Exodus 3:9
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9 And now, behold, (A)the cry of the people of Israel has come to me, and I have also seen the (B)oppression with which the Egyptians oppress them.
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Proverbs 22:22-23
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22 (A)Do not rob the poor, because he is poor,
or (B)crush the afflicted at (C)the gate,
23 for (D)the Lord will plead their cause
and rob of life those who rob them.
Exodus 2:23
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God Hears Israel's Groaning
23 (A)During those many days the king of Egypt died, and the people of Israel (B)groaned because of their slavery and cried out for help. (C)Their cry for rescue from slavery came up to God.
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Exodus 3:7
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7 Then the Lord said, (A)“I have surely seen the affliction of my people who are in Egypt and have heard their cry because of their (B)taskmasters. I know their sufferings,
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Exodus 1:13-14
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13 So they ruthlessly made the people of Israel (A)work as slaves 14 and (B)made their lives bitter with hard service, in mortar and brick, and in all kinds of work in the field. In all their work they ruthlessly made them work as slaves.
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Exodus 1:11
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11 Therefore they set taskmasters over them (A)to afflict them with heavy (B)burdens. They built for Pharaoh (C)store cities, Pithom and (D)Raamses.
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Exodus 1:22
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22 Then Pharaoh commanded all his people, (A)“Every son that is born to the Hebrews[a] you shall cast into (B)the Nile, but you shall let every daughter live.”
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- Exodus 1:22 Samaritan, Septuagint, Targum; Hebrew lacks to the Hebrews
Micah 2:1-3
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Woe to the Oppressors
2 (A)Woe to those who devise wickedness
and work evil (B)on their beds!
When the morning dawns, they perform it,
because it is in the power of their hand.
2 They covet fields and (C)seize them,
and houses, and take them away;
they oppress a man and his house,
a man and his inheritance.
3 Therefore thus says the Lord:
behold, against (D)this family I am devising disaster,[a]
from which you cannot remove your necks,
and you (E)shall not walk haughtily,
(F)for it will be a time of disaster.
Footnotes
- Micah 2:3 The same Hebrew word can mean evil or disaster, depending on the context
Jeremiah 50:33-34
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33 “Thus says the Lord of hosts: (A)The people of Israel are oppressed, and the people of Judah with them. All who took them captive have held them fast; (B)they refuse to let them go. 34 (C)Their Redeemer is strong; (D)the Lord of hosts is his name. (E)He will surely plead their cause, that he may give rest to the earth, but unrest to the inhabitants of Babylon.
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Ecclesiastes 5:8
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The Vanity of Wealth and Honor
8 (A)If you see in a province the oppression of the poor and the violation of justice and righteousness, (B)do not be amazed at the matter, (C)for the high official is watched by a higher, and there are yet higher ones over them.
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Ecclesiastes 4:1
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Evil Under the Sun
4 (A)Again I (B)saw all (C)the oppressions that are done under the sun. And behold, the tears of the oppressed, and they had (D)no one to comfort them! On the side of their oppressors there was power, and there was no one to comfort them.
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Psalm 12:5
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5 “Because (A)the poor are plundered, because the needy groan,
(B)I will now arise,” says the Lord;
“I will place him in the (C)safety for which he longs.”
Amos 4:1
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4 “Hear this word, (A)you cows of Bashan,
who are (B)on the mountain of Samaria,
(C)who oppress the poor, (D)who crush the needy,
who say to your husbands, ‘Bring, that we may drink!’
The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. ESV® Text Edition: 2016. Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers.
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