Bible Cross References
that oppresseth
Proverbs 17:5
If you make fun of poor people, you insult the God who made them. You will be punished if you take pleasure in someone's misfortune.
Proverbs 22:2
The rich and the poor have this in common: the LORD made them both.
Proverbs 22:16
If you make gifts to rich people or oppress the poor to get rich, you will become poor yourself.
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.
Job 31:13-16
13
When any of my servants complained against me, I would listen and treat them fairly.
14
If I did not, how could I then face God? What could I say when God came to judge me?
15
The same God who created me created my servants also.
16
I have never refused to help the poor; never have I let widows live in despair
Psalm 12:5
"But now I will come," says the LORD, "because the needy are oppressed and the persecuted groan in pain. I will give them the security they long for."
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.
Matthew 25:40-46
40
The King will reply, 'I tell you, whenever you did this for one of the least important of these followers of mine, you did it for me!'
41
"Then he will say to those on his left, 'Away from me, you that are under God's curse! Away to the eternal fire which has been prepared for the Devil and his angels!
42
I was hungry but you would not feed me, thirsty but you would not give me a drink;
43
I was a stranger but you would not welcome me in your homes, naked but you would not clothe me; I was sick and in prison but you would not take care of me.'
44
Then they will answer him, 'When, Lord, did we ever see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and we would not help you?'
45
The King will reply, 'I tell you, whenever you refused to help one of these least important ones, you refused to help me.'
46
These, then, will be sent off to eternal punishment, but the righteous will go to eternal life."
but
Proverbs 14:21
If you want to be happy, be kind to the poor; it is a sin to despise anyone.
Proverbs 19:17
When you give to the poor, it is like lending to the LORD, and the LORD will pay you back.
Matthew 25:40
The King will reply, 'I tell you, whenever you did this for one of the least important of these followers of mine, you did it for me!'
John 12:8
You will always have poor people with you, but you will not always have me."
2 Corinthians 8:7-9
7
You are so rich in all you have: in faith, speech, and knowledge, in your eagerness to help and in your love for us. And so we want you to be generous also in this service of love.
8
I am not laying down any rules. But by showing how eager others are to help, I am trying to find out how real your own love is.
9
You know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ; rich as he was, he made himself poor for your sake, in order to make you rich by means of his poverty.
1 John 3:17-21
17
If we are rich and see others in need, yet close our hearts against them, how can we claim that we love God?
18
My children, our love should not be just words and talk; it must be true love, which shows itself in action.
19
This, then, is how we will know that we belong to the truth; this is how we will be confident in God's presence.
20
If our conscience condemns us, we know that God is greater than our conscience and that he knows everything.
21
And so, my dear friends, if our conscience does not condemn us, we have courage in God's presence.
1 John 4:21
The command that Christ has given us is this: whoever loves God must love others also.