Bible Cross References
oppress
Jeremiah 22:3
"I, the LORD, command you to do what is just and right. Protect the person who is being cheated from the one who is cheating him. Do not mistreat or oppress aliens, orphans, or widows; and do not kill innocent people in this holy place.
Jeremiah 22:4
If you really do as I have commanded, then David's descendants will continue to be kings. And they, together with their officials and their people, will continue to pass through the gates of this palace in chariots and on horses.
Jeremiah 22:15
Does it make you a better king if you build houses of cedar, finer than those of others? Your father enjoyed a full life. He was always just and fair, and he prospered in everything he did.
Jeremiah 22:16
He gave the poor a fair trial, and all went well with him. That is what it means to know the LORD.
Exodus 22:21-24
21
"Do not mistreat or oppress a foreigner; remember that you were foreigners in Egypt.
22
Do not mistreat any widow or orphan.
23
If you do, I, the LORD, will answer them when they cry out to me for help,
24
and I will become angry and kill you in war. Your wives will become widows, and your children will be fatherless.
Deuteronomy 24:17
"Do not deprive foreigners and orphans of their rights; and do not take a widow's garment as security for a loan.
Deuteronomy 27:19
" 'God's curse on anyone who deprives foreigners, orphans, and widows of their rights.' "And all the people will answer, 'Amen!'
Job 31:13-22
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
17
or let orphans go hungry while I ate.
18
All my life I have taken care of them.
19
When I found someone in need, too poor to buy clothes,
20
I would give him clothing made of wool that had come from my own flock of sheep. Then he would praise me with all his heart.
21
If I have ever cheated an orphan, knowing I could win in court,
22
then may my arms be broken; may they be torn from my shoulders.
Psalm 82:3
Defend the rights of the poor and the orphans; be fair to the needy and the helpless.
Psalm 82:4
Rescue them from the power of evil people.
Zechariah 7:9-12
9
"Long ago I gave these commands to my people: 'You must see that justice is done, and must show kindness and mercy to one another.
10
Do not oppress widows, orphans, foreigners who live among you, or anyone else in need. And do not plan ways of harming one another.'
11
"But my people stubbornly refused to listen. They closed their minds
12
and made their hearts as hard as rock. Because they would not listen to the teaching which I sent through the prophets who lived long ago, I became very angry.
Malachi 3:5
The LORD Almighty says, "I will appear among you to judge, and I will testify at once against those who practice magic, against adulterers, against those who give false testimony, those who cheat employees out of their wages, and those who take advantage of widows, orphans, and foreigners---against all who do not respect me.
James 1:27
What God the Father considers to be pure and genuine religion is this: to take care of orphans and widows in their suffering and to keep oneself from being corrupted by the world.
and shed
Jeremiah 2:30
I punished you, but it did no good; you would not let me correct you. Like a raging lion, you have murdered your prophets.
Jeremiah 2:34
Your clothes are stained with the blood of the poor and innocent, not with the blood of burglars. "But in spite of all this,
Jeremiah 22:17
But you can only see your selfish interests; you kill the innocent and violently oppress your people. The LORD has spoken.
Jeremiah 26:15
But be sure of this: if you kill me, you and the people of this city will be guilty of killing an innocent man, because it is the LORD who sent me to give you this warning."
Jeremiah 26:23
They brought him back to King Jehoiakim, who had him killed and his body thrown into the public burial ground.)
2 Kings 21:6
He sacrificed his son as a burnt offering. He practiced divination and magic and consulted fortunetellers and mediums. He sinned greatly against the LORD and stirred up his anger.
2 Kings 24:4
and especially because of all the innocent people he had killed. The LORD could not forgive Manasseh for that.
Psalm 106:38
They killed those innocent children, and the land was defiled by those murders.
Isaiah 59:7
You are always planning something evil, and you can hardly wait to do it. You never hesitate to murder innocent people. You leave ruin and destruction wherever you go,
Lamentations 4:13
But it happened, because her prophets sinned and her priests were guilty of causing the death of innocent people.
Ezekiel 22:3-6
3
Tell the city what I, the Sovereign LORD, am saying: Because you have murdered so many of your own people and have defiled yourself by worshiping idols, your time is coming.
4
You are guilty of those murders and are defiled by the idols you made, and so your day is coming, your time is up! That is why I have let the nations make fun of you and all the countries sneer at you.
5
Countries nearby and countries far away sneer at you because of your lawlessness.
6
All Israel's leaders trust in their own strength and commit murder.
Matthew 23:35-37
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As a result, the punishment for the murder of all innocent people will fall on you, from the murder of innocent Abel to the murder of Zechariah son of Berechiah, whom you murdered between the Temple and the altar.
36
I tell you indeed: the punishment for all these murders will fall on the people of this day!
37
"Jerusalem, Jerusalem! You kill the prophets and stone the messengers God has sent you! How many times I wanted to put my arms around all your people, just as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you would not let me!
Matthew 27:4
"I have sinned by betraying an innocent man to death!" he said. "What do we care about that?" they answered. "That is your business!"
Matthew 27:25
The whole crowd answered, "Let the responsibility for his death fall on us and on our children!"
neither walk
Jeremiah 13:10
These evil people have refused to obey me. They have been as stubborn and wicked as ever, and have worshiped and served other gods. So then, they will become like these shorts that are no longer any good.
Deuteronomy 6:14
Do not worship other gods, any of the gods of the peoples around you.
Deuteronomy 6:15
If you do worship other gods, the LORD's anger will come against you like fire and will destroy you completely, because the LORD your God, who is present with you, tolerates no rivals.
Deuteronomy 8:19
Never forget the LORD your God or turn to other gods to worship and serve them. If you do, then I warn you today that you will certainly be destroyed.
Deuteronomy 11:28
but a curse, if you disobey these commands and turn away to worship other gods that you have never worshiped before.
Ezekiel 18:6
He doesn't worship the idols of the Israelites or eat the sacrifices offered at forbidden shrines. He doesn't seduce another man's wife or have intercourse with a woman during her period.