Bible verses about "oppression" | Brenton

^{1 (45:1)} For the end, for the sons of Core; a Psalm concerning secret things. God is our refuge and strength, a help in the afflictions that have come heavily upon us.

^{1 (90:1)} Praise of a Song, by David. He that dwells in the help of the Highest, shall sojourn under the shelter of the God of heaven. ^{2 (90:2)} He shall say to the Lord, Thou art my helper and my refuge: my God; I will hope in him. ^{3 (90:3)} For he shall deliver thee from the snare of the hunters, from every troublesome matter. ^{4 (90:4)} He shall overshadow thee with his shoulders, and thou shalt trust under his wings: his truth shall cover thee with a shield. ^{5 (90:5)} Thou shalt not be afraid of terror by night; nor of the arrow flying by day; ^{6 (90:6)} nor of the evil thing that walks in darkness; nor of calamity, and the evil spirit at noon-day. ^{7 (90:7)} A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right hand; but it shall not come nigh thee. ^{8 (90:8)} Only with thine eyes shalt thou observe and see the reward of sinners. ^{9 (90:9)} For thou, O Lord, art my hope: thou, my soul, hast made the Most High thy refuge. ^{10 (90:10)} No evils shall come upon thee, and no scourge shall draw night to thy dwelling. ^{11 (90:11)} For he shall give his angels charge concerning thee, to keep thee in all thy ways. ^{12 (90:12)} They shall bear thee up on their hands, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone. ^{13 (90:13)} Thou shalt tread on the asp and basilisk: and thou shalt trample on the lion and dragon. ^{14 (90:14)} For he has hoped in me, and I will deliver him: I will protect him, because he has known my name. ^{15 (90:15)} He shall call upon me, and I will hearken to him: I am with him in affliction; and I will deliver him, and glorify him. ^{16 (90:16)} I will satisfy him with length of days, and shew him my salvation.

²⁶ As if one should stop a well, and corrupt a spring of water, so is it unseemly for a righteous man to fall before an ungodly man.

¹⁶ He that oppresses the poor, increases his own substance, yet gives to the rich so as to make it less.

^{134 (118:134)} Deliver me from the false accusation of men: so will I keep thy commandments.

^{7 (145:7)} who executes judgment for the wronged: who gives food to the hungry. The Lord looses the fettered ones:

⁵ And I will draw near to you in judgment; and I will be a sift witness against the witches, and against the adulteresses, and against them that swear falsely by my name, and against them that keep back the hireling's wages, and them that oppress the widow, and afflict orphans, and that wrest the judgment of the stranger, and fear not me, saith the Lord Almighty.

^{18 (33:18)} The Lord is near to them that are of a contrite heart; and will save the lowly in spirit.

¹⁰ and oppress not the widow, or the fatherless, or the stranger, or the poor; and let not one of you remember in his heart the injury of his brother.

^{4 (71:4)} he shall judge the poor of the people in righteousness, and save the children of the needy; and shall bring low the false accuser.

³¹ He that oppresses the needy provokes his Maker: but he that honours him has pity upon the poor.

¹⁷ learn to do well; diligently seek judgement, deliver him that is suffering wrong, plead for the orphan, and obtain justice for the widow.

⁹ The Lord also is become a refuge for the poor, a seasonable help, in affliction.