Quotes about Oppression
there is a generation whose teeth are swords and whose jaws are knives, devouring the oppressed from the earth and the needy from among men.
— Proverbs 30:14
lest they drink and forget what is decreed, depriving all the oppressed of justice.
— Proverbs 31:5
Again I looked, and I considered all the oppression taking place under the sun. I saw the tears of the oppressed, and they had no comforter; the power lay in the hands of their oppressors, and there was no comforter.
— Ecclesiastes 4:1
If you see the oppression of the poor and the denial of justice and righteousness in the province, do not be astonished at the matter; for one official is watched by a superior, and others higher still are over them.
— Ecclesiastes 5:8
There is another evil I have seen under the sun, and it weighs heavily upon mankind:
— Ecclesiastes 6:1
I have seen slaves on horseback, while princes go on foot like slaves.
— Ecclesiastes 10:7
I encountered the watchmen on their rounds of the city. They beat me and bruised me; they took away my cloak, those guardians of the walls.
— Song of Solomon 5:7
Learn to do right; seek justice and correct the oppressor. Defend the fatherless and plead the case of the widow.”
— Isaiah 1:17
The people will oppress one another, man against man, neighbor against neighbor; the young will rise up against the old, and the base against the honorable.
— Isaiah 3:5
Youths oppress My people, and women rule over them. O My people, your guides mislead you; they turn you from your paths.
— Isaiah 3:12
Why do you crush My people and grind the faces of the poor?” declares the Lord GOD of Hosts.
— Isaiah 3:15
For as in the day of Midian You have shattered the yoke of their burden, the bar across their shoulders, and the rod of their oppressor.
— Isaiah 9:4