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Psalms 34:6
This poor man called, and the Lord heard him; he saved him out of all his troubles. (niv)
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James 5:4
Look! The wages you failed to pay the workers who mowed your fields are crying out against you. The cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord Almighty. (niv)
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Proverbs 14:31
Whoever oppresses the poor shows contempt for their Maker, but whoever is kind to the needy honors God. (niv)
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Psalms 146:7-8
He upholds the cause of the oppressed and gives food to the hungry. The Lord sets prisoners free,the Lord gives sight to the blind, the Lord lifts up those who are bowed down, the Lord loves the righteous. (niv)
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Job 5:15
He saves the needy from the sword in their mouth; he saves them from the clutches of the powerful. (niv)
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Job 5:21
You will be protected from the lash of the tongue, and need not fear when destruction comes. (niv)
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Exodus 2:23-24
During that long period, the king of Egypt died. The Israelites groaned in their slavery and cried out, and their cry for help because of their slavery went up to God.God heard their groaning and he remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac and with Jacob. (niv)
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Psalms 10:12
Arise, Lord! Lift up your hand, O God. Do not forget the helpless. (niv)
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Isaiah 33:10
“ Now will I arise,” says the Lord.“ Now will I be exalted; now will I be lifted up. (niv)
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Exodus 3:7-9
The Lord said,“ I have indeed seen the misery of my people in Egypt. I have heard them crying out because of their slave drivers, and I am concerned about their suffering.So I have come down to rescue them from the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up out of that land into a good and spacious land, a land flowing with milk and honey— the home of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites.And now the cry of the Israelites has reached me, and I have seen the way the Egyptians are oppressing them. (niv)
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Ecclesiastes 4:1
Again I looked and saw all the oppression that was taking place under the sun: I saw the tears of the oppressed— and they have no comforter; power was on the side of their oppressors— and they have no comforter. (niv)
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Micah 7:8-9
Do not gloat over me, my enemy! Though I have fallen, I will rise. Though I sit in darkness, the Lord will be my light.Because I have sinned against him, I will bear the Lord’s wrath, until he pleads my case and upholds my cause. He will bring me out into the light; I will see his righteousness. (niv)
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Ezekiel 18:18
But his father will die for his own sin, because he practiced extortion, robbed his brother and did what was wrong among his people. (niv)
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Ezekiel 18:12-13
He oppresses the poor and needy. He commits robbery. He does not return what he took in pledge. He looks to the idols. He does detestable things.He lends at interest and takes a profit. Will such a man live? He will not! Because he has done all these detestable things, he is to be put to death; his blood will be on his own head. (niv)
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Isaiah 19:20
It will be a sign and witness to the Lord Almighty in the land of Egypt. When they cry out to the Lord because of their oppressors, he will send them a savior and defender, and he will rescue them. (niv)
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Psalms 74:21-22
Do not let the oppressed retreat in disgrace; may the poor and needy praise your name.Rise up, O God, and defend your cause; remember how fools mock you all day long. (niv)
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Psalms 10:5
His ways are always prosperous; your laws are rejected by him; he sneers at all his enemies. (niv)
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Proverbs 22:22-23
Do not exploit the poor because they are poor and do not crush the needy in court,for the Lord will take up their case and will exact life for life. (niv)
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Ecclesiastes 5:8
If you see the poor oppressed in a district, and justice and rights denied, do not be surprised at such things; for one official is eyed by a higher one, and over them both are others higher still. (niv)
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Psalms 10:18
defending the fatherless and the oppressed, so that mere earthly mortals will never again strike terror. (niv)
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Judges 10:16
Then they got rid of the foreign gods among them and served the Lord. And he could bear Israel’s misery no longer. (niv)
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Psalms 79:10-11
Why should the nations say,“ Where is their God?” Before our eyes, make known among the nations that you avenge the outpoured blood of your servants.May the groans of the prisoners come before you; with your strong arm preserve those condemned to die. (niv)