Oppression leads to the exploitation of the weak and vulnerable by the strong.

Psalms 12:5

The victims

See also

The weak

Psalms 10:2
Ecclesiastes 4:1
Ezekiel 34:4
Proverbs 22:22-23

See also

The poor

Exodus 23:6
Deuteronomy 15:7
Proverbs 22:7,16; 28:27
Ezekiel 22:29
Amos 2:6-7; 5:11-12; 8:4,6
Zechariah 7:10
James 2:6
Exodus 22:22

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Widows and orphans

Deuteronomy 24:17
Job 24:3,9; 31:21,22
Psalms 94:5-6
Proverbs 23:10
Isaiah 1:23
Jeremiah 7:6
Zechariah 7:10
Malachi 3:5
Mark 12:40
Exodus 22:21

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The foreigner

Genesis 15:13
Exodus 23:9
Leviticus 19:33-34
Deuteronomy 23:7; 24:17
Psalms 94:6
Jeremiah 22:3
Ezekiel 22:29
Malachi 3:5
Deuteronomy 24:14-15

See also

Servants

Genesis 16:6
Exodus 1:11; 3:9
Leviticus 19:13
Isaiah 58:3
Malachi 3:5
Acts 7:24
James 5:4
Genesis 16:6

Examples of oppression

Genesis 31:39

Sarah oppresses Hagar

Exodus 1:8-22

Laban oppresses Jacob

Isaiah 52:4

the Egyptians oppress Israel

the Assyrians oppress Israel

Jeremiah 5:27-28

The oppressors' motives

See also

Greed

Proverbs 31:5
Ecclesiastes 5:8-9
Isaiah 1:23; 10:2
Jeremiah 22:17
Amos 4:1
Exodus 1:10

See also

Lust for power

2 Chronicles 10:14; 16:10
Proverbs 28:15
Exodus 22:22-24

God's attitude to the oppressor

See also

Deuteronomy 27:19
Proverbs 21:13
Isaiah 14:5-6
Jeremiah 6:6; 22:3-5
Amos 1:3,6,9,11; 2:1
Zephaniah 3:1
Luke 20:47
Psalms 42:9

The experience of oppression

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It brings grief and crying to God

Exodus 3:7
Judges 2:18
Psalms 43:2; 137:1
Ecclesiastes 4:1
Isaiah 53:7

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The example of Jesus Christ

Matthew 27:27-31
Acts 8:32-35

pp Mk 15:16-20

1 Peter 2:21

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Following Jesus Christ

John 16:33
Acts 14:22-23
1 Thessalonians 3:2-4
2 Timothy 2:3; 3:12

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5222 baking
5244 camp
5311 extortion
5312 feasting
5447 poverty, causes
5459 prince
5731 parents
5744 wife
5973 unreliability
7540 Judaism
8344 servanthood in believers
8799 polytheism