Bible Verses About Oppression

For the cry of the children of Israel is come unto me: and I have seen their affliction, wherewith they are oppressed by the Egyptians.

Thou shalt not molest a stranger, nor afflict him: for yourselves also were strangers in the land of Egypt.

You shall not hurt a widow or an orphan.

If you hurt them, they will cry out to me, and I will hear their cry:

And my rage shall be enkindled, and I will strike you with the sword, and your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless.

Thou shalt not deliver to his master the servant that is fled to thee.

He shall dwell with thee in the place that shall please him, and shall rest in one of thy cities: give him no trouble.

Thou shalt not refuse the hire of the needy, and the poor, whether he be thy brother, or a stranger that dwelleth with thee in the land, and is within thy gates:

But thou shalt pay him the price of his labour the same day, before the going down of the sun, because he is poor, and with it maintaineth his life: lest he cry against thee to the Lord, and it be reputed to thee for a sin.

And we cried to the Lord God of our fathers: who heard us, and looked down upon our affliction, and labour, and distress:

And the Lord being angry against Israel, delivered them into the hands of plunderers: who took them and sold them to their enemies, that dwelt round about: neither could they stand against their enemies:

And he spoke to them according to the counsel of the young men, saying: My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add to your yoke: My father beat you with whips, but I will beat you with scorpions.

This is the portion of a wicked man with God, and the inheritance of the violent, which they shall receive of the Almighty.

If his sons be multiplied, they shall be for the sword, and his grandsons shall not be filled with bread.

They that shall remain of him, shall be buried in death, and his widows shall not weep.

If he shall heap together silver as earth, and prepare raiment as clay,

He shall prepare indeed, but the just man shall be clothed with it: and the innocent shall divide the silver.

He hath built his house as a moth, and as a keeper he hath made a booth.

The rich man when he shall sleep shall take away nothing with him: he shall open his eyes and find nothing.

Poverty like water shall take hold on him, a tempest shall oppress him in the night:

A burning wind shall take him up, and carry him away, and as a whirlwind shall snatch him from his place.

And he shall cast upon him, and shall not spare: out of his hand he would willingly flee.

He shall clasp his hands upon him, and shall hiss at him, beholding his place.

And he shall judge the world in equity, he shall judge the people in justice.

LORD, thou hast heard the desire of the humble: thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear: