Job 20:19
For he has oppressed the poor and abandoned them; he has seized a house which he did not build.
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- Job 35:9 : 9 “People cry out because of the excess of oppression; they cry out for help because of the power of the mighty.
- Prov 14:31 : 31 The one who oppresses the poor has insulted his Creator, but whoever honors him shows favor to the needy.
- Prov 22:22-23 : 22 Do not exploit a poor person because he is poor and do not crush the needy in court, 23 for the LORD will plead their case and will rob the life those who are robbing them.
- Eccl 4:1 : 1 Evil Oppression on Earth So I again considered all the oppression that continually occurs on earth. This is what I saw: The oppressed were in tears, but no one was comforting them; no one delivers them from the power of their oppressors.
- Eccl 5:8 : 8 Government Corruption If you see the extortion of the poor, or the perversion of justice and fairness in the government, do not be astonished by the matter. For the high official is watched by a higher official, and there are higher ones over them!
- Isa 5:7-8 : 7 Indeed Israel is the vineyard of the LORD of Heaven’s Armies, the people of Judah are the cultivated place in which he took delight. He waited for justice, but look what he got– disobedience! He waited for fairness, but look what he got– cries for help! 8 Disaster is Coming Beware, those who accumulate houses, who also accumulate landed property until there is no land left, and you are the only landowners remaining within the land.
- Lam 3:34 : 34 ל(Lamed) To crush underfoot all the earth’s prisoners,
- Ezek 22:29 : 29 The people of the land have practiced extortion and committed robbery. They have wronged the poor and needy; they have oppressed the resident foreigner and denied them justice.
- Amos 4:1-3 : 1 Listen to this message, you cows of Bashan who live on Mount Samaria! You oppress the poor; you crush the needy. You say to your husbands,“Bring us more to drink!” 2 The Sovereign LORD confirms this oath by his own holy character:“Certainly the time is approaching when you will be carried away in baskets, every last one of you in fishermen’s pots. 3 Each of you will go straight through the gaps in the walls; you will be thrown out toward Harmon.” The LORD is speaking!
- Mic 2:2 : 2 They confiscate the fields they desire, and seize the houses they want. They defraud people of their homes, and deprive people of the land they have inherited.
- Mic 2:9 : 9 You wrongly evict widows among my people from their cherished homes. You defraud their children of their prized inheritance.
- Jas 2:6 : 6 But you have dishonored the poor! Are not the rich oppressing you and dragging you into the courts?
- Jas 2:13 : 13 For judgment is merciless for the one who has shown no mercy. But mercy triumphs over judgment.
- Jas 5:4 : 4 Look, the pay you have held back from the workers who mowed your fields cries out against you, and the cries of the reapers have reached the ears of the Lord of Heaven’s Armies.
- Deut 28:33 : 33 As for the produce of your land and all your labor, a people you do not know will consume it, and you will be nothing but oppressed and crushed for the rest of your lives.
- 1 Sam 12:3-4 : 3 Here I am. Bring a charge against me before the LORD and before his chosen king. Whose ox have I taken? Whose donkey have I taken? Whom have I wronged? Whom have I oppressed? From whose hand have I taken a bribe so that I would overlook something? Tell me, and I will return it to you!” 4 They replied,“You have not wronged us or oppressed us. You have not taken anything from the hand of anyone.”
- 1 Kgs 21:19 : 19 Say to him,‘This is what the LORD has said:“Haven’t you committed murder and taken possession of the property of the deceased?”’ Then say to him,‘This is what the LORD has said:“In the spot where dogs licked up Naboth’s blood they will also lick up your blood– yes, yours!”’”
- Job 18:15 : 15 Fire resides in his tent; over his residence burning sulfur is scattered.
- Job 21:27-28 : 27 Futile Words, Deceptive Answers“Yes, I know what you are thinking, the schemes by which you would wrong me. 28 For you say,‘Where now is the nobleman’s house, and where are the tents in which the wicked lived?’
- Job 22:6 : 6 “For you took pledges from your brothers for no reason, and you stripped the clothing from the naked.
- Job 24:2-9 : 2 Men move boundary stones; they seize the flock and pasture them. 3 They drive away the orphan’s donkey; they take the widow’s ox as a pledge. 4 They turn the needy from the pathway, and the poor of the land hide themselves together. 5 Like wild donkeys in the wilderness, they go out to their labor seeking diligently for food; the arid rift valley provides food for them and for their children. 6 They reap fodder in the field, and glean in the vineyard of the wicked. 7 They spend the night naked because they lack clothing; they have no covering against the cold. 8 They are soaked by mountain rains and huddle in the rocks because they lack shelter. 9 The fatherless child is snatched from the breast, the infant of the poor is taken as a pledge. 10 They go about naked, without clothing, and go hungry while they carry the sheaves. 11 They press out the olive oil between the rows of olive trees; they tread the winepresses while they are thirsty. 12 From the city the dying groan, and the wounded cry out for help, but God charges no one with wrongdoing.
- Job 31:13-22 : 13 “If I have disregarded the right of my male servants or my female servants when they disputed with me, 14 then what will I do when God confronts me in judgment; when he intervenes, how will I respond to him? 15 Did not the one who made me in the womb make them? Did not the same one form us in the womb? 16 If I have refused to give the poor what they desired, or caused the eyes of the widow to fail, 17 If I ate my morsel of bread myself, and did not share any of it with orphans– 18 but from my youth I raised the orphan like a father, and from my mother’s womb I guided the widow! 19 If I have seen anyone about to perish for lack of clothing, or a poor man without a coat, 20 whose heart did not bless me as he warmed himself with the fleece of my sheep, 21 if I have raised my hand to vote against the orphan, when I saw my support in the court, 22 then let my arm fall from the shoulder, let my arm be broken off at the socket.
- Job 31:38-39 : 38 Job’s Final Solemn Oath“If my land cried out against me and all its furrows wept together, 39 if I have eaten its produce without paying, or caused the death of its owners,
- Ps 10:18 : 18 You defend the fatherless and oppressed, so that mere mortals may no longer terrorize them.
- Ps 12:5 : 5 “Because of the violence done to the oppressed, because of the painful cries of the needy, I will spring into action,” says the LORD.“I will provide the safety they so desperately desire.”
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20 For he knows no satisfaction in his appetite; he does not let anything he desires escape.
21 “Nothing is left for him to devour; that is why his prosperity does not last.
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11 Therefore, because you make the poor pay taxes on their crops and exact a grain tax from them, you will not live in the houses you built with chiseled stone, nor will you drink the wine from the fine vineyards you planted.
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13 Judgment on Jehoiakim“‘Sure to be judged is the king who builds his palace using injustice and treats people unfairly while adding its upper rooms. He makes his countrymen work for him for nothing. He does not pay them for their labor.
14 He says,“I will build myself a large palace with spacious upper rooms.” He cuts windows in its walls, panels it with cedar, and paints its rooms red.
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12 oppresses the poor and the needy, commits robbery, does not give back what was given in pledge, prays to idols, performs abominable acts,
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16 The one who oppresses the poor to increase his own gain and the one who gives to the rich– both end up only in poverty.
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28 he lived in ruined towns and in houses where no one lives, where they are ready to crumble into heaps.
29 He will not grow rich, and his wealth will not endure, nor will his possessions spread over the land.
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9 The one who builds his house by unjust gain is as good as dead. He does this so he can build his nest way up high and escape the clutches of disaster.
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16 For he never bothered to show kindness; he harassed the oppressed and needy, and killed the disheartened.
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2 They confiscate the fields they desire, and seize the houses they want. They defraud people of their homes, and deprive people of the land they have inherited.
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18 The house he builds is as fragile as a moth’s cocoon, like a hut that a watchman has made.
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22 Do not exploit a poor person because he is poor and do not crush the needy in court,
23 for the LORD will plead their case and will rob the life those who are robbing them.
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3 A poor person who oppresses the weak is like a driving rain without food.
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27 The heavens reveal his iniquity; the earth rises up against him.
28 A flood will carry off his house, rushing waters on the day of God’s wrath.
29 Such is the lot God allots the wicked, and the heritage of his appointment from God.”
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7 does not oppress anyone, but gives the debtor back whatever was given in pledge, does not commit robbery, but gives his bread to the hungry and clothes the naked,
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10 His sons must recompense the poor; his own hands must return his wealth.
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31 The one who oppresses the poor has insulted his Creator, but whoever honors him shows favor to the needy.
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29 The people of the land have practiced extortion and committed robbery. They have wronged the poor and needy; they have oppressed the resident foreigner and denied them justice.
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6 “For you took pledges from your brothers for no reason, and you stripped the clothing from the naked.
7 You gave the weary no water to drink and from the hungry you withheld food.
8 Although you were a powerful man, owning land, an honored man living on it,
9 you sent widows away empty-handed, and the arms of the orphans you crushed.
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8 The one who increases his wealth by increasing interest gathers it for someone who is gracious to the needy.
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16 does not oppress anyone or keep what has been given in pledge, does not commit robbery, gives his food to the hungry, and clothes the naked,
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7 The violence done by the wicked will drag them away because they have refused to do what is right.
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2 to keep the poor from getting fair treatment, and to deprive the oppressed among my people of justice, so they can steal what widows own, and loot what belongs to orphans.
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2 The wicked arrogantly chase the oppressed; the oppressed are trapped by the schemes the wicked have dreamed up.
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5 For they do not understand the LORD’s actions, or the way he carries out justice. The LORD will permanently demolish them.
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12 The Righteous One considers the house of the wicked; he overthrows the wicked to their ruin.
13 The one who shuts his ears to the cry of the poor, he too will cry out and will not be answered.
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14 The LORD comes to pronounce judgment on the leaders of his people and their officials. He says,“It is you who have ruined the vineyard! You have stashed in your houses what you have stolen from the poor.
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11 May the creditor seize all he owns! May strangers loot his property!
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17 The one who is gracious to the poor lends to the LORD, and the LORD will repay him for his good deed.
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15 The wealth of a rich person is like a fortified city, but the poor are brought to ruin by their poverty.
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18 But it was he who filled their houses with good things– yet the counsel of the wicked was far from me.
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4 Listen to this, you who trample the needy, and do away with the destitute in the land.
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18 As for his father, because he practices extortion, robs his brother, and does what is not good among his people, he will die for his iniquity.
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10 His victims are crushed and beaten down; they are trapped in his sturdy nets.
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9 The fatherless child is snatched from the breast, the infant of the poor is taken as a pledge.
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13 Their wealth will be stolen and their houses ruined! They will not live in the houses they have built, nor will they drink the wine from the vineyards they have planted.
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15 The wealth that he consumed he vomits up, God will make him throw it out of his stomach.
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20 All his days the wicked man suffers torment, throughout the number of the years that are stored up for the tyrant.
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21 He preys on the barren and childless woman, and does not treat the widow well.