98 Bible Verses about Oppression (KJV)

Here are 98 Bible verses about oppression, curated from both the Old and New Testaments of the Holy Bible, King James Version, arranged from most to least relevant.

Psalm 9:9 KJV

⁹The Lord also will be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble.

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Proverbs 14:31 KJV

³¹He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker: but he that honoureth him hath mercy on the poor.

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Isaiah 1:17 KJV

¹⁷Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.

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Psalm 72:4 KJV

⁴He shall judge the poor of the people, he shall save the children of the needy, and shall break in pieces the oppressor.

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Psalm 34:18 KJV

¹⁸The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit.

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Psalm 119:134 KJV

¹³⁴Deliver me from the oppression of man: so will I keep thy precepts.

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Zechariah 7:10 KJV

¹⁰And oppress not the widow, nor the fatherless, the stranger, nor the poor; and let none of you imagine evil against his brother in your heart.

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Luke 4:18-19 KJV

¹⁸The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised, ¹⁹To preach the acceptable year of the Lord.

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Psalm 146:7 KJV

⁷Which executeth judgment for the oppressed: which giveth food to the hungry. The Lord looseth the prisoners:

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Proverbs 22:16 KJV

¹⁶He that oppresseth the poor to increase his riches, and he that giveth to the rich, shall surely come to want.

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Malachi 3:5 KJV

⁵And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger from his right, and fear not me, saith the Lord of hosts.

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Isaiah 54:14 KJV

¹⁴In righteousness shalt thou be established: thou shalt be far from oppression; for thou shalt not fear: and from terror; for it shall not come near thee.

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Psalm 103:6 KJV

⁶The Lord executeth righteousness and judgment for all that are oppressed.

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Psalm 91:1-16 KJV

¹He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. ²I will say of the Lord, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust. ³Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, and from the noisome pestilence. ⁴He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust: his …

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Romans 12:19 KJV

¹⁹Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord.

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James 2:6 KJV

⁶But ye have despised the poor. Do not rich men oppress you, and draw you before the judgment seats?

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Jeremiah 5:25-29 KJV

²⁵Your iniquities have turned away these things, and your sins have withholden good things from you. ²⁶For among my people are found wicked men: they lay wait, as he that setteth snares; they set a trap, they catch men. ²⁷As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and waxen rich. ²⁸They are waxen fat, they …

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John 14:26 KJV

²⁶But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.

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Psalm 46:1 KJV

¹God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.

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Ecclesiastes 7:7 KJV

⁷Surely oppression maketh a wise man mad; and a gift destroyeth the heart.

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Zechariah 7:9-10 KJV

⁹Thus speaketh the Lord of hosts, saying, Execute true judgment, and shew mercy and compassions every man to his brother: ¹⁰And oppress not the widow, nor the fatherless, the stranger, nor the poor; and let none of you imagine evil against his brother in your heart.

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Psalm 12:5 KJV

⁵For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith the Lord; I will set him in safety from him that puffeth at him.

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Matthew 5:1-48 KJV

¹And seeing the multitudes, he went up into a mountain: and when he was set, his disciples came unto him: ²And he opened his mouth, and taught them, saying, ³Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. ⁴Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted. ⁵Blessed are the meek: for they shall …

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Proverbs 25:26 KJV

²⁶A righteous man falling down before the wicked is as a troubled fountain, and a corrupt spring.

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Jeremiah 22:13 KJV

¹³Woe unto him that buildeth his house by unrighteousness, and his chambers by wrong; that useth his neighbour’s service without wages, and giveth him not for his work;

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Isaiah 10:1-3 KJV

¹Woe unto them that decree unrighteous decrees, and that write grievousness which they have prescribed; ²To turn aside the needy from judgment, and to take away the right from the poor of my people, that widows may be their prey, and that they may rob the fatherless! ³And what will ye do in the day of visitation, and in the desolation which shall come from far? to whom will ye flee for help? …

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Luke 11:46 KJV

⁴⁶And he said, Woe unto you also, ye lawyers! for ye lade men with burdens grievous to be borne, and ye yourselves touch not the burdens with one of your fingers.

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Amos 4:1 KJV

¹Hear this word, ye kine of Bashan, that are in the mountain of Samaria, which oppress the poor, which crush the needy, which say to their masters, Bring, and let us drink.

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1 Timothy 5:8 KJV

⁸But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.

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Isaiah 30:12 KJV

¹²Wherefore thus saith the Holy One of Israel, Because ye despise this word, and trust in oppression and perverseness, and stay thereon:

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Exodus 23:6-7 KJV

⁶Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of thy poor in his cause. ⁷Keep thee far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous slay thou not: for I will not justify the wicked.

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Deuteronomy 28:47-48 KJV

⁴⁷Because thou servedst not the Lord thy God with joyfulness, and with gladness of heart, for the abundance of all things; ⁴⁸Therefore shalt thou serve thine enemies which the Lord shall send against thee, in hunger, and in thirst, and in nakedness, and in want of all things: and he shall put a yoke of iron upon thy neck, until he have destroyed thee.

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Leviticus 26:1-46 KJV

¹Ye shall make you no idols nor graven image, neither rear you up a standing image, neither shall ye set up any image of stone in your land, to bow down unto it: for I am the Lord your God. ²Ye shall keep my sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary: I am the Lord. ³If ye walk in my statutes, and keep my commandments, and do them; ⁴Then I will give you rain in due …

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Matthew 25:41-46 KJV

⁴¹Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels: ⁴²For I was an hungred, and ye gave me no meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink: ⁴³I was a stranger, and ye took me not in: naked, and ye clothed me not: sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not. ⁴⁴Then shall …

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Psalm 82:3 KJV

³Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and needy.

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Psalm 94:20 KJV

²⁰Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with thee, which frameth mischief by a law?

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Isaiah 41:10 KJV

¹⁰Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.

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Psalm 44:24 KJV

²⁴Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and forgettest our affliction and our oppression?

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Jeremiah 22:17 KJV

¹⁷But thine eyes and thine heart are not but for thy covetousness, and for to shed innocent blood, and for oppression, and for violence, to do it.

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Ezekiel 22:7 KJV

⁷In thee have they set light by father and mother: in the midst of thee have they dealt by oppression with the stranger: in thee have they vexed the fatherless and the widow.

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Psalm 42:9 KJV

⁹I will say unto God my rock, Why hast thou forgotten me? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?

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1 John 4:4 KJV

⁴Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.

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Zechariah 9:8 KJV

⁸And I will encamp about mine house because of the army, because of him that passeth by, and because of him that returneth: and no oppressor shall pass through them any more: for now have I seen with mine eyes.

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Psalm 43:2 KJV

²For thou art the God of my strength: why dost thou cast me off? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?

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Deuteronomy 26:7 KJV

⁷And when we cried unto the Lord God of our fathers, the Lord heard our voice, and looked on our affliction, and our labour, and our oppression:

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Isaiah 5:7 KJV

⁷For the vineyard of the Lord of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah his pleasant plant: and he looked for judgment, but behold oppression; for righteousness, but behold a cry.

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Deuteronomy 28:1-68 KJV

¹And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of the Lord thy God, to observe and to do all his commandments which I command thee this day, that the Lord thy God will set thee on high above all nations of the earth: ²And all these blessings shall come on thee, and overtake thee, if thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the Lord thy God. ³Blessed shalt thou be in the …

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Exodus 3:9-10 KJV

⁹Now therefore, behold, the cry of the children of Israel is come unto me: and I have also seen the oppression wherewith the Egyptians oppress them. ¹⁰Come now therefore, and I will send thee unto Pharaoh, that thou mayest bring forth my people the children of Israel out of Egypt.

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1 Peter 5:8 KJV

⁸Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:

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James 4:7 KJV

⁷Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

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Ephesians 6:11 KJV

¹¹Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.

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Ezekiel 22:29 KJV

²⁹The people of the land have used oppression, and exercised robbery, and have vexed the poor and needy: yea, they have oppressed the stranger wrongfully.

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Ecclesiastes 5:8 KJV

⁸If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of judgment and justice in a province, marvel not at the matter: for he that is higher than the highest regardeth; and there be higher than they.

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Luke 4:18 KJV

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Jeremiah 22:3 KJV

³Thus saith the Lord; Execute ye judgment and righteousness, and deliver the spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor: and do no wrong, do no violence to the stranger, the fatherless, nor the widow, neither shed innocent blood in this place.

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Psalm 30:4-5 KJV

⁴Sing unto the Lord, O ye saints of his, and give thanks at the remembrance of his holiness. ⁵For his anger endureth but a moment; in his favour is life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.

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1 Peter 5:7 KJV

⁷Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.

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Luke 10:19 KJV

¹⁹Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you.

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Psalm 55:3 KJV

³Because of the voice of the enemy, because of the oppression of the wicked: for they cast iniquity upon me, and in wrath they hate me.

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Ecclesiastes 10:4 KJV

⁴If the spirit of the ruler rise up against thee, leave not thy place; for yielding pacifieth great offences.

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Psalm 37:1 KJV

¹Fret not thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity.

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Job 36:15 KJV

¹⁵He delivereth the poor in his affliction, and openeth their ears in oppression.

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Exodus 3:9 KJV

⁹Now therefore, behold, the cry of the children of Israel is come unto me: and I have also seen the oppression wherewith the Egyptians oppress them.

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1 John 5:18 KJV

¹⁸We know that whosoever is born of God sinneth not; but he that is begotten of God keepeth himself, and that wicked one toucheth him not.

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Ephesians 6:12 KJV

¹²For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.

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Jeremiah 6:6 KJV

⁶For thus hath the Lord of hosts said, Hew ye down trees, and cast a mount against Jerusalem: this is the city to be visited; she is wholly oppression in the midst of her.

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Isaiah 59:13 KJV

¹³In transgressing and lying against the Lord, and departing away from our God, speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving and uttering from the heart words of falsehood.

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Isaiah 38:14 KJV

¹⁴Like a crane or a swallow, so did I chatter: I did mourn as a dove: mine eyes fail with looking upward: O Lord, I am oppressed; undertake for me.

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Luke 10:30-37 KJV

³⁰And Jesus answering said, A certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among thieves, which stripped him of his raiment, and wounded him, and departed, leaving him half dead. ³¹And by chance there came down a certain priest that way: and when he saw him, he passed by on the other side. ³²And likewise a Levite, when he was at the place, came and looked on him, and passed by on …

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James 5:4 KJV

⁴Behold, the hire of the labourers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth: and the cries of them which have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of sabaoth.

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Proverbs 22:22-23 KJV

²²Rob not the poor, because he is poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate: ²³For the Lord will plead their cause, and spoil the soul of those that spoiled them.

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Psalm 72:14 KJV

¹⁴He shall redeem their soul from deceit and violence: and precious shall their blood be in his sight.

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Psalm 10:17-18 KJV

¹⁷Lord, thou hast heard the desire of the humble: thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear: ¹⁸To judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that the man of the earth may no more oppress.

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Matthew 26:52-54 KJV

⁵²Then said Jesus unto him, Put up again thy sword into his place: for all they that take the sword shall perish with the sword. ⁵³Thinkest thou that I cannot now pray to my Father, and he shall presently give me more than twelve legions of angels? ⁵⁴But how then shall the scriptures be fulfilled, that thus it must be?

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Isaiah 10:1 KJV

¹Woe unto them that decree unrighteous decrees, and that write grievousness which they have prescribed;

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Ephesians 6:13 KJV

¹³Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.

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John 16:33 KJV

³³These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.

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Matthew 5:38-39 KJV

³⁸Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth: ³⁹But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also.

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2 Corinthians 4:8 KJV

⁸We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair;

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Amos 5:11 KJV

¹¹Forasmuch therefore as your treading is upon the poor, and ye take from him burdens of wheat: ye have built houses of hewn stone, but ye shall not dwell in them; ye have planted pleasant vineyards, but ye shall not drink wine of them.

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Proverbs 22:8-16 KJV

⁸He that soweth iniquity shall reap vanity: and the rod of his anger shall fail. ⁹He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed; for he giveth of his bread to the poor. ¹⁰Cast out the scorner, and contention shall go out; yea, strife and reproach shall cease. ¹¹He that loveth pureness of heart, for the grace of his lips the king shall be his friend. …

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Amos 6:14 KJV

¹⁴But, behold, I will raise up against you a nation, O house of Israel, saith the Lord the God of hosts; and they shall afflict you from the entering in of Hemath unto the river of the wilderness.

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Amos 2:6-7 KJV

⁶Thus saith the Lord; For three transgressions of Israel, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they sold the righteous for silver, and the poor for a pair of shoes; ⁷That pant after the dust of the earth on the head of the poor, and turn aside the way of the meek: and a man and his father will go in unto the same maid, to profane my holy name:

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Psalm 144:1 KJV

¹Blessed be the Lord my strength which teacheth my hands to war, and my fingers to fight:

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Ephesians 6:17 KJV

¹⁷And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God:

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Ephesians 6:16 KJV

¹⁶Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked.

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John 3:16-17 KJV

¹⁶For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. ¹⁷For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.

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Zephaniah 3:1-8 KJV

¹Woe to her that is filthy and polluted, to the oppressing city! ²She obeyed not the voice; she received not correction; she trusted not in the Lord; she drew not near to her God. ³Her princes within her are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves; they gnaw not the bones till the morrow. ⁴Her prophets are light and treacherous persons: her priests have …

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Psalm 56:1 KJV

¹Be merciful unto me, O God: for man would swallow me up; he fighting daily oppresseth me.

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1 Samuel 13:22-23 KJV

²²So it came to pass in the day of battle, that there was neither sword nor spear found in the hand of any of the people that were with Saul and Jonathan: but with Saul and with Jonathan his son was there found. ²³And the garrison of the Philistines went out to the passage of Michmash.

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1 Samuel 12:3 KJV

³Behold, here I am: witness against me before the Lord, and before his anointed: whose ox have I taken? or whose ass have I taken? or whom have I defrauded? whom have I oppressed? or of whose hand have I received any bribe to blind mine eyes therewith? and I will restore it you.

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1 John 4:1 KJV

¹Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.

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Psalm 107:39-40 KJV

³⁹Again, they are minished and brought low through oppression, affliction, and sorrow. ⁴⁰He poureth contempt upon princes, and causeth them to wander in the wilderness, where there is no way.

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Psalm 103:1 KJV

¹Bless the Lord, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his holy name.

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Revelation 4:9 KJV

⁹And when those beasts give glory and honour and thanks to him that sat on the throne, who liveth for ever and ever,

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Hebrews 13:8 KJV

⁸Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever.

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Isaiah 5:1-30 KJV

¹Now will I sing to my wellbeloved a song of my beloved touching his vineyard. My wellbeloved hath a vineyard in a very fruitful hill: ²And he fenced it, and gathered out the stones thereof, and planted it with the choicest vine, and built a tower in the midst of it, and also made a winepress therein: and he looked that it should bring forth grapes, and it brought forth wild grapes. ³And now, O …

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Psalm 55:22 KJV

²²Cast thy burden upon the Lord, and he shall sustain thee: he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved.

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