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Jeremiah 22:3
Thus says the Lord:“ Execute judgment and righteousness, and deliver the plundered out of the hand of the oppressor. Do no wrong and do no violence to the stranger, the fatherless, or the widow, nor shed innocent blood in this place.
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Ezekiel 44:6
“ Now say to the rebellious, to the house of Israel,‘ Thus says the Lord God:“ O house of Israel, let Us have no more of all your abominations.
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Zechariah 8:16
These are the things you shall do: Speak each man the truth to his neighbor; Give judgment in your gates for truth, justice, and peace;
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1 Peter 4 3
For we have spent enough of our past lifetime in doing the will of the Gentiles— when we walked in lewdness, lusts, drunkenness, revelries, drinking parties, and abominable idolatries.
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Job 24:2-12
“ Some remove landmarks; They seize flocks violently and feed on them;They drive away the donkey of the fatherless; They take the widow’s ox as a pledge.They push the needy off the road; All the poor of the land are forced to hide.Indeed, like wild donkeys in the desert, They go out to their work, searching for food. The wilderness yields food for them and for their children.They gather their fodder in the field And glean in the vineyard of the wicked.They spend the night naked, without clothing, And have no covering in the cold.They are wet with the showers of the mountains, And huddle around the rock for want of shelter.“ Some snatch the fatherless from the breast, And take a pledge from the poor.They cause the poor to go naked, without clothing; And they take away the sheaves from the hungry.They press out oil within their walls, And tread winepresses, yet suffer thirst.The dying groan in the city, And the souls of the wounded cry out; Yet God does not charge them with wrong.
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Job 22:9
You have sent widows away empty, And the strength of the fatherless was crushed.
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Nehemiah 5:1-13
And there was a great outcry of the people and their wives against their Jewish brethren.For there were those who said,“ We, our sons, and our daughters are many; therefore let us get grain, that we may eat and live.”There were also some who said,“ We have mortgaged our lands and vineyards and houses, that we might buy grain because of the famine.”There were also those who said,“ We have borrowed money for the king’s tax on our lands and vineyards.Yet now our flesh is as the flesh of our brethren, our children as their children; and indeed we are forcing our sons and our daughters to be slaves, and some of our daughters have been brought into slavery. It is not in our power to redeem them, for other men have our lands and vineyards.”And I became very angry when I heard their outcry and these words.After serious thought, I rebuked the nobles and rulers, and said to them,“ Each of you is exacting usury from his brother.” So I called a great assembly against them.And I said to them,“ According to our ability we have redeemed our Jewish brethren who were sold to the nations. Now indeed, will you even sell your brethren? Or should they be sold to us?” Then they were silenced and found nothing to say.Then I said,“ What you are doing is not good. Should you not walk in the fear of our God because of the reproach of the nations, our enemies?I also, with my brethren and my servants, am lending them money and grain. Please, let us stop this usury!Restore now to them, even this day, their lands, their vineyards, their olive groves, and their houses, also a hundredth of the money and the grain, the new wine and the oil, that you have charged them.”So they said,“ We will restore it, and will require nothing from them; we will do as you say.” Then I called the priests, and required an oath from them that they would do according to this promise.Then I shook out the fold of my garment and said,“ So may God shake out each man from his house, and from his property, who does not perform this promise. Even thus may he be shaken out and emptied.” And all the assembly said,“ Amen!” and praised the Lord. Then the people did according to this promise.
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Job 20:19
For he has oppressed and forsaken the poor, He has violently seized a house which he did not build.
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Luke 3:14
Likewise the soldiers asked him, saying,“ And what shall we do?” So he said to them,“ Do not intimidate anyone or accuse falsely, and be content with your wages.”
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Ezekiel 43:14-16
from the base on the ground to the lower ledge, two cubits; the width of the ledge, one cubit; from the smaller ledge to the larger ledge, four cubits; and the width of the ledge, one cubit.The altar hearth is four cubits high, with four horns extending upward from the hearth.The altar hearth is twelve cubits long, twelve wide, square at its four corners;
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Psalms 82:2-5
How long will you judge unjustly, And show partiality to the wicked? SelahDefend the poor and fatherless; Do justice to the afflicted and needy.Deliver the poor and needy; Free them from the hand of the wicked.They do not know, nor do they understand; They walk about in darkness; All the foundations of the earth are unstable.
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Micah 2:1-2
Woe to those who devise iniquity, And work out evil on their beds! At morning light they practice it, Because it is in the power of their hand.They covet fields and take them by violence, Also houses, and seize them. So they oppress a man and his house, A man and his inheritance.
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1 Corinthians 6 7-1 Corinthians 6 8
Now therefore, it is already an utter failure for you that you go to law against one another. Why do you not rather accept wrong? Why do you not rather let yourselves be cheated?No, you yourselves do wrong and cheat, and you do these things to your brethren!
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Micah 2:9
The women of My people you cast out From their pleasant houses; From their children You have taken away My glory forever.
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Isaiah 1:17
Learn to do good; Seek justice, Rebuke the oppressor; Defend the fatherless, Plead for the widow.
