Quotes about Oppression
Men cry out under great oppression; they plead for relief from the arm of the mighty.
- Job 35:9
And if men are bound with chains, caught in cords of affliction,
- Job 36:8
God rescues the afflicted by their affliction and opens their ears in oppression.
- Job 36:15
The Almighty is beyond our reach; He is exalted in power! In His justice and great righteousness He does not oppress.
- Job 37:23
“Let us break Their chains and cast away Their cords.”
- Psalm 2:3
He lies in wait near the villages; in ambush he slays the innocent; his eyes watch in stealth for the helpless.
- Psalm 10:8
They are crushed and beaten down; the hapless fall prey to his strength.
- Psalm 10:10
to vindicate the fatherless and oppressed, that the men of the earth may strike terror no more.
- Psalm 10:18
“For the cause of the oppressed and for the groaning of the needy, I will now arise,” says the LORD. “I will bring safety to him who yearns.”
- Psalm 12:5
For You save an afflicted people, but You humble those with haughty eyes.
- Psalm 18:27
For day and night Your hand was heavy upon me; my strength was drained as in the summer heat. Selah
- Psalm 32:4
For without cause they laid their net for me; without reason they dug a pit for my soul.
- Psalm 35:7