Exodus 3:9
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9 Now therefore, behold, (A)the cry of the children 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 Do not rob the (A)poor because he is poor,
Nor oppress the afflicted at the gate;
23 (B)For the Lord will plead their cause,
And plunder the soul of those who plunder them.
Exodus 2:23
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23 Now it happened (A)in the process of time that the king of Egypt died. Then the children of Israel (B)groaned because of the bondage, and they cried out; and (C)their cry came up to God because of the bondage.
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Exodus 3:7
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7 And the Lord said: (A)“I have surely seen the oppression of My people who are in Egypt, and have heard their cry (B)because of their taskmasters, (C)for I know their [a]sorrows.
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- Exodus 3:7 pain
Exodus 1:13-14
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13 So the Egyptians made the children of Israel (A)serve with [a]rigor. 14 And they (B)made their lives bitter with hard bondage—(C)in mortar, in brick, and in all manner of service in the field. All their service in which they made them serve was with rigor.
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- Exodus 1:13 harshness
Exodus 1:11
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11 Therefore they set taskmasters over them (A)to afflict them with their (B)burdens. And they built for Pharaoh (C)supply cities, Pithom (D)and Raamses.
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Exodus 1:22
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22 So Pharaoh commanded all his people, saying, (A)“Every son who is [a]born you shall cast into the river, and every daughter you shall save alive.”
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- Exodus 1:22 Sam., LXX, Tg. add to the Hebrews
Micah 2:1-3
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Woe to Evildoers
2 Woe to those who devise iniquity,
And [a]work out evil on their beds!
At (A)morning light they practice it,
Because it is in the power of their hand.
2 They (B)covet fields and take them by violence,
Also houses, and seize them.
So they oppress a man and his house,
A man and his inheritance.
3 Therefore thus says the Lord:
“Behold, against this (C)family I am devising (D)disaster,
From which you cannot remove your necks;
Nor shall you walk haughtily,
For this is an evil time.
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- Micah 2:1 Plan
Jeremiah 50:33-34
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33 Thus says the Lord of hosts:
“The children of Israel were oppressed,
Along with the children of Judah;
All who took them captive have held them fast;
They have refused to let them go.
34 (A)Their Redeemer is strong;
(B)The Lord of hosts is His name.
He will thoroughly plead their (C)case,
That He may give rest to the land,
And disquiet the inhabitants of Babylon.
Ecclesiastes 5:8
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The Vanity of Gain and Honor
8 If you (A)see the oppression of the poor, and the violent [a]perversion of justice and righteousness in a province, do not marvel at the matter; for (B)high official watches over high official, and higher officials are over them.
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- Ecclesiastes 5:8 wresting
Ecclesiastes 4:1
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The Uselessness of Selfish Toil
4 Then I returned and considered all the (A)oppression that is done under the sun:
And look! The tears of the oppressed,
But they have no comforter—
[a]On the side of their oppressors there is power,
But they have no comforter.
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- Ecclesiastes 4:1 Lit. At the hand
Psalm 12:5
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5 “For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy,
Now I will arise,” says the Lord;
“I will set him in the safety for which he yearns.”
Amos 4:1
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