Quotes About Oppression

Redeem me from the oppression of man, that I may keep Your precepts.

when their anger flared against us, then they would have swallowed us alive,

The plowmen plowed over my back; they made their furrows long.

Blessed is he who seizes your infants and dashes them against the rocks.

He executes justice for the oppressed and gives food to the hungry. The LORD sets the prisoners free,

to bind their kings with chains and their nobles with shackles of iron,

Whoever oppresses the poor taunts their Maker, but whoever is kind to the needy honors Him.

All the days of the oppressed are bad, but a cheerful heart has a continual feast.

The rich rule over the poor, and the borrower is slave to the lender.

Oppressing the poor to enrich oneself or giving gifts to the rich will surely lead to poverty.

A destitute leader who oppresses the poor is like a driving rain that leaves no food.

Like a roaring lion or a charging bear is a wicked ruler over a helpless people.

A leader who lacks judgment is also a great oppressor, but he who hates dishonest profit will prolong his days.

The poor man and the oppressor have this in common: The LORD gives light to the eyes of both.

there is a generation whose teeth are swords and whose jaws are knives, devouring the oppressed from the earth and the needy from among men.

lest they drink and forget what is decreed, depriving all the oppressed of justice.

Again I looked, and I considered all the oppression taking place under the sun. I saw the tears of the oppressed, and they had no comforter; the power lay in the hands of their oppressors, and there was no comforter.

If you see the oppression of the poor and the denial of justice and righteousness in the province, do not be astonished at the matter; for one official is watched by a superior, and others higher still are over them.

I encountered the watchmen on their rounds of the city. They beat me and bruised me; they took away my cloak, those guardians of the walls.

Learn to do right; seek justice and correct the oppressor. Defend the fatherless and plead the case of the widow.”

Your rulers are rebels, friends of thieves. They all love bribes and chasing after rewards. They do not defend the fatherless, and the plea of the widow never comes before them.

The people will oppress one another, man against man, neighbor against neighbor; the young will rise up against the old, and the base against the honorable.

Youths oppress My people, and women rule over them. O My people, your guides mislead you; they turn you from your paths.

Why do you crush My people and grind the faces of the poor?” declares the Lord GOD of Hosts.