Bible Verses about “oppression”
The Bible contains 31 verses about oppression across both Old and New Testaments. These scriptures offer guidance and inspiration for your spiritual journey.
“Don't seek revenge yourselves, beloved, but give place to God's wrath. For it is written, "Vengeance belongs to me; I will repay, says the Lord."”
“Yahweh is near to those who have a broken heart, and saves those who have a crushed spirit.”
“For he will put his angels in charge of you, to guard you in all your ways.”
“He will cover you with his feathers. Under his wings you will take refuge. His faithfulness is your shield and rampart.”
“I will say of Yahweh, "He is my refuge and my fortress; my God, in whom I trust."”
“He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty.”
“You shall not be afraid of the terror by night, nor of the arrow that flies by day;”
“I will satisfy him with long life, and show him my salvation." A Psalm. A song for the Sabbath day.”
“For he will deliver you from the snare of the fowler, and from the deadly pestilence.”
“nor of the pestilence that walks in darkness, nor of the destruction that wastes at noonday.”
“"Because he has set his love on me, therefore I will deliver him. I will set him on high, because he has known my name.”
“A thousand may fall at your side, and ten thousand at your right hand; but it will not come near you.”
“no evil shall happen to you, neither shall any plague come near your dwelling.”
“He will call on me, and I will answer him. I will be with him in trouble. I will deliver him, and honor him.”
“Because you have made Yahweh your refuge, and the Most High your dwelling place,”
“They will bear you up in their hands, so that you won't dash your foot against a stone.”
“You will only look with your eyes, and see the recompense of the wicked.”
“You will tread on the lion and cobra. You will trample the young lion and the serpent underfoot.”
“Learn to do well. Seek justice. Relieve the oppressed. Judge the fatherless. Plead for the widow."”
“"The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to proclaim release to the captives, recovering of sight to the blind, to deliver those who are crushed,”
“and to proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord."”
“He who oppresses the poor shows contempt for his Maker, but he who is kind to the needy honors him.”
“Whoever oppresses the poor for his own increase and whoever gives to the rich, both come to poverty.”
“Yahweh executes righteous acts, and justice for all who are oppressed.”
“I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against the perjurers, and against those who oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and who deprive the foreigner of justice, and don't fear me," says Yahweh of Armies.”
“Yahweh will also be a high tower for the oppressed; a high tower in times of trouble.”
“Redeem me from the oppression of man, so I will observe your precepts.”
“Don't oppress the widow, nor the fatherless, the foreigner, nor the poor; and let none of you devise evil against his brother in your heart.'”
“He will judge the poor of the people. He will save the children of the needy, and will break the oppressor in pieces.”
“In righteousness you shall be established: you shall be far from oppression, for you shall not be afraid; and from terror, for it shall not come near you.”
“who executes justice for the oppressed; who gives food to the hungry. Yahweh frees the prisoners.”