed them.

Verse ConceptsAnswered PrayerGrace, In OtNamed Individuals Who PrayedSeeking The Favour Of God

Hazael king of Syria oppressed Israel all the days of Jehoahaz.

Verse Conceptssyria

Then Asa was angry with the seer, and put him in the prison; for he was in a rage with him because of this thing. Asa oppressed some of the people at the same time.

Verse ConceptsCruelty, examples ofAnger, HumanImprisonmentsOppression, Nature OfPrisonersProphets, Lives OfSpiteTemperAnger, Sinful ExamplesVindictiveness

For he has oppressed and forsaken the poor. He has violently taken away a house, and he shall not build it up.

Verse ConceptsLand, As A Divine ResponsibilityPoverty, Causes OfPeople Abandoning PeopleOppressorsNot Helping The PoorTaking Possessions

to judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that man who is of the earth may terrify no more. For the Chief Musician. By David.

Verse ConceptsThose Not Fearingoppressionrehabilitationvindicationterrorism

Don't let the oppressed return ashamed. Let the poor and needy praise your name.

Verse ConceptsPraiseInferiorityPraise The Lord!Losing Honour

Their enemies also oppressed them. They were brought into subjection under their hand.

Verse ConceptsThose OppressedThose Subjected To People

Then I returned and saw all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and behold, the tears of those who were oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors there was power; but they had no comforter.

Verse ConceptsOppression, Examples OfComfortless LivesWeariness Of LifeOppressorsNo ComfortUnder The Sunoppressionoverworking

The people will be oppressed, everyone by another, and everyone by his neighbor. The child will behave himself proudly against the old man, and the base against the honorable.

Verse ConceptsOld Age, Attitudes ToBad ChildrenDisrespect For Old AgeDiscourtesyOppressorsThe Elderly

He said, "You shall rejoice no more, you oppressed virgin daughter of Sidon. Arise, pass over to Kittim. Even there you will have no rest."

Verse ConceptsdaughtersSleeplessnessVirginUnrest

I chattered like a swallow or a crane. I moaned like a dove. My eyes weaken looking upward. Lord, I am oppressed. Be my security."

Verse ConceptsdovesdiscouragementPrayer In DiscouragementSwallowsCauses of failure in

For thus says the Lord Yahweh, "My people went down at the first into Egypt to live there: and the Assyrian has oppressed them without cause.

Verse ConceptsBeginningOppression, Nature Of

"Isn't this the fast that I have chosen: to release the bonds of wickedness, to undo the bands of the yoke, and to let the oppressed go free, and that you break every yoke?

Verse ConceptsYokesHow To FastPeople Releasing OthersInjusticeFastingFasting And PrayerBreaking Chainsliberation

Thus says Yahweh of Armies: The children of Israel and the children of Judah are oppressed together; and all who took them captive hold them fast; they refuse to let them go.

Verse ConceptsThose OppressedMisleading Childrenliberation

As for his father, because he cruelly oppressed, robbed his brother, and did that which is not good among his people, behold, he shall die in his iniquity.

Verse ConceptsOppressors

Ephraim is oppressed, he is crushed in judgment; Because he is intent in his pursuit of idols.

Verse ConceptsGrinding PeopleThose Oppressed

They trample on the dust of the earth on the head of the poor, and deny justice to the oppressed; and a man and his father use the same maiden, to profane my holy name;

Verse ConceptsIrreverenceLawsuitsProfanityHarlotsTrampling PeopleDust On The HeadProfaning God's NameHumble PeopleNot Helping The PoorMisusing God's Name

For the teraphim have spoken vanity, and the diviners have seen a lie; and they have told false dreams. They comfort in vain. Therefore they go their way like sheep. They are oppressed, because there is no shepherd.

Verse ConceptsAstrologyFutilityencouragement, examples ofdiscouragementGuidance, Need For God'sHousehold GodsPeace, Human Destruction OfRestlessnessSheepSorcery And MagicVisionsDivinationWanderersMisleading DreamsProphesying LiesNo ComfortDreams And False Prophets

So I fed the flock of slaughter, especially the oppressed of the flock. I took for myself two staffs. The one I called "Favor," and the other I called "Union," and I fed the flock.

Verse ConceptsStaffKilling Domesticated AnimalsNations UnitedTwo Other ThingsBlessingPasturing The Flockreunitinggraciousness

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