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Psalms 12:5 (KJV)

For 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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Exodus 2:23 - And it came to pass in process of time, that the king of Egypt died: and the children of Israel sighed by reason of the bondage, and they cried, and their cry came up unto God by reason of the bondage.
Exodus 3:7 - And the LORD said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people which [are] in Egypt, and have heard their cry by reason of their taskmasters; for I know their sorrows;
Exodus 5:2 - And Pharaoh said, Who [is] the LORD, that I should obey his voice to let Israel go? I know not the LORD, neither will I let Israel go.
Judges 10:16 - And they put away the strange gods from among them, and served the LORD: and his soul was grieved for the misery of Israel.
Job 5:15 - But he saveth the poor from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty.
Job 5:21 - Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of the tongue: neither shalt thou be afraid of destruction when it cometh.
Psalms 10:5 - His ways are always grievous; thy judgments [are] far above out of his sight: [as for] all his enemies, he puffeth at them.
Psalms 10:12 - Arise, O LORD; O God, lift up thine hand: forget not the humble.
Psalms 10:18 - To judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that the man of the earth may no more oppress.
Psalms 31:19 - [Oh] how great [is] thy goodness, which thou hast laid up for them that fear thee; [which] thou hast wrought for them that trust in thee before the sons of men!
Psalms 34:6 - This poor man cried, and the LORD heard [him], and saved him out of all his troubles.
Psalms 73:8 - They are corrupt, and speak wickedly [concerning] oppression: they speak loftily.
Psalms 74:21 - O let not the oppressed return ashamed: let the poor and needy praise thy name.
Psalms 79:10 - Wherefore should the heathen say, Where [is] their God? let him be known among the heathen in our sight [by] the revenging of the blood of thy servants [which is] shed.
Psalms 146:7 - Which executeth judgment for the oppressed: which giveth food to the hungry. The LORD looseth the prisoners:
Proverbs 14:31 - He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker: but he that honoureth him hath mercy on the poor.
Proverbs 18:21 - Death and life [are] in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.
Proverbs 22:22 - Rob not the poor, because he [is] poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:
Ecclesiastes 4:1 - So I returned, and considered all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and behold the tears of [such as were] oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors [there was] power; but they had no comforter.
Ecclesiastes 5:8 - If 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.
Isaiah 19:20 - And it shall be for a sign and for a witness unto the LORD of hosts in the land of Egypt: for they shall cry unto the LORD because of the oppressors, and he shall send them a saviour, and a great one, and he shall deliver them.
Isaiah 33:10 - Now will I rise, saith the LORD; now will I be exalted; now will I lift up myself.
Ezekiel 18:12 - Hath oppressed the poor and needy, hath spoiled by violence, hath not restored the pledge, and hath lifted up his eyes to the idols, hath committed abomination,
Ezekiel 18:18 - [As for] his father, because he cruelly oppressed, spoiled his brother by violence, and did [that] which [is] not good among his people, lo, even he shall die in his iniquity.
Hosea 7:16 - They return, [but] not to the most High: they are like a deceitful bow: their princes shall fall by the sword for the rage of their tongue: this [shall be] their derision in the land of Egypt.
Micah 7:8 - Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy: when I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, the LORD [shall be] a light unto me.
James 5:4 - Behold, 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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