• Exodus 3:7 I have heard them beg for My help because of the way they are being mistreated. I feel sorry for them. (CEV)
• 2 Chronicles 19:10 You must warn them not to sin against the Lord, so that He will not be angry with you and them. Do this and you will not be guilty. (NLT)
• Job 6:14 He who withholds kindness from a friend forsakes the fear of the Almighty.
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• Job 26:2 How you have helped the powerless! How you have saved the person who has no strength! (NET)
• Job 29:17 I broke the jaws of godless oppressors and plucked their victims from their teeth. (NLT)
• Psalm 7:11 God is a fair judge, a God who is angered by injustice every day. (GWT)
• Psalm 10:14-15 You take notice of trouble and suffering and are always ready to help. The helpless commit themselves to You; You have always helped the needy. Break the power of wicked and evil people; punish them for the wrong they have done until they do it no more. (GNT)
• Psalm 10:17-18 You will listen, oh Lord, to the prayers of the lowly; You will give them courage. You will hear the cries of the oppressed and the orphans; You will judge in their favor, so that mortal men may cause terror no more. (GNT)
• Psalm 11:7 The righteous Lord loves justice. (NLT)
• Psalm 72:4 May He grant justice to the people who are oppressed. May He save the children of needy people and crush their oppressor. (GWT)
• Psalm 76:9 You stand up to judge those who do evil, oh God, and to rescue the oppressed of the earth. (NLT)
• Psalm 82:3-4 Defend the cause of the weak and fatherless; uphold the rights of the afflicted and oppressed. Rescue the weak and needy; save them from the hand of the wicked. (BSB)
• Psalm 89:14 Equity and justice are the foundation of your throne. Loyal love and faithfulness characterize your rule. (NET)
• Psalm 94:16 Who will stand up for me against those cruel people? (CEV)
• Psalm 97:10 Hate evil, you who love the Lord! He guards the lives of those who love Him, delivering them from domination by the wicked. (ISV)
• Psalm 103:6 For all who are mistreated, the Lord brings justice. (CEV)
• Proverbs 10:11 The words of the godly are a life-giving fountain; the words of the wicked conceal violent intentions. (NLT)
• Proverbs 21:12 God, the righteous one, knows what goes on in the homes of the wicked, and He will bring the wicked down to ruin. (GNT)
• Proverbs 21:15 Justice is a joy to the godly, but it terrifies evildoers. (NLT)
• Proverbs 24:11-12 Don’t fail to rescue those who are doomed to die. Don’t say, “I didn’t know it!” God can read your mind. He watches each of us and knows our thoughts. And God will pay us back for what we do. (CEV)
• Ecclesiastes 4:1 I observed all the oppression that takes place under the sun. I saw the tears of the oppressed, with no one to comfort them. The oppressors have great power, and their victims are helpless. (NLT)
• Ecclesiastes 7:7 Oppression drives the wise into madness. (ESV)
• Isaiah 1:17 Pursue justice. Correct the oppressor. (CSB)
• Isaiah 13:11 I will crush the horrible pride of those who are cruel. (CEV)
• Isaiah 26:9-10 When Your judgments come upon the earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness. Though grace is shown to the wicked, they do not learn righteousness; even in a land of uprightness they go on doing evil. (BSB)
• Isaiah 32:17-18 The result of righteousness will be peace; the effect of righteousness will be quiet confidence forever. Then my people will dwell in a peaceful place, in safe and secure dwellings. (CSB)
• Isaiah 49:9 I will say to the prisoners, 'Go free!' and to those who are in darkness, 'Come out to the light!' (GNT)
• Isaiah 58:6 Is not this the kind of fasting I have chosen: to loose the chains of injustice and untie the cords of the yoke, to set the oppressed free and break every yoke? (NIV)
• Isaiah 58:9-10 If you do away with the yoke of oppression, with the pointing finger and malicious talk, and if you spend yourselves in behalf of the hungry and satisfy the needs of the oppressed, then your light will rise in the darkness, and your night will become like the noonday. (NIV)
• Isaiah 61:1 He has sent me to bring good news to the oppressed and to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim freedom for the captives, and release from darkness for the prisoners. (ISV)
• Jeremiah 22:3 Deliver him that is oppressed out of the hand of the oppressor. (DRB)
• Ezekiel 34:10 I will rescue My sheep from their mouths, and My sheep will no longer be their food. (GWT)
• Matthew 6:10 May Your kingdom come. May Your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. (ISV)
• Matthew 10:36 Your worst enemies will be in your own family. (CEV)
• John 1:5 The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness can never extinguish it. (NLT)
• John 8:32 The truth will set you free. (ESV)
• John 10:10 The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I have come that they may have life and have it in all its fullness. (BSB)
• Acts 26:18 You are to open their eyes and turn them from the darkness to the light and from the power of Satan to God, so that through their faith in Me they will have their sins forgiven and receive their place among God's chosen people. (GNT)
• Romans 12:18 Do everything possible on your part to live in peace with everybody. (GNT)
• 1 Corinthians 5:11 I am writing you not to associate with anyone who claims to be a believer who is sexually immoral or greedy, an idolater or verbally abusive, a drunkard or a swindler. Do not even eat with such a person. (HCSB)
• 1 Thessalonians 5:14 Warn anyone who isn't living right. Encourage anyone who feels left out, help all who are weak, and be patient with everyone. (CEV)
• Ephesians 5:11 Have nothing to do with the useless works that darkness produces. Instead, expose them for what they are. (GWT)
• 2 Timothy 2:25-26 Gently instruct those who oppose the truth. Perhaps God will change those people's hearts, and they will learn the truth. Then they will come to their senses and escape from the devil's trap. For they have been held captive by him to do whatever he wants. (NLT)
• Hebrews 10:24 Let us think of ways to motivate one another to acts of love and good works. (NLT)
• Hebrews 13:3 Remember those in prison as though you were in prison with them, and those ill-treated as though you too felt their torment. (NET)
• James 3:18 A harvest of righteousness is grown from the seed of peace planted by peacemakers. (ISV)
• James 5:19-20 My dear brothers and sisters, if someone among you wanders away from the truth and is brought back, you can be sure that whoever brings the sinner back from wandering will save that person from death and bring about the forgiveness of many sins. (NLT)
• 1 Peter 4:17 It is time for judgment to begin with the family of God. (BSB)
• Jude 1:22-23 Show mercy to those who have doubts. Rescue others by snatching them from the flames of judgment. Show mercy to still others, but do so with great caution, hating the sins that contaminate their lives. (NLT)