Bible Verses About Oppression

And now, behold, the cry of the children of Israel is come unto me: moreover I have seen the oppression wherewith the Egyptians oppress them.

And a sojourner shalt thou not wrong, neither shalt thou oppress him: for ye were sojourners in the land of Egypt.

Ye shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child.

If thou afflict them at all, and they cry at all unto me, I will surely hear their cry;

and my wrath shall wax hot, and I will kill you with the sword; and your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless.

Thou shalt not deliver unto his master a servant that is escaped from his master unto thee:

he shall dwell with thee, in the midst of thee, in the place which he shall choose within one of thy gates, where it pleaseth him best: thou shalt not oppress him.

Thou shalt not oppress a hired servant that is poor and needy, whether he be of thy brethren, or of thy sojourners that are in thy land within thy gates:

in his day thou shalt give him his hire, neither shall the sun go down upon it (for he is poor, and setteth his heart upon it); lest he cry against thee unto Jehovah, and it be sin unto thee.

and we cried unto Jehovah, the God of our fathers, and Jehovah heard our voice, and saw our affliction, and our toil, and our oppression;

And the anger of Jehovah was kindled against Israel, and he delivered them into the hands of spoilers that despoiled them; and he sold them into the hands of their enemies round about, so that they could not any longer stand before their enemies.

and spake to them after the counsel of the young men, saying, My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add to your yoke: my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.

This is the portion of a wicked man with God, And the heritage of oppressors, which they receive from the Almighty:

If his children be multiplied, it is for the sword; And his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread.

Those that remain of him shall be buried in death, And his widows shall make no lamentation.

Though he heap up silver as the dust, And prepare raiment as the clay;

He may prepare it, but the just shall put it on, And the innocent shall divide the silver.

He buildeth his house as the moth, And as a booth which the keeper maketh.

He lieth down rich, but he shall not be gathered to his fathers; He openeth his eyes, and he is not.

Terrors overtake him like waters; A tempest stealeth him away in the night.

The east wind carrieth him away, and he departeth; And it sweepeth him out of his place.

ForGodshall hurl at him, and not spare: He would fain flee out of his hand.

Men shall clap their hands at him, And shall hiss him out of his place.

Jehovah also will be a high tower for the oppressed, A high tower in times of trouble;

Jehovah, thou hast heard the desire of the meek: Thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear;