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Isaiah 58:6-7
“ No, this is the kind of fasting I want: Free those who are wrongly imprisoned; lighten the burden of those who work for you. Let the oppressed go free, and remove the chains that bind people.Share your food with the hungry, and give shelter to the homeless. Give clothes to those who need them, and do not hide from relatives who need your help.
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Psalms 82:4
Rescue the poor and helpless; deliver them from the grasp of evil people.
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1 John 3 16-1 John 3 17
We know what real love is because Jesus gave up his life for us. So we also ought to give up our lives for our brothers and sisters.If someone has enough money to live well and sees a brother or sister in need but shows no compassion— how can God’s love be in that person?
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Job 29:17
I broke the jaws of godless oppressors and plucked their victims from their teeth.
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Luke 23:23-25
But the mob shouted louder and louder, demanding that Jesus be crucified, and their voices prevailed.So Pilate sentenced Jesus to die as they demanded.As they had requested, he released Barabbas, the man in prison for insurrection and murder. But he turned Jesus over to them to do as they wished.
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Luke 10:31-32
“ By chance a priest came along. But when he saw the man lying there, he crossed to the other side of the road and passed him by.A Temple assistant walked over and looked at him lying there, but he also passed by on the other side.
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Acts 18:17
The crowd then grabbed Sosthenes, the leader of the synagogue, and beat him right there in the courtroom. But Gallio paid no attention.
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Acts 21:31-32
As they were trying to kill him, word reached the commander of the Roman regiment that all Jerusalem was in an uproar.He immediately called out his soldiers and officers and ran down among the crowd. When the mob saw the commander and the troops coming, they stopped beating Paul.
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1 Samuel 26 8-1 Samuel 26 9
“ God has surely handed your enemy over to you this time!” Abishai whispered to David.“ Let me pin him to the ground with one thrust of the spear; I won’t need to strike twice!”“ No!” David said.“ Don’t kill him. For who can remain innocent after attacking the Lord’s anointed one?
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Acts 23:23-35
Then the commander called two of his officers and ordered,“ Get 200 soldiers ready to leave for Caesarea at nine o’clock tonight. Also take 200 spearmen and 70 mounted troops.Provide horses for Paul to ride, and get him safely to Governor Felix.”Then he wrote this letter to the governor:“ From Claudius Lysias, to his Excellency, Governor Felix: Greetings!“ This man was seized by some Jews, and they were about to kill him when I arrived with the troops. When I learned that he was a Roman citizen, I removed him to safety.Then I took him to their high council to try to learn the basis of the accusations against him.I soon discovered the charge was something regarding their religious law— certainly nothing worthy of imprisonment or death.But when I was informed of a plot to kill him, I immediately sent him on to you. I have told his accusers to bring their charges before you.”So that night, as ordered, the soldiers took Paul as far as Antipatris.They returned to the fortress the next morning, while the mounted troops took him on to Caesarea.When they arrived in Caesarea, they presented Paul and the letter to Governor Felix.He read it and then asked Paul what province he was from.“ Cilicia,” Paul answered.“ I will hear your case myself when your accusers arrive,” the governor told him. Then the governor ordered him kept in the prison at Herod’s headquarters.
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Acts 23:10
As the conflict grew more violent, the commander was afraid they would tear Paul apart. So he ordered his soldiers to go and rescue him by force and take him back to the fortress.
