Verse 29

The people{H5971} of the land{H776} have used oppression,{H6231} and exercised{H1497} robbery;{H1498} yea, they have vexed{H3238} the poor{H6041} and needy,{H34} and have oppressed{H6231} the sojourner{H1616} wrongfully.{H4941}

Referenced Verses

  • Ezek 22:7 : 7 In thee have they set light{H7043} by father{H1} and mother;{H517} in the midst{H8432} of thee have they dealt{H6213} by oppression{H6233} with the sojourner;{H1616} in thee have they wronged{H3238} the fatherless{H3490} and the widow.{H490}
  • Isa 5:7 : 7 For the vineyard{H3754} of Jehovah{H3068} of hosts{H6635} is the house{H1004} of Israel,{H3478} and the men{H376} of Judah{H3063} his pleasant{H8191} plant:{H5194} and he looked{H6960} for justice,{H4941} but, behold, oppression;{H4939} for righteousness,{H6666} but, behold, a cry.{H6818}
  • Exod 23:9 : 9 And a sojourner{H1616} shalt thou not oppress:{H3905} for ye know{H3045} the heart{H5315} of a sojourner,{H1616} seeing{H3588} ye were sojourners{H1616} in the land{H776} of Egypt.{H4714}
  • Exod 22:21 : 21 And a sojourner{H1616} shalt thou not wrong,{H3238} neither shalt thou oppress{H3905} him: for ye were sojourners{H1616} in the land{H776} of Egypt.{H4714}
  • Amos 3:10 : 10 For they know{H3045} not to do{H6213} right,{H5229} saith{H5002} Jehovah,{H3068} who store{H686} up violence{H2555} and robbery{H7701} in their palaces.{H759}
  • Mic 2:2 : 2 And they covet{H2530} fields,{H7704} and seize{H1497} them; and houses,{H1004} and take them away:{H5375} and they oppress{H6231} a man{H1397} and his house,{H1004} even a man{H376} and his heritage.{H5159}
  • Mic 3:3 : 3 who also eat{H398} the flesh{H7607} of my people,{H5971} and flay{H6584} their skin{H5785} from off them, and break{H6476} their bones,{H6106} and chop them in pieces,{H6566} as for the pot,{H5518} and as flesh{H1320} within{H8432} the caldron.{H7037}
  • Matt 25:43 : 43 I was{G2252} a stranger,{G3581} and{G2532} ye took{G4863} me{G3165} not{G3756} in;{G4863} naked,{G1131} and{G2532} ye clothed{G4016} me{G3165} not;{G3756} sick,{G772} and{G2532} in{G1722} prison,{G5438} and{G2532} ye visited{G1980} me{G3165} not.{G3756}
  • Jas 5:4 : 4 Behold,{G2400} the hire{G3408} of the laborers{G2040} who{G3588} mowed{G270} your{G5216} fields,{G5561} which is of{G575} you{G5216} kept back by fraud,{G650} crieth{G2896} out: and{G2532} the cries{G995} of them{G3588} that reaped{G2325} have entered{G1525} into{G1519} the ears{G3775} of the Lord{G2962} of Sabaoth.{G4519}
  • Isa 10:2 : 2 to turn aside{H5186} the needy{H1800} from justice,{H1779} and to rob{H1497} the poor{H6041} of my people{H5971} of their right,{H4941} that widows{H490} may be their spoil,{H7998} and that they may make the fatherless{H3490} their prey!{H962}
  • Isa 59:3-7 : 3 For your hands{H3709} are defiled{H1351} with blood,{H1818} and your fingers{H676} with iniquity;{H5771} your lips{H8193} have spoken{H1696} lies,{H8267} your tongue{H3956} muttereth{H1897} wickedness.{H5766} 4 None sueth{H7121} in righteousness,{H6664} and none pleadeth{H8199} in truth:{H530} they trust{H982} in vanity,{H8414} and speak{H1696} lies;{H7723} they conceive{H2029} mischief,{H5999} and bring forth{H3205} iniquity.{H205} 5 They hatch{H1234} adders'{H6848} eggs,{H1000} and weave{H707} the spider's{H5908} web:{H6980} he that eateth{H398} of their eggs{H1000} dieth;{H4191} and that which is crushed{H2116} breaketh out{H1234} into a viper.{H660} 6 Their webs{H6980} shall not become garments,{H899} neither shall they cover{H3680} themselves with their works:{H4639} their works{H4639} are works{H4639} of iniquity,{H205} and the act{H6467} of violence{H2555} is in their hands.{H3709} 7 Their feet{H7272} run{H7323} to evil,{H7451} and they make haste{H4116} to shed{H8210} innocent{H5355} blood:{H1818} their thoughts{H4284} are thoughts{H4284} of iniquity;{H205} desolation{H7701} and destruction{H7667} are in their paths.{H4546}
  • Jer 5:26-28 : 26 For among my people{H5971} are found{H4672} wicked{H7563} men: they watch,{H7918} as fowlers{H3353} lie in wait;{H7789} they set{H5324} a trap,{H4889} they catch{H3920} men.{H582} 27 As a cage{H3619} is full{H4392} of birds,{H5775} so are their houses{H1004} full{H4392} of deceit:{H4820} therefore they are become great,{H1431} and waxed rich.{H6238} 28 They are waxed fat,{H8080} they shine:{H6245} yea, they overpass{H5674} in deeds{H1697} of wickedness;{H7451} they plead{H1777} not the cause,{H1779} the cause of the fatherless,{H3490} that they may prosper;{H6743} and the right{H4941} of the needy{H34} do they not judge.{H8199}
  • Jer 5:31 : 31 the prophets{H5030} prophesy{H5012} falsely,{H8267} and the priests{H3548} bear rule{H7287} by their means;{H3027} and my people{H5971} love{H157} to have it so: and what will ye do{H6213} in the end{H319} thereof?
  • Jer 6:13 : 13 For from the least{H6996} of them even unto the greatest{H1419} of them every one is given{H1214} to covetousness;{H1215} and from the prophet{H5030} even unto the priest{H3548} every one dealeth{H6213} falsely.{H8267}
  • Ezek 18:12 : 12 hath wronged{H3238} the poor{H6041} and needy,{H34} hath taken{H1497} by robbery,{H1500} hath not restored{H7725} the pledge,{H2258} and hath lifted up{H5375} his eyes{H5869} to the idols,{H1544} hath committed{H6213} abomination,{H8441}
  • Lev 19:33 : 33 And if a stranger{H1616} sojourn{H1481} with thee in your land,{H776} ye shall not do him wrong.{H3238}
  • Ps 94:6 : 6 They slay{H2026} the widow{H490} and the sojourner,{H1616} And murder{H7523} the fatherless.{H3490}