Bible Verses About Oppression

To judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that the man of the earth may no more oppress.

For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith the LORD; I will set him in safety from him that puffeth at him.

From the wicked that oppress me, from my deadly enemies, who compass me about.

Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and forgettest our affliction and our oppression?

Trust not in oppression, and become not vain in robbery: if riches increase, set not your heart upon them.

He shall judge the poor of the people, he shall save the children of the needy, and shall break in pieces the oppressor.

He shall redeem their soul from deceit and violence: and precious shall their blood be in his sight.

O let not the oppressed return ashamed: let the poor and needy praise thy name.

¶ The LORD executeth righteousness and judgment for all that are oppressed.

¶ AIN. I have done judgment and justice: leave me not to mine oppressors.

¶ Deliver me from the oppression of man: so will I keep thy precepts.

Envy thou not the oppressor, and choose none of his ways.

¶ He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker: but he that honoureth him hath mercy on the poor.

¶ He that oppresseth the poor to increase his riches, and he that giveth to the rich, shall surely come to want.

¶ Rob not the poor, because he is poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:

¶ A poor man that oppresseth the poor is like a sweeping rain which leaveth no food.

There is a generation, whose teeth are as swords, and their jaw teeth as knives, to devour the poor from off the earth, and the needy from among men.

¶ So I returned, and considered all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and behold the tears of such as were oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors there was power; but they had no comforter.

If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of judgment and justice in a province, marvel not at the matter: for he that is higher than the highest regardeth; and there be higher than they.

¶ Surely oppression maketh a wise man mad; and a gift destroyeth the heart.

Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.

¶ Woe unto them that join house to house, that lay field to field, till there be no place, that they may be placed alone in the midst of the earth!

He that walketh righteously, and speaketh uprightly; he that despiseth the gain of oppressions, that shaketh his hands from holding of bribes, that stoppeth his ears from hearing of blood, and shutteth his eyes from seeing evil;

He shall dwell on high: his place of defence shall be the munitions of rocks: bread shall be given him; his waters shall be sure.

Like a crane or a swallow, so did I chatter: I did mourn as a dove: mine eyes fail with looking upward: O LORD, I am oppressed; undertake for me.