Proverbs 28:3
A needy man who oppresses the poor is like a driving rain which leaves no crops.
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Proverbs 28:3
A needy man who oppresses the poor is like a driving rain which leaves no crops.
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Proverbs 28:15
As a roaring lion or a charging bear, so is a wicked ruler over helpless people.
Proverbs 22:16
Whoever oppresses the poor for his own increase and whoever gives to the rich, both come to poverty.
Job 20:10
His children will seek the favor of the poor. His hands will give back his wealth.
Proverbs 14:31
He who oppresses the poor shows contempt for his Maker, but he who is kind to the needy honors him.
Psalms 12:5
“Because of the oppression of the weak and because of the groaning of the needy, I will now arise,” says Yahweh; “I will set him in safety from those who malign him.”
Proverbs 6:11
so your poverty will come as a robber, and your scarcity as an armed man.
Exodus 23:9
“You shall not oppress an alien, for you know the heart of an alien, since you were aliens in the land of Egypt.
Deuteronomy 24:14
You shall not oppress a hired servant who is poor and needy, whether he is one of your brothers or one of the foreigners who are in your land within your gates.
Psalms 62:10
Don’t trust in oppression. Don’t become vain in robbery. If riches increase, don’t set your heart on them.
Proverbs 3:31
Don’t envy the man of violence. Choose none of his ways.
Proverbs 28:6
Better is the poor who walks in his integrity than he who is perverse in his ways, and he is rich.
Proverbs 28:8
He who increases his wealth by excessive interest gathers it for one who has pity on the poor.
Ecclesiastes 5:8
If you see the oppression of the poor, and the violent taking away of justice and righteousness in a district, don’t marvel at the matter, for one official is eyed by a higher one, and there are officials over them.
Amos 8:4
Hear this, you who desire to swallow up the needy, and cause the poor of the land to fail,
Zechariah 7:10
Don’t oppress the widow, the fatherless, the foreigner, nor the poor; and let none of you devise evil against his brother in your heart.’
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Matthew 18:30
He would not, but went and cast him into prison until he should pay back that which was due.
Job 24:9
There are those who pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor,
Psalms 35:15
But in my adversity, they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together. The attackers gathered themselves together against me, and I didn’t know it. They tore at me, and didn’t cease.
Psalms 69:21
They also gave me poison for my food. In my thirst, they gave me vinegar to drink.
Proverbs 25:20
As one who takes away a garment in cold weather, or vinegar on soda, so is one who sings songs to a heavy heart.
Amos 1:11
Yahweh says: “For three transgressions of Edom, yes, for four, I will not turn away its punishment, because he pursued his brother with the sword and cast off all pity, and his anger raged continually, and he kept his wrath forever;
Luke 10:32
In the same way a Levite also, when he came to the place and saw him, passed by on the other side.
Matthew 18:28
“But that servant went out and found one of his fellow servants who owed him one hundred denarii, and he grabbed him and took him by the throat, saying, ‘Pay me what you owe!’
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Judges 6:4
They encamped against them, and destroyed the increase of the earth, until you come to Gaza. They left no sustenance in Israel, and no sheep, ox, or donkey.
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Proverbs 28:1
The wicked flee when no one pursues; but the righteous are as bold as a lion.
Proverbs 28:2
In rebellion, a land has many rulers, but order is maintained by a man of understanding and knowledge.
Proverbs 28:3
A needy man who oppresses the poor is like a driving rain which leaves no crops.
Proverbs 28:4
Those who forsake the law praise the wicked; but those who keep the law contend with them.
Proverbs 28:5
Evil men don’t understand justice; but those who seek Yahweh understand it fully.
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Proverbs 28:11
The rich man is wise in his own eyes; but the poor who has understanding sees through him.
Proverbs 28:16
A tyrannical ruler lacks judgment. One who hates ill-gotten gain will have long days.
Proverbs 28:19
One who works his land will have an abundance of food; but one who chases fantasies will have his fill of poverty.
Proverbs 29:13
The poor man and the oppressor have this in common: Yahweh gives sight to the eyes of both.
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Proverbs 30:22
For a servant when he is king, a fool when he is filled with food,
Ecclesiastes 10:7
I have seen servants on horses, and princes walking like servants on the earth.
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Jeremiah 46:15
Why are your strong ones swept away? They didn’t stand, because Yahweh pushed them.
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