TOPICAL BIBLE
Oppression
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Genesis 16:6But Abram said unto Sarai, Behold, thy maid is in thy hand; do to her that which is good in thine eyes. And Sarai dealt hardly with her, and she fled from her face.Exodus 1:10come, let us deal wisely with them, lest they multiply, and it come to pass, that, when there falleth out any war, they also join themselves unto our enemies, and fight against us, and get them up out of the land.Exodus 1:11Therefore they did set over them taskmasters to afflict them with their burdens. And they built for Pharaoh store-cities, Pithom and Raamses.Exodus 1:12But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and the more they spread abroad. And they were grieved because of the children of Israel.Exodus 1:13And the Egyptians made the children of Israel to serve with rigor:Exodus 1:14and they made their lives bitter with hard service, in mortar and in brick, and in all manner of service in the field, all their service, wherein they made them serve with rigor.Exodus 1:15And the king of Egypt spake to the Hebrew midwives, of whom the name of the one was Shiphrah, and the name of the other Puah:Exodus 1:16and he said, When ye do the office of a midwife to the Hebrew women, and see them upon the birth-stool; if it be a son, then ye shall kill him; but if it be a daughter, then she shall live.Exodus 1:17But the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the men-children alive.Exodus 1:18And the king of Egypt called for the midwives, and said unto them, Why have ye done this thing, and have saved the men-children alive?Exodus 1:19And the midwives said unto Pharaoh, Because the Hebrew women are not as the Egyptian women; for they are lively, and are delivered ere the midwife come unto them.Exodus 1:20And God dealt well with the midwives: and the people multiplied, and waxed very mighty.Exodus 1:21And it came to pass, because the midwives feared God, that he made them households.Exodus 1:22And Pharaoh charged all his people, saying, Every son that is born ye shall cast into the river, and every daughter ye shall save alive.Exodus 3:9And now, behold, the cry of the children of Israel is come unto me: moreover I have seen the oppression wherewith the Egyptians oppress them.Exodus 22:21And a sojourner shalt thou not wrong, neither shalt thou oppress him: for ye were sojourners in the land of Egypt.Exodus 22:22Ye shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child.Exodus 22:23If thou afflict them at all, and they cry at all unto me, I will surely hear their cry;Exodus 22:24and my wrath shall wax hot, and I will kill you with the sword; and your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless.Deuteronomy 23:15Thou shalt not deliver unto his master a servant that is escaped from his master unto thee:Deuteronomy 23:16he shall dwell with thee, in the midst of thee, in the place which he shall choose within one of thy gates, where it pleaseth him best: thou shalt not oppress him.Deuteronomy 24:14Thou shalt not oppress a hired servant that is poor and needy, whether he be of thy brethren, or of thy sojourners that are in thy land within thy gates:Deuteronomy 24:15in his day thou shalt give him his hire, neither shall the sun go down upon it (for he is poor, and setteth his heart upon it); lest he cry against thee unto Jehovah, and it be sin unto thee.Deuteronomy 26:7and we cried unto Jehovah, the God of our fathers, and Jehovah heard our voice, and saw our affliction, and our toil, and our oppression;Judges 2:14And the anger of Jehovah was kindled against Israel, and he delivered them into the hands of spoilers that despoiled them; and he sold them into the hands of their enemies round about, so that they could not any longer stand before their enemies.1 Kings 12:14and spake to them after the counsel of the young men, saying, My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add to your yoke: my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.Job 27:13This is the portion of a wicked man with God, And the heritage of oppressors, which they receive from the Almighty:Job 27:14If his children be multiplied, it is for the sword; And his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread.Job 27:15Those that remain of him shall be buried in death, And his widows shall make no lamentation.Job 27:16Though he heap up silver as the dust, And prepare raiment as the clay;Job 27:17He may prepare it, but the just shall put it on, And the innocent shall divide the silver.Job 27:18He buildeth his house as the moth, And as a booth which the keeper maketh.Job 27:19He lieth down rich, but he shall not be gathered to his fathers; He openeth his eyes, and he is not.Job 27:20Terrors overtake him like waters; A tempest stealeth him away in the night.Job 27:21The east wind carrieth him away, and he departeth; And it sweepeth him out of his place.Job 27:22For God shall hurl at him, and not spare: He would fain flee out of his hand.Job 27:23Men shall clap their hands at him, And shall hiss him out of his place.Psalm 9:9Jehovah also will be a high tower for the oppressed, A high tower in times of trouble;Psalm 10:17Jehovah, thou hast heard the desire of the meek: Thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear;Psalm 10:18To judge the fatherless and the oppressed, That man who is of the earth may be terrible no more.Psalm 12:5Because of the oppression of the poor, because of the sighing of the needy, Now will I arise, saith Jehovah; I will set him in the safety he panteth for.Psalm 17:9From the wicked that oppress me, My deadly enemies, that compass me about.Psalm 44:24Wherefore hidest thou thy face, And forgettest our affliction and our oppression?Psalm 62:10Trust not in oppression, And become not vain in robbery: If riches increase, set not your heart thereon.Psalm 72:4He will judge the poor of the people, He will save the children of the needy, And will break in pieces the oppressor.Psalm 72:14He will redeem their soul from oppression and violence; And precious will their blood be in his sight:Psalm 74:21Oh let not the oppressed return ashamed: Let the poor and needy praise thy name.Psalm 103:6Jehovah executeth righteous acts, And judgments for all that are oppressed.Psalm 119:121I have done justice and righteousness: Leave me not to mine oppressors.Psalm 119:134Redeem me from the oppression of man: So will I observe thy precepts.Proverbs 3:31Envy thou not the man of violence, And choose none of his ways.Proverbs 14:31He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker; But he that hath mercy on the needy honoreth him.Proverbs 22:22Rob not the poor, because he is poor; Neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:Proverbs 28:3A needy man that oppresseth the poor Is like a sweeping rain which leaveth no food.Proverbs 30:14There 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.Ecclesiastes 4:1Then I returned and saw 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.Ecclesiastes 5:8If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and the violent taking away of justice and righteousness in a province, marvel not at the matter: for one higher than the high regardeth; and there are higher than they.Ecclesiastes 7:7Surely extortion maketh the wise man foolish; and a bribe destroyeth the understanding.Isaiah 1:17learn to do well; seek justice, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.Isaiah 5:8Woe unto them that join house to house, that lay field to field, till there be no room, and ye be made to dwell alone in the midst of the land!
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