For he has oppressed and forsaken the poor; he has seized houses he did not build.
Men cry out under great oppression; they plead for relief from the arm of the mighty.
Whoever oppresses the poor taunts their Maker, but whoever is kind to the needy honors Him.
The people of the land have practiced extortion and committed robbery. They have oppressed the poor and needy and have e
Do not rob a poor man because he is poor, and do not crush the afflicted at the gate,
Look, the wages you withheld from the workmen who mowed your fields are crying out against you. The cries of the harvest
For judgment without mercy will be shown to anyone who has not been merciful. Mercy triumphs over judgment.
But you have dishonored the poor. Is it not the rich who oppress you and drag you into court?
to vindicate the fatherless and oppressed, that the men of the earth may strike terror no more.
If I have rejected the cause of my manservant or maidservant when they made a complaint against me,
To crush underfoot all the prisoners of the land,
If you see the oppression of the poor and the denial of justice and righteousness in the province, do not be astonished
Here I am. Bear witness against me before the LORD and before His anointed: Whose ox or donkey have I taken? Whom have I
Hear this word, you cows of Bashan on Mount Samaria, you women who oppress the poor and crush the needy, who say to your
Men move boundary stones; they pasture stolen flocks.
You drive the women of My people from their pleasant homes. You take away My blessing from their children forever.
For you needlessly demanded security from your brothers and deprived the naked of their clothing.
“For the cause of the oppressed and for the groaning of the needy, I will now arise,” says the LORD. “I will bring safet
A people you do not know will eat the produce of your land and of all your toil. All your days you will be oppressed and
Again I looked, and I considered all the oppression taking place under the sun. I saw the tears of the oppressed, and th
Fire resides in his tent; burning sulfur rains down on his dwelling.
For the vineyard of the LORD of Hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah are the plant of His delight. He look
Behold, I know your thoughts full well, the schemes by which you would wrong me.
They covet fields and seize them; they take away houses. They deprive a man of his home, a fellow man of his inheritance
Tell him that this is what the LORD says: ‘Have you not murdered a man and seized his land?’ Then tell him that this is
if my land cries out against me and its furrows weep together,