Bible Cross References
oppression
Psalm 10:12
O LORD, punish those wicked people! Remember those who are suffering!
Psalm 74:21
Don't let the oppressed be put to shame; let those poor and needy people praise you.
Psalm 74:22
Rouse yourself, God, and defend your cause! Remember that godless people laugh at you all day long.
Psalm 79:10
Why should the nations ask us, "Where is your God?" Let us see you punish the nations for shedding the blood of your servants.
Psalm 79:11
Listen to the groans of the prisoners, and by your great power free those who are condemned to die.
Psalm 146:7
he judges in favor of the oppressed and gives food to the hungry. The LORD sets prisoners free
Psalm 146:8
and gives sight to the blind. He lifts those who have fallen; he loves his righteous people.
Exodus 2:23
Years later the king of Egypt died, but the Israelites were still groaning under their slavery and cried out for help. Their cry went up to God,
Exodus 2:24
who heard their groaning and remembered his covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
Exodus 3:7-9
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Then the LORD said, "I have seen how cruelly my people are being treated in Egypt; I have heard them cry out to be rescued from their slave drivers. I know all about their sufferings,
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and so I have come down to rescue them from the Egyptians and to bring them out of Egypt to a spacious land, one which is rich and fertile and in which the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites now live.
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I have indeed heard the cry of my people, and I see how the Egyptians are oppressing them.
Judges 10:16
So they got rid of their foreign gods and worshiped the LORD; and he became troubled over Israel's distress.
Proverbs 14:31
If you oppress poor people, you insult the God who made them; but kindness shown to the poor is an act of worship.
Proverbs 22:22
Don't take advantage of the poor just because you can; don't take advantage of those who stand helpless in court.
Proverbs 22:23
The LORD will argue their case for them and threaten the life of anyone who threatens theirs.
Ecclesiastes 4:1
Then I looked again at all the injustice that goes on in this world. The oppressed were crying, and no one would help them. No one would help them, because their oppressors had power on their side.
Ecclesiastes 5:8
Don't be surprised when you see that the government oppresses the poor and denies them justice and their rights. Every official is protected by someone higher, and both are protected by still higher officials.
Isaiah 19:20
They will be symbols of the LORD Almighty's presence in Egypt. When the people there are oppressed and call out to the LORD for help, he will send someone to rescue them.
Ezekiel 18:12
He cheats the poor, he robs, he keeps what a borrower gives him as security. He goes to pagan shrines, worships disgusting idols,
Ezekiel 18:13
and lends money for profit. Will he live? No, he will not. He has done all these disgusting things, and so he will die. He will be to blame for his own death.
Ezekiel 18:18
His father, on the other hand, cheated and robbed and always did evil to everyone. And so he died because of the sins he himself had committed.
James 5:4
You have not paid any wages to those who work in your fields. Listen to their complaints! The cries of those who gather in your crops have reached the ears of God, the Lord Almighty.
now
Isaiah 33:10
The LORD says to the nations, "Now I will act. I will show how powerful I am.
Micah 7:8
Our enemies have no reason to gloat over us. We have fallen, but we will rise again. We are in darkness now, but the LORD will give us light.
Micah 7:9
We have sinned against the LORD, so now we must endure his anger for a while. But in the end he will defend us and right the wrongs that have been done to us. He will bring us out to the light; we will live to see him save us.
puffeth at
Psalm 10:5
The wicked succeed in everything. They cannot understand God's judgments; they sneer at their enemies.
Job 5:15
But God saves the poor from death; he saves the needy from oppression.
Job 5:21
God will rescue you from slander; he will save you when destruction comes.