TOPICAL BIBLE
Oppression
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Genesis 16:6And Abram saith unto Sarai, ‘Lo, thine handmaid is in thine hand, do to her that which is good in thine eyes;’ and Sarai afflicted her, and she fleeth from her presence.Exodus 1:10give help! let us act wisely concerning it, lest it multiply, and it hath come to pass, when war happeneth, that it hath been joined, even it, unto those hating us, and hath fought against us, and hath gone out up of the land.’Exodus 1:11And they set over it princes of tribute, so as to afflict it with their burdens, and it buildeth store-cities for Pharaoh, Pithom and Raamses;Exodus 1:12and as they afflict it, so it multiplieth, and so it breaketh forth, and they are vexed because of the sons of Israel;Exodus 1:13and the Egyptians cause the sons of Israel to serve with rigour,Exodus 1:14and make their lives bitter in hard service, in clay, and in brick, and in every kind of service in the field; all their service in which they have served is with rigour.Exodus 1:15And the king of Egypt speaketh to the midwives, the Hebrewesses, (of whom the name of the one is Shiphrah, and the name of the second Puah),Exodus 1:16and saith, ‘When ye cause the Hebrew women to bear, and have looked on the children; if it is a son—then ye have put him to death; and if it is a daughter—then she hath lived.’Exodus 1:17And the midwives fear God, and have not done as the king of Egypt hath spoken unto them, and keep the lads alive;Exodus 1:18and the king of Egypt calleth for the midwives, and saith to them, ‘Wherefore have ye done this thing, and keep the lads alive?’Exodus 1:19And the midwives say unto Pharaoh, ‘Because the Hebrew women are not as the Egyptian women, for they are lively; before the midwife cometh in unto them—they have borne!’Exodus 1:20And God doth good to the midwives, and the people multiply, and are very mighty;Exodus 1:21and it cometh to pass, because the midwives have feared God, that He maketh for them households;Exodus 1:22and Pharaoh layeth a charge on all his people, saying, ‘Every son who is born—into the River ye do cast him, and every daughter ye do keep alive.’Exodus 3:9‘And now, lo, the cry of the sons of Israel hath come in unto Me, and I have also seen the oppression with which the Egyptians are oppressing them,Exodus 22:21‘And a sojourner thou dost not oppress, nor crush him, for sojourners ye have been in the land of Egypt.Exodus 22:22‘Any widow or orphan ye do not afflict;Exodus 22:23if thou dost really afflict him, surely if he at all cry unto Me, I certainly hear his cry;Exodus 22:24and Mine anger hath burned, and I have slain you by the sword, and your wives have been widows, and your sons orphans.Deuteronomy 23:15‘Thou dost not shut up a servant unto his lord, who is delivered unto thee from his lord;Deuteronomy 23:16with thee he doth dwell, in thy midst, in the place which he chooseth within one of thy gates, where it is pleasing to him; thou dost not oppress him.Deuteronomy 24:14‘Thou dost not oppress a hireling, poor and needy, of thy brethren or of thy sojourner who is in thy land within thy gates;Deuteronomy 24:15in his day thou dost give his hire, and the sun doth not go in upon it, for he is poor, and unto it he is lifting up his soul, and he doth not cry against thee unto Jehovah, and it hath been in thee—sin.Deuteronomy 26:7and we cry unto Jehovah, God of our fathers, and Jehovah heareth our voice, and seeth our affliction, and our labour, and our oppression;Judges 2:14And the anger of Jehovah burneth against Israel, and He giveth them into the hand of spoilers, and they spoil them, and He selleth them into the hand of their enemies round about, and they have not been able any more to stand before their enemies;1 Kings 12:14and speaketh unto them, according to the counsel of the lads, saying, ‘My father made your yoke heavy, and I add to your yoke; my father chastised you with whips, and I—I chastise you with scorpions;’Job 27:13This is the portion of wicked man with God, And the inheritance of terrible ones From the Mighty they receive.Job 27:14If his sons multiply—for them is a sword. And his offspring are not satisfied with bread.Job 27:15His remnant in death are buried, And his widows do not weep.Job 27:16If he heap up as dust silver, And as clay prepare clothing,Job 27:17He prepareth—and the righteous putteth it on, And the silver the innocent doth apportion.Job 27:18He hath built as a moth his house, And as a booth a watchman hath made.Job 27:19Rich he lieth down, and he is not gathered, His eyes he hath opened, and he is not.Job 27:20Overtake him as waters do terrors, By night stolen him away hath a whirlwind.Job 27:21Take him up doth an east wind, and he goeth, And it frighteneth him from his place,Job 27:22And it casteth at him, and doth not spare, From its hand he diligently fleeth.Job 27:23It clappeth at him its hands, And it hisseth at him from his place.Psalm 9:9And Jehovah is a tower for the bruised, A tower for times of adversity.Psalm 10:17The desire of the humble Thou hast heard, O Jehovah. Thou preparest their heart; Thou causest Thine ear to attend,Psalm 10:18To judge the fatherless and bruised: He addeth no more to oppress—man of the earth!Psalm 12:5Because of the spoiling of the poor, Because of the groaning of the needy, Now do I arise, saith Jehovah, I set in safety him who doth breathe for it.Psalm 17:9From the face of the wicked who spoiled me. Mine enemies in soul go round against me.Psalm 44:24Why Thy face hidest Thou? Thou forgettest our afflictions and our oppression,Psalm 62:10Trust not in oppression, And in robbery become not vain, Wealth—when it increaseth—set not the heart.Psalm 72:4He judgeth the poor of the people, Giveth deliverance to the sons of the needy, And bruiseth the oppressor.Psalm 72:14From fraud and from violence he redeemeth their soul, And precious is their blood in his eyes.Psalm 74:21Let not the oppressed turn back ashamed, Let the poor and needy praise Thy name,Psalm 103:6Jehovah is doing righteousness and judgments For all the oppressed.Psalm 119:121Ain. I have done judgment and righteousness, Leave me not to mine oppressors.Psalm 119:134Ransom me from the oppression of man, And I observe Thy precepts,Proverbs 3:31Be not envious of a man of violence, Nor fix thou on any of his ways.Proverbs 14:31An oppressor of the poor reproacheth his Maker, And whoso is honouring Him Is favouring the needy.Proverbs 22:22Rob not the poor because he is poor, And bruise not the afflicted in the gate.Proverbs 28:3A man—poor and oppressing the weak, Is a sweeping rain, and there is no bread.Proverbs 30:14A generation—swords are their teeth, And knives—their jaw-teeth, To consume the poor from earth, And the needy from among men.Ecclesiastes 4:1And I have turned, and I see all the oppressions that are done under the sun, and lo, the tear of the oppressed, and they have no comforter; and at the hand of their oppressors is power, and they have no comforter.Ecclesiastes 5:8If oppression of the poor, and violent taking away of judgment and righteousness thou seest in a province, do not marvel at the matter, for a higher than the high is observing, and high ones are over them.Ecclesiastes 7:7Surely oppression maketh the wise mad, And a gift destroyeth the heart.Isaiah 1:17Seek judgment, make happy the oppressed, Judge the fatherless, strive for the widow.Isaiah 5:8Woe to those joining house to house, Field to field they bring near, till there is no place, And ye have been settled by yourselves In the midst of the land!
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