Poor: Oppressions of
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Nehemiah 5:1–13
About that time there was a great outcry from the people and their wives against their fellow Jews. / Some were saying, “We and our sons and daughters are numerous. We must get grain in order to eat and stay alive.” / Others were saying, “We are mortgaging our fields, our vineyards, and our homes to get grain during the famine.”
Job 20:19–21
For he has oppressed and forsaken the poor; he has seized houses he did not build. / Because his appetite is never satisfied, he cannot escape with his treasure. / Nothing is left for him to consume; thus his prosperity will not endure.
Job 22:6, 7, 9–11
For you needlessly demanded security from your brothers and deprived the naked of their clothing. / You gave no water to the weary and withheld food from the famished, / You sent widows away empty-handed, and the strength of the fatherless was crushed.
Job 24:4
They push the needy off the road and force all the poor of the land into hiding.
Psalm 10:2
In pride the wicked pursue the needy; let them be caught in the schemes they devise.
Psalm 37:14
The wicked have drawn the sword and bent the bow to bring down the poor and needy, to slay those whose ways are upright.
Proverbs 14:20
The poor man is hated even by his neighbor, but many are those who love the rich.
Proverbs 17:5
He who mocks the poor insults their Maker; whoever gloats over calamity will not go unpunished.
Proverbs 19:7
All the brothers of a poor man hate him—how much more do his friends avoid him! He may pursue them with pleading, but they are nowhere to be found.
Proverbs 22:7, 16
The rich rule over the poor, and the borrower is slave to the lender. / Oppressing the poor to enrich oneself or giving gifts to the rich will surely lead to poverty.
Proverbs 28:3, 15
A destitute leader who oppresses the poor is like a driving rain that leaves no food. / Like a roaring lion or a charging bear is a wicked ruler over a helpless people.
Proverbs 30:14
there is a generation whose teeth are swords and whose jaws are knives, devouring the oppressed from the earth and the needy from among men.
Ecclesiastes 5:8
If you see the oppression of the poor and the denial of justice and righteousness in the province, do not be astonished at the matter; for one official is watched by a superior, and others higher still are over them.
Isaiah 3:14, 15
The LORD brings this charge against the elders and leaders of His people: “You have devoured the vineyard; the plunder of the poor is in your houses. / Why do you crush My people and grind the faces of the poor?” declares the Lord GOD of Hosts.
Isaiah 10:1, 2
Woe to those who enact unjust statutes and issue oppressive decrees, / to deprive the poor of fair treatment and withhold justice from the oppressed of My people, to make widows their prey and orphans their plunder.
Isaiah 32:6, 7
For a fool speaks foolishness; his mind plots iniquity. He practices ungodliness and speaks falsely about the LORD; he leaves the hungry empty and deprives the thirsty of drink. / The weapons of the scoundrel are destructive; he hatches plots to destroy the poor with lies, even when the plea of the needy is just.
Ezekiel 18:12
He oppresses the poor and needy; he commits robbery and does not restore a pledge. He lifts his eyes to idols; he commits abominations.
Ezekiel 22:29
The people of the land have practiced extortion and committed robbery. They have oppressed the poor and needy and have exploited the foreign resident without justice.
Amos 2:6–8
This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Israel, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because they sell the righteous for silver and the needy for a pair of sandals. / They trample on the heads of the poor as on the dust of the earth; they push the needy out of their way. A man and his father have relations with the same girl and so profane My holy name. / They lie down beside every altar on garments taken in pledge. And in the house of their God, they drink wine obtained through fines.
Amos 4:1, 2
Hear this word, you cows of Bashan on Mount Samaria, you women who oppress the poor and crush the needy, who say to your husbands, “Bring us more to drink.” / The Lord GOD has sworn by His holiness: “Behold, the days are coming when you will be taken away with hooks, and your posterity with fishhooks.
Amos 5:11, 12
Therefore, because you trample on the poor and exact from him a tax of grain, you will never live in the stone houses you have built; you will never drink the wine from the lush vineyards you have planted. / For I know that your transgressions are many and your sins are numerous. You oppress the righteous by taking bribes; you deprive the poor of justice in the gate.
Amos 8:4, 6
Hear this, you who trample the needy, who do away with the poor of the land, / Let us buy the poor with silver and the needy for a pair of sandals, selling even the chaff with the wheat!”
Habakkuk 3:14
With his own spear You pierced his head, when his warriors stormed out to scatter us, gloating as though ready to secretly devour the weak.
James 2:6
But you have dishonored the poor. Is it not the rich who oppress you and drag you into court?