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Zechariah 7:10
Do not oppress the widow or the fatherless, the resident alien or the poor, and do not plot evil in your hearts against one another.’
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Isaiah 1:23
Your rulers are rebels, friends of thieves. They all love graft and chase after bribes. They do not defend the rights of the fatherless, and the widow’s case never comes before them.
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Deuteronomy 32:15
Then Jeshurun became fat and rebelled— you became fat, bloated, and gorged. He abandoned the God who made him and scorned the Rock of his salvation.
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Psalms 73:12
Look at them— the wicked! They are always at ease, and they increase their wealth.
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Jeremiah 7:6
if you no longer oppress the resident alien, the fatherless, and the widow and no longer shed innocent blood in this place or follow other gods, bringing harm on yourselves,
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Amos 4:1
Listen to this message, you cows of Bashan who are on the hill of Samaria, women who oppress the poor and crush the needy, who say to their husbands,“ Bring us something to drink.”
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Jeremiah 12:1
You will be righteous, LORD, even if I bring a case against you. Yet, I wish to contend with you: Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why do all the treacherous live at ease?
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Job 12:6
The tents of robbers are safe, and those who trouble God are secure; God holds them in his hands.
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James 5:4-5
Look! The pay that you withheld from the workers who mowed your fields cries out, and the outcry of the harvesters has reached the ears of the Lord of Armies.You have lived luxuriously on the earth and have indulged yourselves. You have fattened your hearts in a day of slaughter.
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Ezekiel 16:47-52
Didn’t you walk in their ways and do their detestable practices? It was only a short time before all your ways were more corrupt than theirs.“‘ As I live— the declaration of the Lord GOD— your sister Sodom and her daughters have not behaved as you and your daughters have.Now this was the iniquity of your sister Sodom: She and her daughters had pride, plenty of food, and comfortable security, but didn’t support the poor and needy.They were haughty and did detestable acts before me, so I removed them when I saw this.But Samaria did not commit even half your sins. You have multiplied your detestable practices beyond theirs and made your sisters appear righteous by all the detestable acts you have committed.You must also bear your disgrace, since you have helped your sisters out. For they appear more righteous than you because of your sins, which you committed more detestably than they did. So you also, be ashamed and bear your disgrace, since you have made your sisters appear righteous.
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Psalms 82:2-4
“ How long will you judge unjustly and show partiality to the wicked? SelahProvide justice for the needy and the fatherless; uphold the rights of the oppressed and the destitute.Rescue the poor and needy; save them from the power of the wicked.”
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1 Corinthians 5 1
It is actually reported that there is sexual immorality among you, and the kind of sexual immorality that is not even tolerated among the Gentiles— a man is sleeping with his father’s wife.
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Psalms 119:70
Their hearts are hard and insensitive, but I delight in your instruction.
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Job 21:23-24
One person dies in excellent health, completely secure and at ease.His body is well fed, and his bones are full of marrow.
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Jeremiah 2:33
How skillfully you pursue love; you also teach evil women your ways.
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Job 15:27-28
Though his face is covered with fat and his waistline bulges with it,he will dwell in ruined cities, in abandoned houses destined to become piles of rubble.
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Job 29:12-14
For I rescued the poor who cried out for help, and the fatherless child who had no one to support him.The dying blessed me, and I made the widow’s heart rejoice.I clothed myself in righteousness, and it enveloped me; my just decisions were like a robe and a turban.
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Jeremiah 22:15-19
Are you a king because you excel in cedar? Didn’t your father eat and drink and administer justice and righteousness? Then it went well with him.He took up the case of the poor and needy; then it went well. Is this not what it means to know me? This is the LORD’s declaration.But you have eyes and a heart for nothing except your own dishonest profit, shedding innocent blood and committing extortion and oppression.Therefore, this is what the LORD says concerning Jehoiakim son of Josiah, king of Judah: They will not mourn for him, saying,“ Woe, my brother!” or“ Woe, my sister!” They will not mourn for him, saying,“ Woe, lord! Woe, his majesty!”He will be buried like a donkey, dragged off and thrown outside Jerusalem’s gates.
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Psalms 73:6-7
Therefore, pride is their necklace, and violence covers them like a garment.Their eyes bulge out from fatness; the imaginations of their hearts run wild.
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Ezekiel 5:6-7
She has rebelled against my ordinances with more wickedness than the nations, and against my statutes more than the countries that surround her. For her people have rejected my ordinances and have not walked in my statutes.“ Therefore, this is what the Lord GOD says: Because you have been more insubordinate than the nations around you— you have not walked in my statutes or kept my ordinances; you have not even kept the ordinances of the nations around you—
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Psalms 72:4
May he vindicate the afflicted among the people, help the poor, and crush the oppressor.