Bible Dictionary: The Poor: Punishment For: Oppressing

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Proverbs 22:16
He that oppresses the poor to increase his riches, and he that gives to the rich, shall surely come to want.
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Ezekiel 22:29,31
The people of the land have used oppression, and exercised robbery, and have vexed the poor and needy: yes, they have oppressed the stranger wrongfully.
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Library

Of the Power of Making Laws. The Cruelty of the Pope and his ...
... IN THIS RESPECT, IN TYRANNICALLY OPPRESSING AND DESTROYING ... than to have denied the
poor in their ... of their decrees with no lighter punishment than imprisonment ...
/.../calvin/the institutes of the christian religion/chapter 10 of the power.htm

Psalm LII.
... Is he to himself a small punishment? ... when thou breakest bread to the hungry, the
poor without roof ... covetous men, of grasping men, of men oppressing the innocent ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/augustine/exposition on the book of psalms/psalm lii.htm

1 Cor. Iv. 3, 4
... punishment, this condition were itself punishment; to be ... time call to rememberance
that poor miserable man ... any idleness, grasping, and oppressing, and coveting ...
/.../homilies on the epistles of paul to the corinthians/homily xi 1 cor iv.htm

Matt. xvi. 28
... must needs make you sorry here, that we may not suffer punishment there ... will be the
case with us also, unless we refrain from oppressing the poor, and from ...
/.../chrysostom/homilies on the gospel of saint matthew/homily lvi matt xvi 28.htm

Matt. vii. 21
... of the fruit and refreshment, and instead thereof undergoing punishment? ... is doing
despite to virtuous men, and oppressing them, and ... the rich from the poor? ...
/.../chrysostom/homilies on the gospel of saint matthew/homily xxiv matt vii 21.htm

Justice.
... us"else is his relation to us poor beside that ... If punishment be no atonement, how
does the fact bear on ... Master; and such burden, if already oppressing any, I ...
//christianbookshelf.org/macdonald/unspoken sermons/justice.htm

Comenius and the Hidden Seed, 1627-1672.
... of the Land." He saw the lords oppressing the poor ... if it were a collection of puzzles."
The poor boys, he ... same reason he objected to corporal punishment; it was ...
/.../hutton/history of the moravian church/chapter xvi comenius and the.htm

The Persecutions of the Church.
... delicate females, illiterate artisans and poor slaves, sometimes ... such expedients
failed, the punishment of death ... the odious task of oppressing and destroying ...
/.../killen/the ancient church/chapter ii the persecutions of.htm

Spoken in Antioch in the Old Church, as it was Called...
... fear, and are ourselves suffering the punishment of what ... oftentimes have many of
the poor, when wearied ... closed; the other straitening and oppressing the breath ...
/.../chrysostom/on the priesthood/homily ii spoken in antioch.htm

Contradiction Between Our Life and Our Christian Conscience.
... poor, and suffering, the other idle, oppressing, luxurious, and ... wealth they have
filched from the poor as the ... must obey under threat of punishment, though he ...
/.../the kingdom of god is within you/chapter v contradiction between our.htm