Saturday, June 16, 2012

Oppression mentioned in the Bible (Kitab)


Oppression:
Exodus 3:17 NLT
I promise to rescue you from the oppression of the Egyptians. I will lead you to the land now occupied by the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites -- a land flowing with milk and honey."'

Deuteronomy 26:7 NLT
we cried out to the LORD, the God of our ancestors. He heard us and saw our hardship, toil, and oppression.

Deuteronomy 28:33 NLT
A foreign nation you have never heard about will eat the crops you worked so hard to grow. You will suffer under constant oppression and harsh treatment.

Judges 2:18 NLT
Whenever the LORD placed a judge over Israel, he was with that judge and rescued the people from their enemies throughout the judge's lifetime. For the LORD took pity on his people, who were burdened by oppression and suffering.

Psalms 44:24 NLT
Why do you look the other way? Why do you ignore our suffering and oppression?

Psalms 72:14 NLTHe will save them from oppression and from violence, for their lives are precious to him.

Psalms 107:39 NLT
When they decrease in number and become impoverished through oppression, trouble, and sorrow,

Psalms 119:134 NLTRescue me from the oppression of evil people; then I can obey your commandments.

Ecclesiastes 4:1 NLT
Again I observed all the oppression that takes place in our world. I saw the tears of the oppressed, with no one to comfort them. The oppressors have great power, and the victims are helpless.

Isaiah 5:7 NLT
This is the story of the LORD's people. They are the vineyard of the LORD Almighty. Israel and Judah are his pleasant garden. He expected them to yield a crop of justice, but instead he found bloodshed. He expected to find righteousness, but instead he heard cries of oppression.

Isaiah 16:4 NLT
Let our outcasts stay among you. Hide them from our enemies until the terror is past."When oppression and destruction have ceased and enemy raiders have disappeared,

Isaiah 30:12 NLT
This is the reply of the Holy One of Israel: "Because you despise what I tell you and trust instead in oppression and lies,

Isaiah 43:2 NLT
When you go through deep waters and great trouble, I will be with you. When you go through rivers of difficulty, you will not drown! When you walk through the fire of oppression, you will not be burned up; the flames will not consume you.

Isaiah 51:13 NLT
Yet you have forgotten the LORD, your Creator, the one who put the stars in the sky and established the earth. Will you remain in constant dread of human oppression? Will you continue to fear the anger of your enemies from morning till night?

Jeremiah 22:13 NLTAnd the LORD says, "Destruction is certain for Jehoiakim, who builds his palace with forced labor. By not paying wages, he builds injustice into its walls and oppression into its doorframes and ceilings.

Jeremiah 28:11 NLT
And Hananiah said again to the crowd that had gathered, "The LORD has promised that within two years he will break the yoke of oppression from all the nations now subject to King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon." At that, Jeremiah left the Temple area.

Ezekiel 45:9 NLTFor this is what the Sovereign LORD says: Enough, you princes of Israel! Stop all your violence and oppression and do what is just and right. Quit robbing and cheating my people out of their land! Stop expelling them from their homes!

Nahum 1:13 NLT
Now I will break your chains and release you from Assyrian oppression."

Habakkuk 2:6 NLT
But the time is coming when all their captives will taunt them, saying, 'You thieves! At last justice has caught up with you! Now you will get what you deserve for your oppression and extortion!'

1 Corinthians 9:22 NLT
When I am with those who are oppressed, I share their oppression so that I might bring them to Christ. Yes, I try to find common ground with everyone so that I might bring them to Christ.

Hebrews 11:25 NLT
He chose to share the oppression of God's people instead of enjoying the fleeting pleasures of sin.


Oppress:
Exodus 9:2 NLT
If you continue to oppress them and refuse to let them go,

Exodus 22:21 NLT
"Do not oppress foreigners in any way. Remember, you yourselves were once foreigners in the land of Egypt.

Exodus 23:9 NLT
"Do not oppress the foreigners living among you. You know what it is like to be a foreigner. Remember your own experience in the land of Egypt.

Numbers 24:24 NLT
Ships will come from the coasts of Cyprus ; they will oppress both Assyria and Eber, but they, too, will be utterly destroyed."

Deuteronomy 23:16 NLT
Let them live among you in whatever town they choose, and do not oppress them.

Deuteronomy 28:48 NLT
you will serve your enemies whom the LORD will send against you. You will be left hungry, thirsty, naked, and lacking in everything. They willoppress you harshly until you are destroyed.

Judges 10:8 NLT
who began to oppress them that year. For eighteen years they oppressed all the Israelites east of the Jordan River in the land of the Amorites (that is, in Gilead).

2 Samuel 7:10 NLT
And I have provided a permanent homeland for my people Israel, a secure place where they will never be disturbed. It will be their own land where wicked nations won't oppress them as they did in the past,

1 Chronicles 16:21 NLT
Yet he did not let anyone oppress them. He warned kings on their behalf:

1 Chronicles 17:9 NLT
And I have provided a permanent homeland for my people Israel, a secure place where they will never be disturbed. It will be their own land where wicked nations won't oppress them as they did in the past,

2 Chronicles 16:10 NLT
Asa became so angry with Hanani for saying this that he threw him into prison. At that time, Asa also began to oppress some of his people.

Job 37:23 NLT
We cannot imagine the power of the Almighty, yet he is so just and merciful that he does not oppress us.

Psalms 10:2 NLT
Proud and wicked people viciously oppress the poor. Let them be caught in the evil they plan for others.

Psalms 94:5 NLT
They oppress your people, LORD, hurting those you love.

Psalms 105:14 NLT
Yet he did not let anyone oppress them. He warned kings on their behalf:

Psalms 119:122 NLT
Please guarantee a blessing for me. Don't let those who are arrogant oppress me!

Proverbs 14:31 NLT
Those who oppress the poor insult their Maker, but those who help the poor honor him.

Proverbs 28:16 NLT
Only a stupid prince will oppress his people, but a king will have a long reign if he hates dishonesty and bribes.

Isaiah 3:12 NLT
Children oppress my people, and women rule over them. O my people, can't you see what fools your rulers are? They are leading you down a pretty garden path to destruction.

Isaiah 10:24 NLT
So this is what the Lord, the LORD Almighty, says: "My people in Jerusalem, do not be afraid of the Assyrians when they oppress you just as the Egyptians did long ago.

Isaiah 19:20 NLT
It will be a sign and a witness to the LORD Almighty in the land of Egypt. When the people cry to the LORD for help against those who oppress them, he will send them a savior who will rescue them.

Isaiah 32:7 NLT
The smooth tricks of evil people will be exposed, including all the lies they use to oppress the poor in the courts.

Jeremiah 22:17 NLT
"But you! You are full of selfish greed and dishonesty! You murder the innocent, oppress the poor, and reign ruthlessly."

Ezekiel 22:29 NLT
Even common people oppress the poor, rob the needy, and deprive foreigners of justice.

Ezekiel 45:8 NLT
These sections of land will be the prince's allotment. "My princes will no longer oppress and rob my people; they will assign the rest of the land to the people, giving an allotment to each tribe.

Amos 4:1 NLT
Listen to me, you "fat cows" of Samaria, you women who oppress the poor and crush the needy and who are always asking your husbands for another drink!

Amos 5:12 NLT
For I know the vast number of your sins and rebellions. You oppress good people by taking bribes and deprive the poor of justice in the courts.

Amos 6:14 NLT
"O people of Israel, I am about to bring an enemy nation against you," says the LORD God Almighty. "It will oppress you bitterly throughout your land -- from Lebo-hamath in the north to the Arabah Valley in the south."

Zechariah 7:10 NLT
Do not oppress widows, orphans, foreigners, and poor people. And do not make evil plans to harm each other.

Malachi 3:5 NLT
At that time I will put you on trial. I will be a ready witness against all sorcerers and adulterers and liars. I will speak against those who cheat employees of their wages, who oppress widows and orphans, or who deprive the foreigners living among you of justice, for these people do not fear me," says the LORD Almighty.

James 2:6 NLT
And yet, you insult the poor man! Isn't it the rich who oppress you and drag you into court?


Oppressor:
Proverbs 29:13 NLT
The poor and the oppressor have this in common -- the LORD gives light to the eyes of both.

Zechariah 9:8 NLT
I will guard my Temple and protect it from invading armies. I am closely watching their movements. No foreign oppressor will ever again overrun my people's land.


Oppressing:
1 Samuel 10:18 NLT
And he gave them this message from the LORD, the God of Israel: "I brought you from Egypt and rescued you from the Egyptians and from all of the nations that were oppressing you.

2 Kings 13:4 NLT
Then Jehoahaz prayed for the LORD's help, and the LORD heard his prayer. The LORD could see how terribly the king of Aram was oppressing Israel.

Nehemiah 5:7 NLT
After thinking about the situation, I spoke out against these nobles and officials. I told them, "You are oppressing your own relatives by charging them interest when they borrow money!" Then I called a public meeting to deal with the problem.

Job 10:3 NLT
What do you gain by oppressing me? Why do you reject me, the work of your own hands, while sending joy and prosperity to the wicked?

Proverbs 22:16 NLTA person who gets ahead by oppressing the poor or by showering gifts on the rich will end in poverty.

Isaiah 58:3 NLT
'We have fasted before you!' they say. 'Why aren't you impressed? We have done much penance, and you don't even notice it!'"I will tell you why! It's because you are living for yourselves even while you are fasting. You keep right on oppressing your workers.

Isaiah 58:6 NLT"No, the kind of fasting I want calls you to free those who are wrongly imprisoned and to stop oppressing those who work for you. Treat them fairly and give them what they earn.

Isaiah 58:9 NLTThen when you call, the LORD will answer. 'Yes, I am here,' he will quickly reply."Stop oppressing the helpless and stop making false accusations and spreading vicious rumors!

Matthew 24:49 NLT
and begins oppressing the other servants, partying, and getting drunk --

Luke 12:45 NLT
But if the servant thinks, 'My master won't be back for a while,' and beginsoppressing the other servants, partying, and getting drunk --


Oppressed:
Genesis 15:13 NLT
Then the LORD told Abram, "You can be sure that your descendants will be strangers in a foreign land, and they will be oppressed as slaves for four hundred years.

Exodus 1:12 NLT
But the more the Egyptians oppressed them, the more quickly the Israelites multiplied! The Egyptians soon became alarmed

Exodus 3:9 NLT
The cries of the people of Israel have reached me, and I have seen how the Egyptians have oppressed them with heavy tasks.

Deuteronomy 28:29 NLT
You will grope around in broad daylight, just like a blind person groping in the darkness, and you will not succeed at anything you do. You will be oppressed and robbed continually, and no one will come to save you.

Judges 4:3 NLT
Sisera, who had nine hundred iron chariots, ruthlessly oppressed the Israelites for twenty years. Then the Israelites cried out to the LORD for help.

Judges 6:9 NLT
and rescued you from the Egyptians and from all who oppressed you. I drove out your enemies and gave you their land.

Judges 10:8 NLT
who began to oppress them that year. For eighteen years they oppressed all the Israelites east of the Jordan River in the land of the Amorites (that is, in Gilead).

Judges 10:12 NLT
the Sidonians, the Amalekites, and the Maonites? When theyoppressed you, you cried out to me, and I rescued you.

1 Samuel 12:3 NLT
Now tell me as I stand before the LORD and before his anointed one -- whose ox or donkey have I stolen? Have I ever cheated any of you? Have I ever oppressed you? Have I ever taken a bribe? Tell me and I will make right whatever I have done wrong."

1 Samuel 12:4 NLT
"No," they replied, "you have never cheated or oppressed us in any way, and you have never taken even a single bribe."

2 Kings 13:22 NLT
King Hazael of Aram had oppressed Israel during the entire reign of King Jehoahaz.

2 Chronicles 28:20 NLT
So when King Tiglath-pileser of Assyria arrived, he oppressed King Ahaz instead of helping him.

Job 20:19 NLT
For he oppressed the poor and left them destitute. He foreclosed on their homes.
Job 35:9 NLT"The oppressed cry out beneath the wrongs that are done to them. They groan beneath the power of the mighty.

Psalms 9:9 NLTThe LORD is a shelter for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble.

Psalms 10:18 NLTYou will bring justice to the orphans and the oppressed, so people can no longer terrify them.

Psalms 12:7 NLTTherefore, LORD, we know you will protect the oppressed, preserving them forever from this lying generation,

Psalms 14:6 NLTThe wicked frustrate the plans of the oppressed, but the LORD will protect his people.

Psalms 37:14 NLTThe wicked draw their swords and string their bows to kill the poor and the oppressed, to slaughter those who do right.

Psalms 42:9 NLT
"O God my rock," I cry, "Why have you forsaken me? Why must I wander in darkness, oppressed by my enemies?"

Psalms 43:2 NLT
For you are God, my only safe haven. Why have you tossed me aside? Why must I wander around in darkness, oppressed by my enemies?

Psalms 69:33 NLTFor the LORD hears the cries of his needy ones; he does not despise his people who are oppressed.

Psalms 72:12 NLTHe will rescue the poor when they cry to him; he will help the oppressed, who have no one to defend them.

Psalms 76:9 NLT
You stand up to judge those who do evil, O God, and to rescue the oppressed of the earth. Interlude

Psalms 82:3 NLT"Give fair judgment to the poor and the orphan; uphold the rights of the oppressed and the destitute.

Psalms 146:7 NLT
who gives justice to the oppressed and food to the hungry. The LORD frees the prisoners.

Proverbs 31:5 NLTFor if they drink, they may forget their duties and be unable to give justice to those who are oppressed.

Ecclesiastes 4:1 NLT
Again I observed all the oppression that takes place in our world. I saw the tears of the oppressed, with no one to comfort them. The oppressors have great power, and the victims are helpless.

Ecclesiastes 5:8 NLT
If you see a poor person being oppressed by the powerful and justice being miscarried throughout the land, don't be surprised! For every official is under orders from higher up, and matters of justice only get lost in red tape and bureaucracy.

Isaiah 1:17 NLTLearn to do good. Seek justice. Help the oppressed. Defend the orphan. Fight for the rights of widows.

Isaiah 26:6 NLT
The poor and oppressed trample it underfoot.

Isaiah 52:4 NLT
This is what the Sovereign LORD says: "Long ago my people went to live as resident foreigners in Egypt. Now they have been oppressed without cause by Assyria.

Isaiah 53:7 NLT
He was oppressed and treated harshly, yet he never said a word. He was led as a lamb to the slaughter. And as a sheep is silent before the shearers, he did not open his mouth.

Isaiah 59:16 NLT
He was amazed to see that no one intervened to help the oppressed. So he himself stepped in to save them with his mighty power and justice.

Ezekiel 22:7 NLT
Fathers and mothers are contemptuously ignored. Resident foreigners are forced to pay for protection. Orphans and widows are wronged and oppressed.

Amos 2:7 NLTThey trample helpless people in the dust and deny justice to those who are oppressed. Both father and son sleep with the same woman, corrupting my holy name.

Amos 5:7 NLTYou wicked people! You twist justice, making it a bitter pill for the poor and oppressed. Righteousness and fair play are meaningless fictions to you.

Zephaniah 3:19 NLTAnd I will deal severely with all who have oppressed you. I will save the weak and helpless ones; I will bring together those who were chased away. I will give glory and renown to my former exiles, who have been mocked and shamed.

Zechariah 2:8 NLT
"After a period of glory, the LORD Almighty sent me against the nations who oppressed you. For he said, 'Anyone who harms you harms my most precious possession.

Zechariah 11:7 NLT
So I cared for the flock intended for slaughter -- the flock that was oppressed. Then I took two shepherd's staffs and named one Favor and the other Union.

Acts 10:38 NLTAnd no doubt you know that God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power. Then Jesus went around doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the Devil, for God was with him.

1 Corinthians 9:22 NLT
When I am with those who are oppressed, I share their oppression so that I might bring them to Christ. Yes, I try to find common ground with everyone so that I might bring them to Christ.

Hebrews 11:37 NLT
Some died by stoning, and some were sawed in half; others were killed with the sword. Some went about in skins of sheep and goats, hungry andoppressed and mistreated.

2 comments:

  1. Asalamu alaikum and thank you for sharing this loooong post. Have you read The Dweller Of The Garden..

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