What is oppression?
Dictionary
unjust
or cruel exercise of authority or power, something being an unjust or excessive exercise of power
unfair taxes and other oppression's.
a
sense of being weighed down in body or mind; an oppression of spirits.
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Psalm
62;1
[ God
Alone a Refuge from Treachery and Oppression. ] My soul waits
in silence for God only; From Him is my salvation.
Acts
7;34
I
have certainly seen the oppression of My people in Egypt and have
heard their groans, and I have come down to rescue them; come now, and I will
send you to Egypt.’
Ezekiel
22;12
In
you they have taken bribes to shed blood; you have taken interest and profits,
and you have injured your neighbors for gain by oppression, and
you have forgotten Me,” declares the Lord God.
Ecclesiastes
4
[ The
Evils of Oppression ] Then I looked again at all the acts of oppression
which were being done under the sun. And behold I saw the tears of the oppressed
and that they had no one to comfort them; and on the side of
their oppressors was power, but they had no one to comfort them.
So I congratulated the dead who are already dead more than the living who are
still living. But better off than both of them is the one who has never
existed, who has never seen the evil activity that is done under the sun.
Exodus
3;9
Now,
behold, the cry of the sons of Israel has come to Me; furthermore, I have seen
the oppression with which the Egyptians are oppressing them.
Deuteronomy
26;7
Then
we cried to the Lord, the God of our fathers, and the Lord heard our voice and saw
our affliction and our toil and our oppression.
2
Kings 13;4
Then
Jehoahaz entreated the favor of the Lord, and the Lord listened to him; for He
saw the oppression of Israel, how the king of Aram oppressed
them.
Job
35;9
“Because
of the multitude of oppressions they cry out; They cry for
help because of the arm of the mighty.
Job
36;15
“He
delivers the afflicted in their affliction, And opens their ear in time of
oppression.
Psalm
10;7
His
mouth is full of curses and deceit and oppression; Under his
tongue is mischief and wickedness.
Psalm
42;9
I
will say to God my rock, “Why have You forgotten me? Why do I go mourning
because of the oppression of the enemy?”
Psalm
43;2
For
You are the God of my strength; why have You rejected me? Why do I go mourning
because of the oppression of the enemy?
Psalm
55;11
Destruction
is in her midst; Oppression and deceit do not depart from her
streets.
Psalm
62;1
[ God
Alone a Refuge from Treachery and Oppression. ] My soul waits
in silence for God only; From Him is my salvation.
Psalm
72;14
He
will rescue their life from oppression and violence, And their blood
will be precious in his sight.
Psalm
119;134
Redeem
me from the oppression of man, That I may keep Your precepts.
Ecclesiastes
7;7
For oppression
makes a wise man mad, And a bribe corrupts the heart.
Isaiah
54;14
“In
righteousness you will be established; You will be far from oppression,
for you will not fear; And from terror, for it will not come near you.
Isaiah
59;12-13
For
you are aware of our many rebellious deeds,
and
our sins testify against us;
indeed,
we are aware of our rebellious deeds;
we
know our sins all too well.
13
We
have rebelled and tried to deceive the Lord;
we
turned back from following our God.
We
stir up oppression and rebellion;
we
tell lies we concocted in our minds.
Jeremiah
6;6
For
thus says the Lord of hosts, “Cut down her trees And cast up a siege against
Jerusalem. This is the city to be punished, In whose midst there is only oppression.
Ezekiel
22;12
In
you they have taken bribes to shed blood; you have taken interest and profits,
and you have injured your neighbors for gain by oppression, and
you have forgotten Me,” declares the Lord God.
Jeremiah
22;17
“But
your eyes and your heart Are intent only upon your own dishonest gain,
And on shedding innocent blood And on practicing oppression and
extortion.”
Ezekiel
22;29
The
people of the land have practiced oppression and committed
robbery, and they have wronged the poor and needy and have oppressed the
sojourner without justice.
Acts
7;34
I
have certainly seen the oppression of My people in Egypt and have
heard their groans, and I have come down to rescue them; come now, and I will
send you to Egypt.’
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