Quotes about Oppression
And I will set My face against you, so that you will be defeated by your enemies. Those who hate you will rule over you, and you will flee when no one pursues you.
— Leviticus 26:17
how our fathers went down to Egypt, where we lived many years. The Egyptians mistreated us and our fathers,
— Numbers 20:15
But the Egyptians mistreated us and afflicted us, putting us to hard labor.
— Deuteronomy 26:6
So we called out to the LORD, the God of our fathers; and the LORD heard our voice and saw our affliction, toil, and oppression.
— Deuteronomy 26:7
‘Cursed is he who withholds justice from the foreigner, the fatherless, or the widow.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’
— Deuteronomy 27:19
and at noon you will grope about like a blind man in the darkness. You will not prosper in your ways. Day after day you will be oppressed and plundered, with no one to save you.
— Deuteronomy 28:29
Your sons and daughters will be given to another nation, while your eyes grow weary looking for them day after day, with no power in your hand.
— Deuteronomy 28:32
A people you do not know will eat the produce of your land and of all your toil. All your days you will be oppressed and crushed.
— Deuteronomy 28:33
you will serve your enemies the LORD will send against you in famine, thirst, nakedness, and destitution. He will place an iron yoke on your neck until He has destroyed you.
— Deuteronomy 28:48
a ruthless nation with no respect for the old and no pity for the young.
— Deuteronomy 28:50
When Israel became stronger, they pressed the Canaanites into forced labor, but they never drove them out completely.
— Judges 1:28
The Amorites forced the Danites into the hill country and did not allow them to come down into the plain.
— Judges 1:34