TOPICAL BIBLE
Oppression
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Genesis 16:6But Abram said unto Sarai, Behold, thy maid [is] in thy hand; do to her as it pleaseth thee. And when Sarai dealt hardly with her, she fled from her face.Exodus 1:10Come on, let us deal wisely with them; lest they multiply, and it come to pass, that, when there falleth out any war, they join also unto our enemies, and fight against us, and [so] 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 treasure cities, Pithom and Raamses.Exodus 1:12But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and grew. And they were grieved because of the children of Israel.Exodus 1:13And the Egyptians made the children of Israel to serve with rigour:Exodus 1:14And they made their lives bitter with hard bondage, in morter, and in brick, and in all manner of service in the field: all their service, wherein they made them serve, [was] with rigour.Exodus 1:15And the king of Egypt spake to the Hebrew midwives, of which 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 stools; 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 midwives come in unto them.Exodus 1:20Therefore 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 houses.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 3:9Now therefore, behold, the cry of the children of Israel is come unto me: and I have also seen the oppression wherewith the Egyptians oppress them.Exodus 22:21Thou shalt neither vex a stranger, nor oppress him: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.Exodus 22:22Ye shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child.Exodus 22:23If thou afflict them in any wise, 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 the servant which is escaped from his master unto thee:Deuteronomy 23:16He shall dwell with thee, [even] among you, in that place which he shall choose in one of thy gates, where it liketh him best: thou shalt not oppress him.Deuteronomy 24:14Thou shalt not oppress an hired servant [that is] poor and needy, [whether he be] of thy brethren, or of thy strangers that [are] in thy land within thy gates:Deuteronomy 24:15At 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 the LORD, and it be sin unto thee.Deuteronomy 26:7And when we cried unto the LORD God of our fathers, the LORD heard our voice, and looked on our affliction, and our labour, and our oppression:Judges 2:14And the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel, and he delivered them into the hands of spoilers that spoiled 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, and I will add to your yoke: my father [also] 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 shall receive of 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 not weep.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 a moth, and as a booth [that] the keeper maketh.Job 27:19The rich man shall lie down, but he shall not be gathered: he openeth his eyes, and he [is] not.Job 27:20Terrors take hold on him as waters, a tempest stealeth him away in the night.Job 27:21The east wind carrieth him away, and he departeth: and as a storm hurleth him out of his place.Job 27:22For [God] shall cast upon him, and not spare: he would fain flee out of his hand.Job 27:23[Men] shall clap their hands at him, and shall hiss him out of his place.Psalm 9:9The LORD also will be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble.Psalm 10:17LORD, thou hast heard the desire of the humble: thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear:Psalm 10:18To judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that the man of the earth may no more oppress.Psalm 12:5For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith the LORD; I will set [him] in safety [from him that] puffeth at him.Psalm 17:9From the wicked that oppress me, [from] my deadly enemies, [who] 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 [upon them].Psalm 72:4He shall judge the poor of the people, he shall save the children of the needy, and shall break in pieces the oppressor.Psalm 72:14He shall redeem their soul from deceit and violence: and precious shall their blood be in his sight.Psalm 74:21O let not the oppressed return ashamed: let the poor and needy praise thy name.Psalm 103:6The LORD executeth righteousness and judgment for all that are oppressed.Psalm 119:121AIN. I have done judgment and justice: leave me not to mine oppressors.Psalm 119:134Deliver me from the oppression of man: so will I keep thy precepts.Proverbs 3:31Envy thou not the oppressor, and choose none of his ways.Proverbs 14:31He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker: but he that honoureth him hath mercy on the poor.Proverbs 22:22Rob not the poor, because he [is] poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:Proverbs 28:3A poor man that oppresseth the poor [is like] a sweeping rain which leaveth no food.Proverbs 30:14[There 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 4:1So I returned, and considered 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 violent perverting of judgment and justice in a province, marvel not at the matter: for [he that is] higher than the highest regardeth; and [there be] higher than they.Ecclesiastes 7:7Surely oppression maketh a wise man mad; and a gift destroyeth the heart.Isaiah 1:17Learn to do well; seek judgment, 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 place, that they may be placed alone in the midst of the earth!
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