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Psalms 14:4
Do all the workers of injustice not know, Who devour my people as they eat bread, And do not call upon the Lord?
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Proverbs 30:14
There is a kind of person whose teeth are like swords And his jaw teeth like knives, To devour the poor from the earth And the needy from among mankind.
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Amos 5:11
Therefore because you impose heavy rent on the poor And take a tribute of grain from them, Though you have built houses of cut stone, Yet you will not live in them; You have planted beautiful vineyards, yet you will not drink their wine.
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Isaiah 32:6-7
For a fool speaks nonsense, And his heart inclines toward wickedness: To practice ungodliness and to speak error against the Lord, To keep the hungry person unsatisfied And to withhold drink from the thirsty.As for a rogue, his weapons are evil; He devises wicked schemes To destroy the poor with slander, Even though the needy one speaks what is right.
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Amos 2:6-7
This is what the Lord says:“ For three offenses of Israel, and for four, I will not revoke its punishment, Because they sell the righteous for money, And the needy for a pair of sandals.These who trample the head of the helpless to the dust of the earth Also divert the way of the humble; And a man and his father resort to the same girl So as to profane My holy name.
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Isaiah 28:14
Therefore, hear the word of the Lord, you scoffers, Who rule this people who are in Jerusalem,
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Psalms 12:5
“ Because of the devastation of the poor, because of the groaning of the needy, Now I will arise,” says the Lord;“ I will put him in the safety for which he longs.”
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Isaiah 1:10
Hear the word of the Lord, You rulers of Sodom; Listen to the instruction of our God, You people of Gomorrah!
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Jeremiah 28:15
Then Jeremiah the prophet said to Hananiah the prophet,“ Listen now, Hananiah: the Lord has not sent you, and you have made this people trust in a lie.
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Amos 7:16
So now hear the word of the Lord: you are saying,‘ You shall not prophesy against Israel nor shall you prophesy against the house of Isaac.’
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James 5:6
You have condemned and put to death the righteous person; he offers you no resistance.
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Matthew 23:13
“ But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, because you shut the kingdom of heaven in front of people; for you do not enter it yourselves, nor do you allow those who are entering to go in.
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Jeremiah 5:21
‘ Now hear this, you foolish and senseless people, Who have eyes but do not see, Who have ears but do not hear.
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1 Kings 22 19
And Micaiah said,“ Therefore, hear the word of the Lord. I saw the Lord sitting on His throne, and all the angels of heaven standing by Him on His right and on His left.
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Psalms 56:1
Be gracious to me, God, for a man has trampled upon me; Fighting all day long he oppresses me.
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Psalms 140:12
I know that the Lord will maintain the cause of the afflicted, And justice for the poor.