Bible Verses about “being oppressed”

“Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.”

“‹And went to› [him], ‹and bound up his wounds, pouring in oil and wine, and set him on his own beast, and brought him to an inn, and took care of him.›”

“‹But a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed, came where he was: and when he saw him, he had compassion› [on him],”

“‹And on the morrow when he departed, he took out two pence, and gave› [them] ‹to the host, and said unto him, Take care of him; and whatsoever thou spendest more, when I come again, I will repay thee.›”

“‹Which now of these three, thinkest thou, was neighbour unto him that fell among the thieves?›”

“If a thief be found breaking up, and be smitten that he die, [there shall] no blood [be shed] for him.”

“If the sun be risen upon him, [there shall be] blood [shed] for him; [for] he should make full restitution; if he have nothing, then he shall be sold for his theft.”

“Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live.”

“Ye shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child.”

“If thou afflict them in any wise, and they cry at all unto me, I will surely hear their cry;”

“¶ If thou lend money to [any of] my people [that is] poor by thee, thou shalt not be to him as an usurer, neither shalt thou lay upon him usury.”

“And Jesus answering said, ‹A certain› [man] ‹went down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among thieves, which stripped him of his raiment, and wounded› [him], ‹and departed, leaving› [him] ‹half dead.›”

“‹And by chance there came down a certain priest that way: and when he saw him, he passed by on the other side.›”

“‹And likewise a Levite, when he was at the place, came and looked› [on him], ‹and passed by on the other side.›”

“And he said, He that shewed mercy on him. Then said Jesus unto him, ‹Go, and do thou likewise.›”

“And my wrath shall wax hot, and I will kill you with the sword; and your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless.”

“¶ And if a man entice a maid that is not betrothed, and lie with her, he shall surely endow her to be his wife.”

“¶ If a man shall steal an ox, or a sheep, and kill it, or sell it; he shall restore five oxen for an ox, and four sheep for a sheep.”

“Thou shalt neither vex a stranger, nor oppress him: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.”

“If her father utterly refuse to give her unto him, he shall pay money according to the dowry of virgins.”

“Whosoever lieth with a beast shall surely be put to death.”

“If thou at all take thy neighbour's raiment to pledge, thou shalt deliver it unto him by that the sun goeth down:”

“For that [is] his covering only, it [is] his raiment for his skin: wherein shall he sleep? and it shall come to pass, when he crieth unto me, that I will hear; for I [am] gracious.”

“Thou shalt not revile the gods, nor curse the ruler of thy people.”

“If the theft be certainly found in his hand alive, whether it be ox, or ass, or sheep; he shall restore double.”

“And if a man borrow [ought] of his neighbour, and it be hurt, or die, the owner thereof [being] not with it, he shall surely make [it] good.”

“¶ If a man shall deliver unto his neighbour money or stuff to keep, and it be stolen out of the man's house; if the thief be found, let him pay double.”

“He that sacrificeth unto [any] god, save unto the LORD only, he shall be utterly destroyed.”

“For all manner of trespass, [whether it be] for ox, for ass, for sheep, for raiment, [or] for any manner of lost thing, which [another] challengeth to be his, the cause of both parties shall come before the judges; [and] whom the judges shall condemn, he shall pay double unto his neighbour.”

“Thou shalt not delay [to offer] the first of thy ripe fruits, and of thy liquors: the firstborn of thy sons shalt thou give unto me.”

“If a man shall cause a field or vineyard to be eaten, and shall put in his beast, and shall feed in another man's field; of the best of his own field, and of the best of his own vineyard, shall he make restitution.”

“If fire break out, and catch in thorns, so that the stacks of corn, or the standing corn, or the field, be consumed [therewith]; he that kindled the fire shall surely make restitution.”

“If the thief be not found, then the master of the house shall be brought unto the judges, [to see] whether he have put his hand unto his neighbour's goods.”

“If a man deliver unto his neighbour an ass, or an ox, or a sheep, or any beast, to keep; and it die, or be hurt, or driven away, no man seeing [it]:”

“[Then] shall an oath of the LORD be between them both, that he hath not put his hand unto his neighbour's goods; and the owner of it shall accept [thereof], and he shall not make [it] good.”

“And if it be stolen from him, he shall make restitution unto the owner thereof.”

“If it be torn in pieces, [then] let him bring it [for] witness, [and] he shall not make good that which was torn.”

“[But] if the owner thereof [be] with it, he shall not make [it] good: if it [be] an hired [thing], it came for his hire.”

“Likewise shalt thou do with thine oxen, [and] with thy sheep: seven days it shall be with his dam; on the eighth day thou shalt give it me.”

“And ye shall be holy men unto me: neither shall ye eat [any] flesh [that is] torn of beasts in the field; ye shall cast it to the dogs.”