7 Bible Verses about oppression

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Acts 7:6

And God had spoken about this [beforehand] by saying that Abraham's descendants would live in a foreign country and that they would [eventually] be ill-treated as slaves for four hundred years.

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Condemnation » Increased by » Oppression

James 5:1-5

Come on now, you rich people, cry and wail over the miseries that are coming upon you. Your wealth has rotted and moths have eaten your clothing. Your gold and silver have tarnished and their tarnish will be a testimony against you [i.e., you have hoarded your wealth instead of using it to benefit others], and they will devour your flesh as fire [i.e., your riches will ultimately consume you]. You have hoarded up your riches in these last days. read more.
Look, the wages you have fraudulently refused to pay the workers who mowed your fields are crying out [against you]. And the cries of these harvest hands have reached the ears of the Lord of [heavenly] armies [i.e., Almighty God]. You people have basked in luxury [here] on earth and lived lives devoted to pleasure. You have fattened yourselves [as sacrificial oxen] for the day of slaughter.

Covetousness » Natural fruits of » Oppression

Oppression » Examples of

Oppression » Not oppressing others

More verses: Zechariah 7:9-10

Oppression » God will judge

Oppression » National, relieved

Oppression » Those that oppress the poor

Oppression » Prayers against

Oppression » Those that oppress israel

Oppression » Those that have not oppressed others

Oppression » God's help promised against

Oppression » The oppressed

Oppression » The servant of the lord being oppressed

Oppression » Who shall be far from oppression

Oppression » Who is an oppressor

Oppression » Instances of » Of israelites, by egyptians

Oppression » Instances of » Rehoboam resolves to oppress the israelites

Oppression » Instances of » Of hagar, by sarah

Oppression » God is a refuge from

Oppression » National, God judges

Acts 7:7

And God said, 'I will judge the nation [i.e., Egypt] that enslaves them and [then] after my people are liberated, they will serve me in this place [i.e., Palestine].'

Riches » Often lead to » Oppression

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