TOPICAL BIBLE
Oppression
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Genesis 16:6“Here,” said Abram, “your servant is in your hands. Do whatever you want with her.” Then Sarai treated Hagar so harshly that she fled from her.Exodus 1:10Come, let us deal shrewdly with them, or they will increase even more; and if a war breaks out, they may join our enemies, fight against us, and leave the country.”Exodus 1:11So the Egyptians appointed taskmasters over the Israelites to oppress them with forced labor. As a result, they built Pithom and Rameses as store cities for Pharaoh.Exodus 1:12But the more they were oppressed, the more they multiplied and flourished; so the Egyptians came to dread the Israelites.Exodus 1:13They worked the Israelites ruthlesslyExodus 1:14and made their lives bitter with hard labor in brick and mortar, and with all kinds of work in the fields. Every service they imposed was harsh.Exodus 1:15Then the king of Egypt said to the Hebrew midwives, whose names were Shiphrah and Puah,Exodus 1:16“When you help the Hebrew women give birth, observe them on the birthstools. If the child is a son, kill him; but if it is a daughter, let her live.”Exodus 1:17The midwives, however, feared God and did not do as the king of Egypt had instructed; they let the boys live.Exodus 1:18So the king of Egypt summoned the midwives and asked them, “Why have you done this? Why have you let the boys live?”Exodus 1:19The midwives answered Pharaoh, “The Hebrew women are not like the Egyptian women, for they are vigorous and give birth before a midwife arrives.”Exodus 1:20So God was good to the midwives, and the people multiplied and became even more numerous.Exodus 1:21And because the midwives feared God, He gave them families of their own.Exodus 1:22Then Pharaoh commanded all his people: “Every son born to the Hebrews you must throw into the Nile, but every daughter you may allow to live.”Exodus 3:9And now the cry of the Israelites has reached Me, and I have seen how severely the Egyptians are oppressing them.Exodus 22:21You must not exploit or oppress a foreign resident, for you yourselves were foreigners in the land of Egypt.Exodus 22:22You must not mistreat any widow or orphan.Exodus 22:23If you do mistreat them, and they cry out to Me in distress, I will surely hear their cry.Exodus 22:24My anger will be kindled, and I will kill you with the sword; then your wives will become widows and your children will be fatherless.Deuteronomy 23:15Do not return a slave to his master if he has taken refuge with you.Deuteronomy 23:16Let him live among you wherever he chooses, in the town of his pleasing. Do not oppress him.Deuteronomy 24:14Do not oppress a hired hand who is poor and needy, whether he is a brother or a foreigner residing in one of your towns.Deuteronomy 24:15You are to pay his wages each day before sunset, because he is poor and depends on them. Otherwise he may cry out to the LORD against you, and you will be guilty of sin.Deuteronomy 26:7So we called out to the LORD, the God of our fathers; and the LORD heard our voice and saw our affliction, toil, and oppression.Judges 2:14Then the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He delivered them into the hands of those who plundered them. He sold them into the hands of their enemies all around, whom they were no longer able to resist.1 Kings 12:14and spoke to them as the young men had advised, saying, “Whereas my father made your yoke heavy, I will add to your yoke. Whereas my father scourged you with whips, I will scourge you with scorpions.”Job 27:13This is the wicked man’s portion from God—the heritage the ruthless receive from the Almighty.Job 27:14Though his sons are many, they are destined for the sword; and his offspring will never have enough food.Job 27:15His survivors will be buried by the plague, and their widows will not weep for them.Job 27:16Though he heaps up silver like dust and piles up a wardrobe like clay,Job 27:17what he lays up, the righteous will wear, and his silver will be divided by the innocent.Job 27:18The house he built is like a moth’s cocoon, like a hut set up by a watchman.Job 27:19He lies down wealthy, but will do so no more; when he opens his eyes, all is gone.Job 27:20Terrors overtake him like a flood; a tempest sweeps him away in the night.Job 27:21The east wind carries him away, and he is gone; it sweeps him out of his place.Job 27:22It hurls itself against him without mercy as he flees headlong from its power.Job 27:23It claps its hands at him and hisses him out of his place.Psalm 9:9The LORD is a refuge for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble.Psalm 10:17You have heard, O LORD, the desire of the humble; You will strengthen their hearts. You will incline Your ear,Psalm 10:18to vindicate the fatherless and oppressed, that the men of the earth may strike terror no more.Psalm 12:5“For the cause of the oppressed and for the groaning of the needy, I will now arise,” says the LORD. “I will bring safety to him who yearns.”Psalm 17:9from the wicked who assail me, from my mortal enemies who surround me.Psalm 44:24Why do You hide Your face and forget our affliction and oppression?Psalm 62:10Place no trust in extortion or false hope in stolen goods. If your riches increase, do not set your heart upon them.Psalm 72:4May he vindicate the afflicted among the people; may he save the children of the needy and crush the oppressor.Psalm 72:14He will redeem them from oppression and violence, for their blood is precious in his sight.Psalm 74:21Do not let the oppressed retreat in shame; may the poor and needy praise Your name.Psalm 103:6The LORD executes righteousness and justice for all the oppressed.Psalm 119:121I have done what is just and right; do not leave me to my oppressors.Psalm 119:134Redeem me from the oppression of man, that I may keep Your precepts.Proverbs 3:31Do not envy a violent man or choose any of his ways;Proverbs 14:31Whoever oppresses the poor taunts their Maker, but whoever is kind to the needy honors Him.Proverbs 22:22Do not rob a poor man because he is poor, and do not crush the afflicted at the gate,Proverbs 28:3A destitute leader who oppresses the poor is like a driving rain that leaves no food.Proverbs 30:14there is a generation whose teeth are swords and whose jaws are knives, devouring the oppressed from the earth and the needy from among men.Ecclesiastes 4:1Again I looked, and I considered all the oppression taking place under the sun. I saw the tears of the oppressed, and they had no comforter; the power lay in the hands of their oppressors, and there was no comforter.Ecclesiastes 5:8If you see the oppression of the poor and the denial of justice and righteousness in the province, do not be astonished at the matter; for one official is watched by a superior, and others higher still are over them.Ecclesiastes 7:7Surely extortion turns a wise man into a fool, and a bribe corrupts the heart.Isaiah 1:17Learn to do right; seek justice and correct the oppressor. Defend the fatherless and plead the case of the widow.”Isaiah 5:8Woe to you who add house to house and join field to field until no place is left and you live alone in the land.
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