Bible Cross References
that oppresseth
Proverbs 22:22
Don't take advantage of the poor just because you can; don't take advantage of those who stand helpless in court.
Proverbs 22:23
The LORD will argue their case for them and threaten the life of anyone who threatens theirs.
Proverbs 14:31
If you oppress poor people, you insult the God who made them; but kindness shown to the poor is an act of worship.
Proverbs 28:3
Someone in authority who oppresses poor people is like a driving rain that destroys the crops.
Job 20:19-29
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because they oppressed and neglected the poor and seized houses someone else had built.
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Their greed is never satisfied.
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When they eat, there is nothing left over, but now their prosperity comes to an end.
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At the height of their success all the weight of misery will crush them.
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Let them eat all they want! God will punish them in fury and anger.
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When they try to escape from an iron sword, a bronze bow will shoot them down.
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Arrows stick through their bodies; the shiny points drip with their blood, and terror grips their hearts.
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Everything they have saved is destroyed; a fire not lit by human hands burns them and all their family.
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Heaven reveals their sin, and the earth gives testimony against them.
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All their wealth will be destroyed in the flood of God's anger.
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This is the fate of wicked people, the fate that God assigns to them.
Psalm 12:5
"But now I will come," says the LORD, "because the needy are oppressed and the persecuted groan in pain. I will give them the security they long for."
Micah 2:2
When they want fields, they seize them; when they want houses, they take them. No one's family or property is safe.
Micah 2:3
And so the LORD says, "I am planning to bring disaster on you, and you will not be able to escape it. You are going to find yourselves in trouble, and then you will not walk so proudly any more.
Zechariah 7:9-14
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"Long ago I gave these commands to my people: 'You must see that justice is done, and must show kindness and mercy to one another.
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Do not oppress widows, orphans, foreigners who live among you, or anyone else in need. And do not plan ways of harming one another.'
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"But my people stubbornly refused to listen. They closed their minds
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and made their hearts as hard as rock. Because they would not listen to the teaching which I sent through the prophets who lived long ago, I became very angry.
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Because they did not listen when I spoke, I did not answer when they prayed.
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Like a storm I swept them away to live in foreign countries. This good land was left a desolate place, with no one living in it."
James 2:13
For God will not show mercy when he judges the person who has not been merciful; but mercy triumphs over judgment.
James 5:1-5
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And now, you rich people, listen to me! Weep and wail over the miseries that are coming upon you!
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Your riches have rotted away, and your clothes have been eaten by moths.
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Your gold and silver are covered with rust, and this rust will be a witness against you and will eat up your flesh like fire. You have piled up riches in these last days.
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You have not paid any wages to those who work in your fields. Listen to their complaints! The cries of those who gather in your crops have reached the ears of God, the Lord Almighty.
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Your life here on earth has been full of luxury and pleasure. You have made yourselves fat for the day of slaughter.
he that giveth
Luke 6:33-35
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And if you do good only to those who do good to you, why should you receive a blessing? Even sinners do that!
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And if you lend only to those from whom you hope to get it back, why should you receive a blessing? Even sinners lend to sinners, to get back the same amount!
35
No! Love your enemies and do good to them; lend and expect nothing back. You will then have a great reward, and you will be children of the Most High God. For he is good to the ungrateful and the wicked.
Luke 14:12-14
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Then Jesus said to his host, "When you give a lunch or a dinner, do not invite your friends or your brothers or your relatives or your rich neighbors---for they will invite you back, and in this way you will be paid for what you did.
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When you give a feast, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, and the blind;
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and you will be blessed, because they are not able to pay you back. God will repay you on the day the good people rise from death."
Luke 16:24
So he called out, 'Father Abraham! Take pity on me, and send Lazarus to dip his finger in some water and cool off my tongue, because I am in great pain in this fire!'