Proverbs 22:22
Rob not the poor, because he is poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:
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Proverbs 22:22
Rob not the poor, because he is poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:
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Proverbs 22:23
For the LORD will plead their cause, and spoil the soul of those that spoiled them.
Proverbs 23:10
Remove not the old landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless:
Exodus 22:21
Thou shalt neither vex a stranger, nor oppress him: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.
Exodus 22:22
Ye shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child.
Exodus 22:23
If thou afflict them in any wise, and they cry at all unto me, I will surely hear their cry;
Exodus 22:24
And my wrath shall wax hot, and I will kill you with the sword; and your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless.
Deuteronomy 24:14
Thou shalt not oppress an hired servant that is poor and needy, whether he be of thy brethren, or of thy strangers that are in thy land within thy gates:
Deuteronomy 24:15
At his day thou shalt give him his hire, neither shall the sun go down upon it; for he is poor, and setteth his heart upon it: lest he cry against thee unto the LORD, and it be sin unto thee.
Isaiah 1:23
Thy princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves: every one loveth gifts, and followeth after rewards: they judge not the fatherless, neither doth the cause of the widow come unto them.
Exodus 3:7
And the LORD said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people which are in Egypt, and have heard their cry by reason of their taskmasters; for I know their sorrows;
Exodus 3:9
Now therefore, behold, the cry of the children of Israel is come unto me: and I have also seen the oppression wherewith the Egyptians oppress them.
Leviticus 19:13
Thou shalt not defraud thy neighbour, neither rob him: the wages of him that is hired shall not abide with thee all night until the morning.
Deuteronomy 24:17
Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of the stranger, nor of the fatherless; nor take a widow's raiment to pledge:
Deuteronomy 27:19
Cursed be he that perverteth the judgment of the stranger, fatherless, and widow. And all the people shall say, Amen.
Job 34:28
So that they cause the cry of the poor to come unto him, and he heareth the cry of the afflicted.
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Malachi 3:5
And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger from his right, and fear not me, saith the LORD of hosts.
Proverbs 23:11
For their redeemer is mighty; he shall plead their cause with thee.
Zechariah 7:10
And oppress not the widow, nor the fatherless, the stranger, nor the poor; and let none of you imagine evil against his brother in your heart.
Jeremiah 7:6
If ye oppress not the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, and shed not innocent blood in this place, neither walk after other gods to your hurt:
Psalms 9:16
The LORD is known by the judgment which he executeth: the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah.
Isaiah 1:24
Therefore saith the Lord, the LORD of hosts, the mighty One of Israel, Ah, I will ease me of mine adversaries, and avenge me of mine enemies:
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Psalms 12:5
For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith the LORD; I will set him in safety from him that puffeth at him.
James 5:4
Behold, the hire of the labourers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth: and the cries of them which have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of sabaoth.
Proverbs 22:16
He that oppresseth the poor to increase his riches, and he that giveth to the rich, shall surely come to want.
Ecclesiastes 5:8
If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of judgment and justice in a province, marvel not at the matter: for he that is higher than the highest regardeth; and there be higher than they.
1 Thessalonians 4:6
That no man go beyond and defraud his brother in any matter: because that the Lord is the avenger of all such, as we also have forewarned you and testified.
Ezekiel 22:29
The people of the land have used oppression, and exercised robbery, and have vexed the poor and needy: yea, they have oppressed the stranger wrongfully.
Amos 8:4
Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy, even to make the poor of the land to fail,
Micah 2:1
Woe to them that devise iniquity, and work evil upon their beds! when the morning is light, they practise it, because it is in the power of their hand.
Micah 2:2
And they covet fields, and take them by violence; and houses, and take them away: so they oppress a man and his house, even a man and his heritage.
Leviticus 25:17
Ye shall not therefore oppress one another; but thou shalt fear thy God: for I am the LORD your God.
Ecclesiastes 4:1
So I returned, and considered all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and behold the tears of such as were oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors there was power; but they had no comforter.
Isaiah 3:15
What mean ye that ye beat my people to pieces, and grind the faces of the poor? saith the Lord GOD of hosts.
Ezekiel 18:12
Hath oppressed the poor and needy, hath spoiled by violence, hath not restored the pledge, and hath lifted up his eyes to the idols, hath committed abomination,
Amos 4:1
Hear this word, ye kine of Bashan, that are in the mountain of Samaria, which oppress the poor, which crush the needy, which say to their masters, Bring, and let us drink.
James 2:6
But ye have despised the poor. Do not rich men oppress you, and draw you before the judgment seats?
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Psalms 10:14
Thou hast seen it; for thou beholdest mischief and spite, to requite it with thy hand: the poor committeth himself unto thee; thou art the helper of the fatherless.
Psalms 10:17
LORD, thou hast heard the desire of the humble: thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear:
Psalms 10:18
To judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that the man of the earth may no more oppress.
Psalms 140:12
I know that the LORD will maintain the cause of the afflicted, and the right of the poor.
Psalms 72:4
He shall judge the poor of the people, he shall save the children of the needy, and shall break in pieces the oppressor.
Psalms 72:12
For he shall deliver the needy when he crieth; the poor also, and him that hath no helper.
Psalms 72:13
He shall spare the poor and needy, and shall save the souls of the needy.
Psalms 72:14
He shall redeem their soul from deceit and violence: and precious shall their blood be in his sight.
Psalms 146:7
Which executeth judgment for the oppressed: which giveth food to the hungry. The LORD looseth the prisoners:
Psalms 146:8
The LORD openeth the eyes of the blind: the LORD raiseth them that are bowed down: the LORD loveth the righteous:
Job 36:6
He preserveth not the life of the wicked: but giveth right to the poor.
Psalms 9:12
When he maketh inquisition for blood, he remembereth them: he forgetteth not the cry of the humble.
Psalms 22:24
For he hath not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted; neither hath he hid his face from him; but when he cried unto him, he heard.
Psalms 102:17
He will regard the prayer of the destitute, and not despise their prayer.
Jeremiah 22:16
He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well with him: was not this to know me? saith the LORD.
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Proverbs 14:31
He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker: but he that honoureth him hath mercy on the poor.
Job 31:13
If I did despise the cause of my manservant or of my maidservant, when they contended with me;
Job 31:14
What then shall I do when God riseth up? and when he visiteth, what shall I answer him?
Job 31:15
Did not he that made me in the womb make him? and did not one fashion us in the womb?
Job 31:16
If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail;
Proverbs 6:11
So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man.
Proverbs 22:9
He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed; for he giveth of his bread to the poor.
Proverbs 19:17
He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the LORD; and that which he hath given will he pay him again.
Proverbs 22:2
The rich and poor meet together: the LORD is the maker of them all.
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Job 5:4
His children are far from safety, and they are crushed in the gate, neither is there any to deliver them.
Deuteronomy 21:19
Then shall his father and his mother lay hold on him, and bring him out unto the elders of his city, and unto the gate of his place;
Ruth 4:1
Then went Boaz up to the gate, and sat him down there: and, behold, the kinsman of whom Boaz spake came by; unto whom he said, Ho, such a one! turn aside, sit down here. And he turned aside, and sat down.
2 Samuel 15:2
And Absalom rose up early, and stood beside the way of the gate: and it was so, that when any man that had a controversy came to the king for judgment, then Absalom called unto him, and said, Of what city art thou? And he said, Thy servant is of one of the tribes of Israel.
Proverbs 24:7
Wisdom is too high for a fool: he openeth not his mouth in the gate.
Genesis 23:10
And Ephron dwelt among the children of Heth: and Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham in the audience of the children of Heth, even of all that went in at the gate of his city, saying,
Genesis 34:20
And Hamor and Shechem his son came unto the gate of their city, and communed with the men of their city, saying,
Psalms 127:5
Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them: they shall not be ashamed, but they shall speak with the enemies in the gate.
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Job 31:21
If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, when I saw my help in the gate:
Job 29:12
Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him.
Job 29:13
The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me: and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.
Job 29:14
I put on righteousness, and it clothed me: my judgment was as a robe and a diadem.
Job 29:15
I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame.
Job 29:16
I was a father to the poor: and the cause which I knew not I searched out.
Job 29:17
And I brake the jaws of the wicked, and plucked the spoil out of his teeth.
Deuteronomy 16:18
Judges and officers shalt thou make thee in all thy gates, which the LORD thy God giveth thee, throughout thy tribes: and they shall judge the people with just judgment.
Amos 5:10
They hate him that rebuketh in the gate, and they abhor him that speaketh uprightly.
Amos 5:12
For I know your manifold transgressions and your mighty sins: they afflict the just, they take a bribe, and they turn aside the poor in the gate from their right.
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Proverbs 22:24
Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man thou shalt not go:
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Amos 8:5
Saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell corn? and the sabbath, that we may set forth wheat, making the ephah small, and the shekel great, and falsifying the balances by deceit?
Amos 8:6
That we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes; yea, and sell the refuse of the wheat?
James 5:1
Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you.
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Psalms 10:15
Break thou the arm of the wicked and the evil man: seek out his wickedness till thou find none.
Psalms 109:31
For he shall stand at the right hand of the poor, to save him from those that condemn his soul.
Isaiah 11:4
But with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and reprove with equity for the meek of the earth: and he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked.
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Proverbs 1:18
And they lay wait for their own blood; they lurk privily for their own lives.
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Proverbs 22:25
Lest thou learn his ways, and get a snare to thy soul.
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