Bible Verses About Oppression

to give justice to the fatherless and oppressed, so that no one on earth will strike terror again.

"Because the poor are oppressed, because the needy are groaning, I will now rise up," says ADONAI, "and grant security to those whom they scorn."

from the wicked, who are assailing me, from my deadly enemies, who are all around me.

Why are you turning your face away, forgetting our pain and misery?

Don't put your trust in extortion, don't put false hopes in robbery; even if wealth increases, don't set your heart on it.

May he defend the oppressed among the people, save the needy and crush the oppressor.

He will redeem them from oppression and violence; their blood will be precious in his view.

Don't let the oppressed retreat in confusion; let the poor and needy praise your name.

ADONAI brings vindication and justice to all who are oppressed.

('Ayin) I have done what is just and right; don't abandon me to my oppressors.

Redeem me from human oppression, and I will observe your precepts.

Don't envy a man of violence, don't choose any of his ways;

The oppressor of the poor insults his maker, but he who is kind to the needy honors him.

Both oppressing the poor to enrich oneself and giving to the rich yield only loss.

Don't exploit the helpless, because they are helpless, and don't crush the poor in court,

A poor man who oppresses the weak is like a downpour that sweeps away all the food.

There is a type of people whose teeth are like swords, yes, their fangs are knives; they devour the poor from the earth, the needy from humankind.

But I turned away and thought about all the kinds of oppression being done under the sun. I saw the tears of the oppressed, and they had no one to comfort them. The power was on the side of their oppressors, and they had no one to comfort them.

If you see the poor oppressed, rights violated and justice perverted in the province, don't be surprised; for a high official has one higher watching him, and there are others above them.

But oppression can make a wise man stupid; also a gift can destroy understanding.

learn to do good! Seek justice, relieve the oppressed, defend orphans, plead for the widow.

Woe to those who add house to house and join field to field, until there's no room for anyone else, and you live in splendor alone on your land.

He whose life is right and whose speech is straight, he who scorns getting rich by extortion, he who shakes his hands free of bribes, stops his ears against talk of bloodshed and shuts his eyes against looking at evil.

Such a person will live on the heights, his refuge a fortress among the cliffs, his food and water in steady supply.

I make little chattering sounds like a swallow, I moan aloud like a dove, My eyes are weary with looking upward. Adonai, I am overwhelmed; guarantee my life!'