| Proverbs 14 31 |
He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker: but he that honoureth him hath mercy on the poor. |
| Proverbs 29 7 |
The righteous considereth the cause of the poor: but the wicked regardeth not to know it. |
| Job 35 9 |
By reason of the multitude of oppressions they make the oppressed to cry: they cry out by reason of the arm of the mighty. |
| Ezekiel 22 29 |
The people of the land have used oppression, and exercised robbery, and have vexed the poor and needy: yea, they have oppressed the stranger wrongfully. |
| Amos 8 4 |
Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy, even to make the poor of the land to fail, |
| Jeremiah 7 6 |
If ye oppress not the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, and shed not innocent blood in this place, neither walk after other gods to your hurt: |
| Psalms 10 2 |
The wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined. |
| Psalms 69 33 |
For the LORD heareth the poor, and despiseth not his prisoners. |
| Isaiah 26 10 |
Let favour be shewed to the wicked, yet will he not learn righteousness: in the land of uprightness will he deal unjustly, and will not behold the majesty of the LORD. |
| Psalms 138 6 |
Though the LORD be high, yet hath he respect unto the lowly: but the proud he knoweth afar off. |
| Proverbs 28 6 |
Better is the poor that walketh in his uprightness, than he that is perverse in his ways, though he be rich. |
| 2 Samuel 22 28 |
And the afflicted people thou wilt save: but thine eyes are upon the haughty, that thou mayest bring them down. |
| Psalms 74 21 |
O let not the oppressed return ashamed: let the poor and needy praise thy name. |
| Exodus 23 6 |
Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of thy poor in his cause. |
| Proverbs 22 16 |
He that oppresseth the poor to increase his riches, and he that giveth to the rich, shall surely come to want. |
| Isaiah 59 14 |
And judgment is turned away backward, and justice standeth afar off: for truth is fallen in the street, and equity cannot enter. |
| Psalms 10 14 |
Thou hast seen it; for thou beholdest mischief and spite, to requite it with thy hand: the poor committeth himself unto thee; thou art the helper of the fatherless. |
| Ecclesiastes 7 7 |
Surely oppression maketh a wise man mad; and a gift destroyeth the heart. |
| Psalms 9 18 |
For the needy shall not alway be forgotten: the expectation of the poor shall not perish for ever. |
| Proverbs 28 3 |
A poor man that oppresseth the poor is like a sweeping rain which leaveth no food. |
| Jeremiah 5 28 |
They are waxen fat, they shine: yea, they overpass the deeds of the wicked: they judge not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, yet they prosper; and the right of the needy do they not judge. |
| Psalms 62 10 |
Trust not in oppression, and become not vain in robbery: if riches increase, set not your heart upon them. |
| Isaiah 3 5 |
And the people shall be oppressed, every one by another, and every one by his neighbour: the child shall behave himself proudly against the ancient, and the base against the honourable. |
| Jeremiah 3 2 |
Lift up thine eyes unto the high places, and see where thou hast not been lien with. In the ways hast thou sat for them, as the Arabian in the wilderness; and thou hast polluted the land with thy whoredoms and with thy wickedness. |
| Psalms 12 5 |
For 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. |
| Proverbs 19 1 |
Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity, than he that is perverse in his lips, and is a fool. |
| Isaiah 5 15 |
And the mean man shall be brought down, and the mighty man shall be humbled, and the eyes of the lofty shall be humbled: |
| Zechariah 7 10 |
And oppress not the widow, nor the fatherless, the stranger, nor the poor; and let none of you imagine evil against his brother in your heart. |
| Proverbs 16 19 |
Better it is to be of an humble spirit with the lowly, than to divide the spoil with the proud. |
| Job 40 12 |
Look on every one that is proud, and bring him low; and tread down the wicked in their place. |
| Jeremiah 49 31 |
Arise, get you up unto the wealthy nation, that dwelleth without care, saith the LORD, which have neither gates nor bars, which dwell alone. |
| Psalms 146 7 |
Which executeth judgment for the oppressed: which giveth food to the hungry. The LORD looseth the prisoners: |
| Psalms 119 122 |
Be surety for thy servant for good: let not the proud oppress me. |
| Jeremiah 22 3 |
Thus saith the LORD; Execute ye judgment and righteousness, and deliver the spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor: and do no wrong, do no violence to the stranger, the fatherless, nor the widow, neither shed innocent blood in this place. |
| Psalms 82 3 |
Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and needy. |
| Proverbs 29 2 |
When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice: but when the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn. |
| Revelation 22 11 |
He that is unjust, let him be unjust still: and he which is filthy, let him be filthy still: and he that is righteous, let him be righteous still: and he that is holy, let him be holy still. |
| Ecclesiastes 8 9 |
All this have I seen, and applied my heart unto every work that is done under the sun: there is a time wherein one man ruleth over another to his own hurt. |
| Proverbs 13 18 |
Poverty and shame shall be to him that refuseth instruction: but he that regardeth reproof shall be honoured. |
| Proverbs 30 8 |
Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me: |
| Isaiah 16 4 |
Let mine outcasts dwell with thee, Moab; be thou a covert to them from the face of the spoiler: for the extortioner is at an end, the spoiler ceaseth, the oppressors are consumed out of the land. |
| Psalms 113 4 |
The LORD is high above all nations, and his glory above the heavens. |
| Proverbs 11 24 |
There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty. |
| Romans 13 3 |
For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to the evil. Wilt thou then not be afraid of the power? do that which is good, and thou shalt have praise of the same: |
| Luke 16 10 |
He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in much: and he that is unjust in the least is unjust also in much. |
| Proverbs 29 18 |
Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth the law, happy is he. |
| Psalms 73 8 |
They are corrupt, and speak wickedly concerning oppression: they speak loftily. |
| Job 34 19 |
How much less to him that accepteth not the persons of princes, nor regardeth the rich more than the poor? for they all are the work of his hands. |
| 1 Samuel 2 7 |
The LORD maketh poor, and maketh rich: he bringeth low, and lifteth up. |
| Leviticus 19 15 |
Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor honor the person of the mighty: but in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbour. |