Do not oppress the widow or the fatherless, the foreigner or the poor. And do not plot evil in your hearts against one another.’
They have grown fat and sleek, and have excelled in the deeds of the wicked. They have not taken up the cause of the fat
Your rulers are rebels, friends of thieves. They all love bribes and chasing after rewards. They do not defend the fathe
Though they intend You harm, the schemes they devise will not prevail.
Look, the wages you withheld from the workmen who mowed your fields are crying out against you. The cries of the harvest
Everyone who hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that eternal life does not reside in a murderer.
Do not rob a poor man because he is poor, and do not crush the afflicted at the gate,
Wash and cleanse yourselves. Remove your evil deeds from My sight. Stop doing evil!
May he vindicate the afflicted among the people; may he save the children of the needy and crush the oppressor.
“Then I will draw near to you for judgment. And I will be a swift witness against sorcerers and adulterers and perjurers
‘Cursed is he who withholds justice from the foreigner, the fatherless, or the widow.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen
who devise evil in their hearts and stir up war all day long.
But each one is tempted when by his own evil desires he is lured away and enticed.
The people of the land have practiced extortion and committed robbery. They have oppressed the poor and needy and have e
In you they take bribes to shed blood. You engage in usury, take excess interest, and extort your neighbors. But Me you
Then I said: “Hear now, O leaders of Jacob, you rulers of the house of Israel. Should you not know justice?
Do not oppress a foreign resident, since you yourselves know how it feels to be foreigners; for you were foreigners in t
Do not devise evil against your neighbor, for he trustfully dwells beside you.
Hear this word, you cows of Bashan on Mount Samaria, you women who oppress the poor and crush the needy, who say to your
Do not oppress a hired hand who is poor and needy, whether he is a brother or a foreigner residing in one of your towns.
do not plot evil in your hearts against your neighbor, and do not love to swear falsely, for I hate all these things,” d
nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor verbal abusers, nor swindlers, will inherit the kingdom of God.
Then some said, “Come, let us make plans against Jeremiah, for the law will never be lost to the priest, nor counsel to
Woe to the city of oppressors, rebellious and defiled!
For I was like a gentle lamb led to slaughter; I did not know that they had plotted against me: “Let us destroy the tree
Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You shut the kingdom of heaven in men’s faces. You yourselves do not
For from within the hearts of men come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery,
a heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that run swiftly to evil,
Do not move an ancient boundary stone or encroach on the fields of the fatherless,
Woe to those who devise iniquity and plot evil on their beds! At morning’s light they accomplish it because the power is
Does it make you a king to excel in cedar? Did not your father have food and drink? He administered justice and righteou
Father and mother are treated with contempt. Within your walls the foreign resident is exploited, the fatherless and the
Therefore, because you trample on the poor and exact from him a tax of grain, you will never live in the stone houses yo
You must not exploit or oppress a foreign resident, for you yourselves were foreigners in the land of Egypt.
Even on his bed he plots wickedness; he sets himself on a path that is not good; he fails to reject evil.