Surely oppression maketh a wise man mad; and a gift destroyeth the heart.


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Exodus 5 16 There is no straw given unto thy servants, and they say to us, Make brick: and, behold, thy servants are beaten; but the fault is in thine own people.
Exodus 22 23 If thou afflict them in any wise, and they cry at all unto me, I will surely hear their cry;
Exodus 23 6 Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of thy poor in his cause.
Exodus 23 8 And thou shalt take no gift: for the gift blindeth the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous.
Exodus 23 9 Also thou shalt not oppress a stranger: for ye know the heart of a stranger, seeing ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.
Exodus 30 33 Whosoever compoundeth any like it, or whosoever putteth any of it upon a stranger, shall even be cut off from his people.
Leviticus 24 19 And if a man cause a blemish in his neighbour; as he hath done, so shall it be done to him;
Leviticus 24 20 Breach for breach, eye for eye, tooth for tooth: as he hath caused a blemish in a man, so shall it be done to him again.
Leviticus 25 17 Ye shall not therefore oppress one another; but thou shalt fear thy God:for I am the LORD your God.
Numbers 33 55 But if ye will not drive out the inhabitants of the land from before you; then it shall come to pass, that those which ye let remain of them shall be pricks in your eyes, and thorns in your sides, and shall vex you in the land wherein ye dwell.
Deuteronomy 15 7 If there be among you a poor man of one of thy brethren within any of thy gates in thy land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not harden thine heart, nor shut thine hand from thy poor brother:
Deuteronomy 28 18 Cursed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy land, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep.
Deuteronomy 28 33 The fruit of thy land, and all thy labours, shall a nation which thou knowest not eat up; and thou shalt be only oppressed and crushed alway:
1 Samuel 24 13 As saith the proverb of the ancients, Wickedness proceedeth from the wicked: but mine hand shall not be upon thee.
2 Samuel 22 28 And the afflicted people thou wilt save: but thine eyes are upon the haughty, that thou mayest bring them down.
Ezra 4 22 Take heed now that ye fail not to do this: why should damage grow to the hurt of the kings?
Job 4 8 Even as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow wickedness, reap the same.
Job 5 2 For wrath killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one.
Job 10 3 Is it good unto thee that thou shouldest oppress, that thou shouldest despise the work of thine hands, and shine upon the counsel of the wicked?
Job 12 21 He poureth contempt upon princes, and weakeneth the strength of the mighty.
Job 13 26 For thou writest bitter things against me, and makest me to possess the iniquities of my youth.
Job 15 20 The wicked man travaileth with pain all his days, and the number of years is hidden to the oppressor.
Job 20 5 That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment?
Job 24 14 The murderer rising with the light killeth the poor and needy, and in the night is as a thief.
Job 27 13 This is the portion of a wicked man with God, and the heritage of oppressors, which they shall receive of the Almighty.
Job 30 21 Thou art become cruel to me: with thy strong hand thou opposest thyself against me.
Job 31 16 If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail;
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.
Job 35 8 Thy wickedness may hurt a man as thou art; and thy righteousness may profit the son of man.
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.
Job 36 15 He delivereth the poor in his affliction, and openeth their ears in oppression.
Job 37 24 Men do therefore fear him: he respecteth not any that are wise of heart.
Psalms 5 5 The foolish shall not stand in thy sight: thou hatest all workers of iniquity.
Psalms 7 9 Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end; but establish the just: for the righteous God trieth the hearts and reins.
Psalms 9 18 For the needy shall not alway be forgotten: the expectation of the poor shall not perish for ever.
Psalms 10 2 The wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined.
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.
Psalms 10 15 Break thou the arm of the wicked and the evil man: seek out his wickedness till thou find none.
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.
Psalms 17 9 From the wicked that oppress me, from my deadly enemies, who compass me about.
Psalms 28 3 Draw me not away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity, which speak peace to their neighbours, but mischief is in their hearts.
Psalms 30 5 For his anger endureth but a moment; in his favour is life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.
Psalms 32 10 Many sorrows shall be to the wicked: but he that trusteth in the LORD, mercy shall compass him about.
Psalms 34 21 Evil shall slay the wicked: and they that hate the righteous shall be desolate.
Psalms 35 19 Let not them that are mine enemies wrongfully rejoice over me: neither let them wink with the eye that hate me without a cause.
Psalms 37 1 Fret not thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity.
Psalms 37 17 For the arms of the wicked shall be broken: but the LORD upholdeth the righteous.
Psalms 40 12 For innumerable evils have compassed me about: mine iniquities have taken hold upon me, so that I am not able to look up; they are more than the hairs of mine head: therefore my heart faileth me.
Psalms 44 10 Thou makest us to turn back from the enemy: and they which hate us spoil for themselves.
Psalms 45 5 Thine arrows are sharp in the heart of the king's enemies; whereby the people fall under thee.