Verse 6
Jehovah{H3068} executeth{H6213} righteous{H6666} acts, And judgments{H4941} for all that are oppressed.{H6231}
Referenced Verses
- Deut 24:14-15 : 14 Thou shalt not oppress{H6231} a hired servant{H7916} that is poor{H6041} and needy,{H34} whether he be of thy brethren,{H251} or of thy sojourners{H1616} that are in thy land{H776} within thy gates:{H8179} 15 in his day{H3117} thou shalt give{H5414} him his hire,{H7939} neither shall the sun{H8121} go down{H935} upon it; for he is poor,{H6041} and setteth{H5375} his heart{H5315} upon it: lest he cry{H7121} against thee unto Jehovah,{H3068} and it be sin{H2399} unto thee.
- Ps 12:5 : 5 Because of the oppression{H7701} of the poor,{H6041} because of the sighing{H603} of the needy,{H34} Now will I arise,{H6965} saith{H559} Jehovah;{H3068} I will set{H7896} him in the safety{H3468} he panteth{H6315} for.
- Ps 146:7 : 7 Who executeth{H6213} justice{H4941} for the oppressed;{H6231} Who giveth{H5414} food{H3899} to the hungry.{H7457} Jehovah{H3068} looseth{H5425} the prisoners;{H631}
- 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}
- Ezek 22:12-14 : 12 In thee have they taken{H3947} bribes{H7810} to shed{H8210} blood;{H1818} thou hast taken{H3947} interest{H5392} and increase,{H8636} and thou hast greedily gained{H1214} of thy neighbors{H7453} by oppression,{H6233} and hast forgotten{H7911} me, saith{H5002} the Lord{H136} Jehovah.{H3069} 13 Behold, therefore, I have smitten{H5221} my hand{H3709} at thy dishonest gain{H1215} which thou hast made,{H6213} and at thy blood{H1818} which hath been in the midst{H8432} of thee. 14 Can thy heart{H3820} endure,{H5975} or can thy hands{H3027} be strong,{H2388} in the days{H3117} that I shall deal{H6213} with thee? I, Jehovah,{H3068} have spoken{H1696} it, and will do{H6213} it.
- Mic 2:1-3 : 1 Woe{H1945} to them that devise{H2803} iniquity{H205} and work{H6466} evil{H7451} upon their beds!{H4904} when the morning{H1242} is light,{H216} they practise{H6213} it, because it is{H3426} in the power{H410} of their hand.{H3027} 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} 3 Therefore thus saith{H559} Jehovah:{H3068} Behold, against this family{H4940} do I devise{H2803} an evil,{H7451} from which ye shall not remove{H4185} your necks,{H6677} neither shall ye walk{H3212} haughtily;{H7317} for it is an evil{H7451} time.{H6256}
- Mic 3:2-4 : 2 ye who hate{H8130} the good,{H2896} and love{H157} the evil;{H7451} who pluck off{H1497} their skin{H5785} from off them, and their flesh{H7607} from off their bones;{H6106} 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} 4 Then shall they cry{H2199} unto Jehovah,{H3068} but he will not answer{H6030} them; yea, he will hide{H5641} his face{H6440} from them at that time,{H6256} according as they have wrought evil{H7489} in their doings.{H4611}
- Jas 2:6 : 6 But{G1161} ye{G5210} have dishonored{G818} the poor{G4434} man. Do{G2616} not{G3756} the rich{G4145} oppress{G2616} you,{G5216} and{G2532} themselves{G846} drag{G1670} you{G5209} before{G1519} the judgment-seats?{G2922}
- Jas 5:1-6 : 1 Come{G71} now,{G3568} ye rich,{G4145} weep{G2799} and howl{G3649} for{G1909} your{G5216} miseries{G5004} that are coming upon{G1904} you. 2 Your{G5216} riches{G4149} are corrupted,{G4595} and{G2532} your{G5216} garments{G2440} are{G1096} moth-eaten.{G4598} 3 Your{G5216} gold{G5557} and{G2532} your{G5216} silver{G696} are rusted;{G2728} and{G2532} their{G846} rust{G2447} shall be{G2071} for a testimony{G3142} against{G1519} you,{G5213} and{G2532} shall eat{G5315} your{G5216} flesh{G4561} as fire.{G4442} Ye have laid up your treasure{G2343} in{G1722} the last{G2078} days.{G2250} 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} 5 Ye have lived delicately{G5171} on{G1909} the earth,{G1093} and{G2532} taken your pleasure;{G5171} ye have nourished{G5142} your{G5216} hearts{G2588} {G5613} in{G1722} a day{G2250} of slaughter.{G4967} 6 Ye have condemned,{G2613} ye have killed{G5407} the righteous{G1342} [one]; he doth{G498} not{G3756} resist{G498} you.{G5213}
- Prov 14:31 : 31 He that oppresseth{H6231} the poor{H1800} reproacheth{H2778} his Maker;{H6213} But he that hath mercy{H2603} on the needy{H34} honoreth{H3513} him.
- Prov 22:22-23 : 22 Rob{H1497} not the poor,{H1800} because he is poor;{H1800} Neither oppress{H1792} the afflicted{H6041} in the gate:{H8179} 23 For Jehovah{H3068} will plead{H7378} their cause,{H7379} And despoil{H6906} of life{H5315} those that despoil{H6906} them.
- Prov 23:10 : 10 Remove{H5253} not the ancient{H5769} landmark;{H1366} And enter{H935} not into the fields{H7704} of the fatherless:{H3490}
- Isa 14:4-9 : 4 that thou shalt take up{H5375} this parable{H4912} against the king{H4428} of Babylon,{H894} and say,{H559} How hath the oppressor{H5065} ceased!{H7673} the golden city{H4062} ceased!{H7673} 5 Jehovah{H3068} hath broken{H7665} the staff{H4294} of the wicked,{H7563} the sceptre{H7626} of the rulers;{H4910} 6 that smote{H5221} the peoples{H5971} in wrath{H5678} with a continual{H1115} stroke,{H4347} that ruled{H7287} the nations{H1471} in anger,{H639} with a persecution{H4783} that none{H1097} restrained.{H2820} 7 The whole earth{H776} is at rest,{H5117} [and] is quiet:{H8252} they break forth{H6476} into singing.{H7440} 8 Yea, the fir-trees{H1265} rejoice{H8055} at thee, [and] the cedars{H730} of Lebanon,{H3844} [saying], Since thou art laid low,{H7901} no hewer{H3772} is come up{H5927} against us. 9 Sheol{H7585} from beneath is moved{H7264} for thee to meet{H7125} thee at thy coming;{H935} it stirreth up{H5782} the dead{H7496} for thee, even all the chief ones{H6260} of the earth;{H776} it hath raised up{H6965} from their thrones{H3678} all the kings{H4428} of the nations.{H1471} 10 All they shall answer{H6030} and say{H559} unto thee, Art thou also become weak{H2470} as we? art thou become like{H4911} unto us? 11 Thy pomp{H1347} is brought down{H3381} to Sheol,{H7585} [and] the noise{H1998} of thy viols:{H5035} the worm{H7415} is spread{H3331} under thee, and worms{H8438} cover{H4374} thee. 12 How art thou fallen{H5307} from heaven,{H8064} O day-star,{H1966} son{H1121} of the morning!{H7837} how art thou cut down{H1438} to the ground,{H776} that didst lay low{H2522} the nations!{H1471} 13 And thou saidst{H559} in thy heart,{H3824} I will ascend{H5927} into heaven,{H8064} I will exalt{H7311} my throne{H3678} above{H4605} the stars{H3556} of God;{H410} and I will sit{H3427} upon the mount{H2022} of congregation,{H4150} in the uttermost parts{H3411} of the north;{H6828} 14 I will ascend{H5927} above the heights{H1116} of the clouds;{H5645} I will make myself like{H1819} the Most High.{H5945} 15 Yet thou shalt be brought down{H3381} to Sheol,{H7585} to the uttermost parts{H3411} of the pit.{H953} 16 They that see{H7200} thee shall gaze{H7688} at thee, they shall consider{H995} thee, [saying], Is this the man{H376} that made the earth{H776} to tremble,{H7264} that did shake{H7493} kingdoms;{H4467} 17 that made{H7760} the world{H8398} as a wilderness,{H4057} and overthrew{H2040} the cities{H5892} thereof; that let not loose{H6605} his prisoners{H615} to their home?{H1004} 18 All the kings{H4428} of the nations,{H1471} all of them, sleep{H7901} in glory,{H3519} every one{H376} in his own house.{H1004} 19 But thou art cast forth{H7993} away from thy sepulchre{H6913} like an abominable{H8581} branch,{H5342} clothed{H3830} with the slain,{H2026} that are thrust through{H2944} with the sword,{H2719} that go down{H3381} to the stones{H68} of the pit;{H953} as a dead body{H6297} trodden under foot.{H947} 20 Thou shalt not be joined{H3161} with them in burial,{H6900} because thou hast destroyed{H7843} thy land,{H776} thou hast slain{H2026} thy people;{H5971} the seed{H2233} of evil-doers{H7489} shall not be named{H7121} for ever.{H5769} 21 Prepare{H3559} ye slaughter{H4293} for his children{H1121} for the iniquity{H5771} of their fathers,{H1} that they rise{H6965} not{H1077} up, and possess{H3423} the earth,{H776} and fill{H4390} the face{H6440} of the world{H8398} with cities.{H6145} 22 And I will rise up{H6965} against them, saith{H5002} Jehovah{H3068} of hosts,{H6635} and cut off{H3772} from Babylon{H894} name{H8034} and remnant,{H7605} and son{H5209} and son's son,{H5220} saith{H5002} Jehovah.{H3068} 23 I will also make{H7760} it a possession{H4180} for the porcupine,{H7090} and pools{H98} of water:{H4325} and I will sweep{H2894} it with the besom{H4292} of destruction,{H8045} saith{H5002} Jehovah{H3068} of hosts.{H6635} 24 Jehovah{H3068} of hosts{H6635} hath sworn,{H7650} saying,{H559} Surely, as I have thought,{H1819} so shall it come to pass; and as I have purposed,{H3289} so shall it stand:{H6965} 25 that I will break{H7665} the Assyrian{H804} in my land,{H776} and upon my mountains{H2022} tread him under foot:{H947} then shall his yoke{H5923} depart{H5493} from off them, and his burden{H5448} depart{H5493} from off their shoulder.{H7926} 26 This is the purpose{H6098} that is purposed{H3289} upon the whole earth;{H776} and this is the hand{H3027} that is stretched out{H5186} upon all the nations.{H1471} 27 For Jehovah{H3068} of hosts{H6635} hath purposed,{H3289} and who shall annul{H6565} it? and his hand{H3027} is stretched out,{H5186} and who shall turn it back?{H7725} 28 In the year{H8141} that king{H4428} Ahaz{H271} died{H4194} was this burden.{H4853} 29 Rejoice{H8055} not, O Philistia,{H6429} all of thee, because the rod{H7626} that smote{H5221} thee is broken;{H7665} for out of the serpent's{H5175} root{H8328} shall come forth{H3318} an adder,{H6848} and his fruit{H6529} shall be a fiery{H8314} flying{H5774} serpent.{H8314} 30 And the first-born{H1060} of the poor{H1800} shall feed,{H7462} and the needy{H34} shall lie down{H7257} in safety;{H983} and I will kill{H4191} thy root{H8328} with famine,{H7458} and thy remnant{H7611} shall be slain.{H2026} 31 Howl,{H3213} O gate;{H8179} cry,{H2199} O city;{H5892} thou art melted{H4127} away, O Philistia,{H6429} all of thee; for there cometh{H935} a smoke{H6227} out of the north,{H6828} and there is no straggler{H909} in his ranks.{H4151} 32 What then shall one answer{H6030} the messengers{H4397} of the nation?{H1471} That Jehovah{H3068} hath founded{H3245} Zion,{H6726} and in her shall the afflicted{H6041} of his people{H5971} take refuge.{H2620}
- Isa 58:6-7 : 6 Is not this the fast{H6685} that I have chosen:{H977} to loose{H6605} the bonds{H2784} of wickedness,{H7562} to undo{H5425} the bands{H92} of the yoke,{H4133} and to let the oppressed{H7533} go{H7971} free,{H2670} and that ye break{H5423} every yoke?{H4133} 7 Is it not to deal{H6536} thy bread{H3899} to the hungry,{H7457} and that thou bring{H935} the poor{H6041} that are cast out{H4788} to thy house?{H1004} when thou seest{H7200} the naked,{H6174} that thou cover{H3680} him; and that thou hide{H5956} not thyself from thine own flesh?{H1320}
- Jer 7:6-9 : 6 if ye oppress{H6231} not the sojourner,{H1616} the fatherless,{H3490} and the widow,{H490} and shed{H8210} not innocent{H5355} blood{H1818} in this place,{H4725} neither walk{H3212} after{H310} other{H312} gods{H430} to your own hurt:{H7451} 7 then will I cause you to dwell{H7931} in this place,{H4725} in the land{H776} that I gave{H5414} to your fathers,{H1} from of old{H5769} even for{H5704} evermore.{H5769} 8 Behold, ye trust{H982} in lying{H8267} words,{H1697} that cannot profit.{H3276} 9 Will ye steal,{H1589} murder,{H7523} and commit adultery,{H5003} and swear{H7650} falsely,{H8267} and burn incense{H6999} unto Baal,{H1168} and walk{H1980} after{H310} other{H312} gods{H430} that ye have not known,{H3045} 10 and come{H935} and stand{H5975} before{H6440} me in this house,{H1004} which is called{H7121} by my name,{H8034} and say,{H559} We are delivered;{H5337} that ye may do{H6213} all these abominations?{H8441} 11 Is this house,{H1004} which is called{H7121} by my name,{H8034} become a den{H4631} of robbers{H6530} in your eyes?{H5869} Behold, I, even I, have seen{H7200} it, saith{H5002} Jehovah.{H3068} 12 But go{H3212} ye now unto my place{H4725} which was in Shiloh,{H7887} where I caused my name{H8034} to dwell{H7931} at the first,{H7223} and see{H7200} what I did{H6213} to it for{H6440} the wickedness{H7451} of my people{H5971} Israel.{H3478} 13 And now, because ye have done{H6213} all these works,{H4639} saith{H5002} Jehovah,{H3068} and I spake{H1696} unto you, rising up early{H7925} and speaking,{H1696} but ye heard{H8085} not; and I called{H7121} you, but ye answered{H6030} not: 14 therefore will I do{H6213} unto the house{H1004} which is called{H7121} by my name,{H8034} wherein ye trust,{H982} and unto the place{H4725} which I gave{H5414} to you and to your fathers,{H1} as I did{H6213} to Shiloh.{H7887} 15 And I will cast you out{H7993} of my sight,{H6440} as I have cast out{H7993} all your brethren,{H251} even the whole seed{H2233} of Ephraim.{H669}
- Ps 72:4 : 4 He will judge{H8199} the poor{H6041} of the people,{H5971} He will save{H3467} the children{H1121} of the needy,{H34} And will break in pieces{H1792} the oppressor.{H6231}
- Ps 72:12 : 12 For he will deliver{H5337} the needy{H34} when he crieth,{H7768} And the poor,{H6041} that hath no helper.{H5826}
- Ps 109:31 : 31 For he will stand{H5975} at the right hand{H3225} of the needy,{H34} To save{H3467} him from them that judge{H8199} his soul.{H5315}
- Job 27:13-23 : 13 This is the portion{H2506} of a wicked{H7563} man{H120} with God,{H410} And the heritage{H5159} of oppressors,{H6184} which they receive{H3947} from the Almighty:{H7706} 14 If his children{H1121} be multiplied,{H7235} it is for{H3926} the sword;{H2719} And his offspring{H6631} shall not be satisfied{H7646} with bread.{H3899} 15 Those that remain{H8300} of him shall be buried{H6912} in death,{H4194} And his widows{H490} shall make no lamentation.{H1058} 16 Though he heap up{H6651} silver{H3701} as the dust,{H6083} And prepare{H3559} raiment{H4403} as the clay;{H2563} 17 He may prepare{H3559} it, but the just{H6662} shall put it on,{H3847} And the innocent{H5355} shall divide{H2505} the silver.{H3701} 18 He buildeth{H1129} his house{H1004} as the moth,{H6211} And as a booth{H5521} which the keeper{H5341} maketh.{H6213} 19 He lieth down{H7901} rich,{H6223} but he shall not be gathered{H622} [to his fathers]; He openeth{H6491} his eyes,{H5869} and he is not. 20 Terrors{H1091} overtake{H5381} him like waters;{H4325} A tempest{H5492} stealeth him away{H1589} in the night.{H3915} 21 The east{H6921} wind carrieth him away,{H5375} and he departeth;{H3212} And it sweepeth{H8175} him out of his place.{H4725} 22 For [God] shall hurl{H7993} at him, and not spare:{H2550} He would fain{H1272} flee{H1272} out of his hand.{H3027} 23 Men shall clap{H5606} their hands{H3709} at him, And shall hiss{H8319} him out of his place.{H4725}
- Ps 9:9 : 9 Jehovah{H3068} also will be a high tower{H4869} for the oppressed,{H1790} A high tower{H4869} in times{H6256} of trouble;{H6869}
- Ps 10:14-18 : 14 Thou hast seen{H7200} [it]; for thou beholdest{H5027} mischief{H5999} and spite,{H3708} to requite{H5414} it with thy hand:{H3027} The helpless{H2489} committeth{H5800} [himself] unto thee; Thou hast been the helper{H5826} of the fatherless.{H3490} 15 Break{H7665} thou the arm{H2220} of the wicked;{H7563} And as for the evil{H7451} man, seek out{H1875} his wickedness{H7562} till thou find{H4672} none.{H1077} 16 Jehovah{H3068} is King{H4428} for ever{H5769} and ever:{H5769} The nations{H1471} are perished{H6} out of his land.{H776} 17 Jehovah,{H3068} thou hast heard{H8085} the desire{H8378} of the meek:{H6035} Thou wilt prepare{H3559} their heart,{H3820} thou wilt cause thine ear{H241} to hear;{H7181} 18 To judge{H8199} the fatherless{H3490} and the oppressed,{H1790} That man{H582} who is of the earth{H776} may be terrible{H6206} no more.{H3254}