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Lê-vi Ký 19 13
“‘ Do not defraud or rob your neighbor.“‘ Do not hold back the wages of a hired worker overnight. (niv)
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Lê-vi Ký 25 17
Do not take advantage of each other, but fear your God. I am the Lord your God. (niv)
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1 Sa-mu-ên 12 3-1 Sa-mu-ên 12 4
Here I stand. Testify against me in the presence of the Lord and his anointed. Whose ox have I taken? Whose donkey have I taken? Whom have I cheated? Whom have I oppressed? From whose hand have I accepted a bribe to make me shut my eyes? If I have done any of these things, I will make it right.”“ You have not cheated or oppressed us,” they replied.“ You have not taken anything from anyone’s hand.” (niv)
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A-mốt 5 11-A-mốt 5 12
You levy a straw tax on the poor and impose a tax on their grain. Therefore, though you have built stone mansions, you will not live in them; though you have planted lush vineyards, you will not drink their wine.For I know how many are your offenses and how great your sins. There are those who oppress the innocent and take bribes and deprive the poor of justice in the courts. (niv)
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Mi-ca 6 10-Mi-ca 6 12
Am I still to forget your ill- gotten treasures, you wicked house, and the short ephah, which is accursed?Shall I acquit someone with dishonest scales, with a bag of false weights?Your rich people are violent; your inhabitants are liars and their tongues speak deceitfully. (niv)
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Ê-xê-chi-ên 22 12-Ê-xê-chi-ên 22 13
In you are people who accept bribes to shed blood; you take interest and make a profit from the poor. You extort unjust gain from your neighbors. And you have forgotten me, declares the Sovereign Lord.“‘ I will surely strike my hands together at the unjust gain you have made and at the blood you have shed in your midst. (niv)
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A-mốt 8 4-A-mốt 8 7
Hear this, you who trample the needy and do away with the poor of the land,saying,“ When will the New Moon be over that we may sell grain, and the Sabbath be ended that we may market wheat?”— skimping on the measure, boosting the price and cheating with dishonest scales,buying the poor with silver and the needy for a pair of sandals, selling even the sweepings with the wheat.The Lord has sworn by himself, the Pride of Jacob:“ I will never forget anything they have done. (niv)
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Ê-xê-chi-ên 22 7
In you they have treated father and mother with contempt; in you they have oppressed the foreigner and mistreated the fatherless and the widow. (niv)
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Gia-cơ 5 1-Gia-cơ 5 5
Now listen, you rich people, weep and wail because of the misery that is coming on you.Your wealth has rotted, and moths have eaten your clothes.Your gold and silver are corroded. Their corrosion will testify against you and eat your flesh like fire. You have hoarded wealth in the last days.Look! The wages you failed to pay the workers who mowed your fields are crying out against you. The cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord Almighty.You have lived on earth in luxury and self-indulgence. You have fattened yourselves in the day of slaughter. (niv)
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Y-sai 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)
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Mi-ca 2 2-Mi-ca 2 3
They covet fields and seize them, and houses, and take them. They defraud people of their homes, they rob them of their inheritance.Therefore, the Lord says:“ I am planning disaster against this people, from which you cannot save yourselves. You will no longer walk proudly, for it will be a time of calamity. (niv)
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Châm Ngôn 22 16
One who oppresses the poor to increase his wealth and one who gives gifts to the rich— both come to poverty. (niv)
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2 Sử Ký 16 10
Asa was angry with the seer because of this; he was so enraged that he put him in prison. At the same time Asa brutally oppressed some of the people. (niv)
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Lu-ca 3 14
Then some soldiers asked him,“ And what should we do?” He replied,“ Don’t extort money and don’t accuse people falsely— be content with your pay.” (niv)
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1 Cô-rinh-tô 6 8
Instead, you yourselves cheat and do wrong, and you do this to your brothers and sisters. (niv)
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Y-sai 3 12-Y-sai 3 15
Youths oppress my people, women rule over them. My people, your guides lead you astray; they turn you from the path.The Lord takes his place in court; he rises to judge the people.The Lord enters into judgment against the elders and leaders of his people:“ It is you who have ruined my vineyard; the plunder from the poor is in your houses.What do you mean by crushing my people and grinding the faces of the poor?” declares the Lord, the Lord Almighty. (niv)
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Giê-rê-mi 22 17
“ But your eyes and your heart are set only on dishonest gain, on shedding innocent blood and on oppression and extortion.” (niv)
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Y-sai 1 17
Learn to do right; seek justice. Defend the oppressed. Take up the cause of the fatherless; plead the case of the widow. (niv)
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Y-sai 5 7
The vineyard of the Lord Almighty is the nation of Israel, and the people of Judah are the vines he delighted in. And he looked for justice, but saw bloodshed; for righteousness, but heard cries of distress. (niv)
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Nê-hê-mi 9 36-Nê-hê-mi 9 37
“ But see, we are slaves today, slaves in the land you gave our ancestors so they could eat its fruit and the other good things it produces.Because of our sins, its abundant harvest goes to the kings you have placed over us. They rule over our bodies and our cattle as they please. We are in great distress. (niv)
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Truyền Đạo 5 8
If you see the poor oppressed in a district, and justice and rights denied, do not be surprised at such things; for one official is eyed by a higher one, and over them both are others higher still. (niv)
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Y-sai 33 15
Those who walk righteously and speak what is right, who reject gain from extortion and keep their hands from accepting bribes, who stop their ears against plots of murder and shut their eyes against contemplating evil— (niv)
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Mi-ca 7 3
Both hands are skilled in doing evil; the ruler demands gifts, the judge accepts bribes, the powerful dictate what they desire— they all conspire together. (niv)
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Gióp 20:19-20
For he has oppressed the poor and left them destitute; he has seized houses he did not build.“ Surely he will have no respite from his craving; he cannot save himself by his treasure. (niv)
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Châm Ngôn 28 3
A ruler who oppresses the poor is like a driving rain that leaves no crops. (niv)
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Châm Ngôn 28 8
Whoever increases wealth by taking interest or profit from the poor amasses it for another, who will be kind to the poor. (niv)
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Thi Thiên 10 18
defending the fatherless and the oppressed, so that mere earthly mortals will never again strike terror. (niv)
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Thẩm Phán 4 3
Because he had nine hundred chariots fitted with iron and had cruelly oppressed the Israelites for twenty years, they cried to the Lord for help. (niv)
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Châm Ngôn 28 16
A tyrannical ruler practices extortion, but one who hates ill- gotten gain will enjoy a long reign. (niv)
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Châm Ngôn 21 13
Whoever shuts their ears to the cry of the poor will also cry out and not be answered. (niv)
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Phục Truyền Luật Lệ Ký 16 19-Phục Truyền Luật Lệ Ký 16 20
Do not pervert justice or show partiality. Do not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and twists the words of the innocent.Follow justice and justice alone, so that you may live and possess the land the Lord your God is giving you. (niv)
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Châm Ngôn 14 31
Whoever oppresses the poor shows contempt for their Maker, but whoever is kind to the needy honors God. (niv)