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Psalms 34:6
This poor man cried, and Jehovah heard him, And saved him out of all his troubles.
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James 5:4
Behold, the hire of the laborers who mowed your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth out: and the cries of them that reaped have entered into the ears of the Lord of Sabaoth.
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Proverbs 14:31
He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker; But he that hath mercy on the needy honoreth him.
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Psalms 146:7-8
Who executeth justice for the oppressed; Who giveth food to the hungry. Jehovah looseth the prisoners;Jehovah openeth the eyes of the blind; Jehovah raiseth up them that are bowed down; Jehovah loveth the righteous;
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Job 5:15
But he saveth from the sword of their mouth, Even the needy from the hand of the mighty.
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Job 5:21
Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of the tongue; Neither shalt thou be afraid of destruction when it cometh.
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Exodus 2:23-24
And it came to pass in the course of those many days, that the king of Egypt died: and the children of Israel sighed by reason of the bondage, and they cried, and their cry came up unto God by reason of the bondage.And God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob.
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Psalms 10:12
Arise, O Jehovah; O God, lift up thy hand: Forget not the poor.
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Isaiah 33:10
Now will I arise, saith Jehovah; now will I lift up myself; now will I be exalted.
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Exodus 3:7-9
And Jehovah said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people that are in Egypt, and have heard their cry by reason of their taskmasters; for I know their sorrows;and I am come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land unto a good land and a large, unto a land flowing with milk and honey; unto the place of the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Amorite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite.And now, behold, the cry of the children of Israel is come unto me: moreover I have seen the oppression wherewith the Egyptians oppress them.
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Ecclesiastes 4:1
Then I returned and saw all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and, behold, the tears of such as were oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors there was power; but they had no comforter.
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Micah 7:8-9
Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy: when I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, Jehovah will be a light unto me.I will bear the indignation of Jehovah, because I have sinned against him, until he plead my cause, and execute judgment for me: he will bring me forth to the light, and I shall behold his righteousness.
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Ezekiel 18:18
As for his father, because he cruelly oppressed, robbed his brother, and did that which is not good among his people, behold, he shall die in his iniquity.
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Ezekiel 18:12-13
hath wronged the poor and needy, hath taken by robbery, hath not restored the pledge, and hath lifted up his eyes to the idols, hath committed abomination,hath given forth upon interest, and hath taken increase; shall he then live? he shall not live: he hath done all these abominations; he shall surely die; his blood shall be upon him.
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Isaiah 19:20
And it shall be for a sign and for a witness unto Jehovah of hosts in the land of Egypt; for they shall cry unto Jehovah because of oppressors, and he will send them a saviour, and a defender, and he will deliver them.
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Psalms 74:21-22
Oh let not the oppressed return ashamed: Let the poor and needy praise thy name.Arise, O God, plead thine own cause: Remember how the foolish man reproacheth thee all the day.
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Psalms 10:5
His ways are firm at all times; Thy judgments are far above out of his sight: As for all his adversaries, he puffeth at them.
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Proverbs 22:22-23
Rob not the poor, because he is poor; Neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:For Jehovah will plead their cause, And despoil of life those that despoil them.
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Ecclesiastes 5:8
If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and the violent taking away of justice and righteousness in a province, marvel not at the matter: for one higher than the high regardeth; and there are higher than they.
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Psalms 10:18
To judge the fatherless and the oppressed, That man who is of the earth may be terrible no more.
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Judges 10:16
And they put away the foreign gods from among them, and served Jehovah; and his soul was grieved for the misery of Israel.
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Psalms 79:10-11
Wherefore should the nations say, Where is their God? Let the avenging of the blood of thy servants which is shed Be known among the nations in our sight.Let the sighing of the prisoner come before thee: According to the greatness of thy power preserve thou those that are appointed to death;