Here you will find all biblical passages where / in which the word (or term) ‘Oppress’ occurs and how often this word occurs per biblical book. We searched the New and Old Testaments to find all the verses and occurrences of the Word. his article is part of our small concordance.
The term ‘Oppress’ occurs 52 times in the Bible. Below you will find all matching biblical passages divided according to the corresponding book.
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Bible passages with ‘Oppress’ in the book Genesis
Genesis 41:36 And let it be prepared for the future famine of seven years, which will oppress Egypt, and then the land will not be consumed by destitution.”Genesis 41:36
Genesis 41:56 Then the famine increased daily in all the land. And Joseph opened all of the storehouses and sold to the Egyptians. For the famine had oppressed them also.Genesis 41:56
Genesis 44:34 For I cannot return to my father without the boy, lest I appear as a witness to the calamity that will oppress my father.”Genesis 44:34
Genesis 47:13 For in the whole world there was a lack of bread, and a famine had oppressed the land, most of all Egypt and Canaan,Genesis 47:13
Number of the word / term Oppress in Genesis: 4
Bible passages with ‘Oppress’ in the book Exodus
Exodus 1:10 Come, let us wisely oppress them, lest they multiply; and if any war should advance against us, they may be added to our enemies, and having fought against us, they might depart from the land.”Exodus 1:10
Exodus 1:12 And the more they oppressed them, so much more did they multiply and increase.Exodus 1:12
Exodus 3:9 And so, the outcry of the sons of Israel has come to me. And I have seen their affliction, with which they are oppressed by the Egyptians.Exodus 3:9
Exodus 5:9 They shall be oppressed with works, and these shall occupy them, so that they may not agree to lying words.”Exodus 5:9
Exodus 6:5 I have heard the groaning of the sons of Israel, with which the Egyptians have oppressed them. And I have remembered my covenant.Exodus 6:5
Exodus 22:25 If you lend money to the poor of my people who live among you, you shall not coerce them like a collector, nor oppress them with usury.Exodus 22:25
Number of the word / term Oppress in Exodus: 6
Bible passages with ‘Oppress’ in the book Leviticus
Leviticus 19:13 You shall not slander your neighbor, nor shall you oppress him by violence. The wages of a hired hand, you shall not delay with you until tomorrow.Leviticus 19:13
Leviticus 25:39 If your brother, having been compelled by poverty, will have sold himself to you, you shall not oppress him with the servitude of indentured servants.Leviticus 25:39
Leviticus 25:46 and, by the right of inheritance, you shall transmit them to your posterity, and you shall possess them forever. But do not oppress your brothers, the sons of Israel, by power.Leviticus 25:46
Number of the word / term Oppress in Leviticus: 3
Bible passages with ‘Oppress’ in the book Deuteronomy
Deuteronomy 21:14 But if afterwards she does not sit well in your mind, you shall set her free. You cannot sell her for money, nor can you oppress her by force. For you have humiliated her.Deuteronomy 21:14
Deuteronomy 28:29 And may you grope at midday, just as a blind man is accustomed to grope in darkness, and may your paths not be straight. And at all times may you suffer slander and be oppressed with violence, and may you have no one who may free you.Deuteronomy 28:29
Deuteronomy 28:53 And you will eat the fruit of your womb, and the flesh of your sons and of your daughters, which the Lord your God will give to you, due to the anguish and devastation with which your enemy will oppress you.Deuteronomy 28:53
Deuteronomy 28:57 and over the filth of the afterbirth, which goes forth from between her thighs, and over the children who are born in the same hour. For they will eat them secretly, due to the scarcity of all things during the siege and the devastation, with which your enemy will oppress you within your gates.Deuteronomy 28:57
Number of the word / term Oppress in Deuteronomy: 4
Bible passages with ‘Oppress’ in the book Judges
Judges 4:3 And the sons of Israel cried out to the Lord. For he had nine hundred chariots with scythes, and he vehemently oppressed them for twenty years.Judges 4:3
Judges 6:2 And they were greatly oppressed by them. And they made for themselves hollows and caves in the mountains, and very fortified places for defense.Judges 6:2
Judges 10:8 And they were afflicted and vehemently oppressed for eighteen years, all who were living beyond the Jordan in the land of the Amorite, which is in Gilead,Judges 10:8
Judges 10:12 and also the Sidonians, and Amalek, and Canaan, oppress you, and so you cried out to me, and I rescued you from their hand?Judges 10:12
Number of the word / term Oppress in Judges: 4
Bible passages with ‘Oppress’ in the book 1 Samuel
1 Samuel 12:3 Speak about me before the Lord, and before his Christ, as to whether I have taken anyone’s ox or donkey, or whether I have falsely accused anyone, or whether I have oppressed anyone, or whether I have accepted a bribe from the hand of anyone, and I will repudiate the same, this day, and I will restore it to you.”1 Samuel 12:3
1 Samuel 12:4 And they said, “You have not falsely accused us, nor oppressed us, nor have you taken anything from the hand of anyone.”1 Samuel 12:4
1 Samuel 22:2 And all those left in distress, or oppressed by debt to strangers, or bitter in soul, gathered themselves to him. And he became their leader, and about four hundred men were with him.1 Samuel 22:2
Number of the word / term Oppress in 1 Samuel: 3
Bible passages with ‘Oppress’ in the book 2 Samuel
2 Samuel 21:5 And they said to the king: “The man who unjustly afflicted and oppressed us, we ought to destroy in such manner that not even one of his stock may be left behind in all the parts of Israel.2 Samuel 21:5
Number of the word / term Oppress in 2 Samuel: 1
Bible passages with ‘Oppress’ in the book 2 Kings
2 Kings 13:4 But Jehoahaz petitioned the face of the Lord, and the Lord heeded him. For he saw the anguish of Israel, because the king of Syria had oppressed them.2 Kings 13:4
Number of the word / term Oppress in 2 Kings: 1
Bible passages with ‘Oppress’ in the book 1 Chronicles
1 Chronicles 4:10 Truly, Jabez called upon the God of Israel, saying, “If only, when blessing, you will bless me, and will broaden my borders, and your hand will be with me, and you will cause me not to be oppressed by evil.” And God granted to him the things for which he prayed.1 Chronicles 4:10
Number of the word / term Oppress in 1 Chronicles: 1
Bible passages with ‘Oppress’ in the book Nehemiah
Nehemiah 5:15 But the former governors, the ones who had been before me, were a burden to the people, and they took from them bread and wine, and forty shekels of money each day. And their officials also oppressed the people. But I did not do so, out of fear of God.Nehemiah 5:15
Number of the word / term Oppress in Nehemiah: 1
Bible passages with ‘Oppress’ in the book Esther
Esther 7:8 When the king returned from the arboretum of the garden and entered into the place of the feast, he found Haman collapsed on the couch on which Esther lay, and he said, “And now he wishes to oppress the queen, in my presence, in my house!” The word had not yet gone out of the king’s mouth, and immediately they covered his face.Esther 7:8
Number of the word / term Oppress in Esther: 1
Bible passages with ‘Oppress’ in the book Job
Job 10:3 Does it seem good to you, if you find fault with me and oppress me, the work of your own hands, and assist the counsel of the impious?Job 10:3
Job 12:21 He pours distain upon the leaders, relieving those who had been oppressed.Job 12:21
Job 19:3 So, ten times you confound me and are not ashamed to oppress me.Job 19:3
Job 36:18 Therefore, do not let anger overwhelm you so that you oppress another; neither should you allow a multitude of gifts to influence you.Job 36:18
Number of the word / term Oppress in Job: 4
Bible passages with ‘Oppress’ in the book Psalm
Psalm 89:42 You have exalted the right hand of those who oppress him. You have brought joy to all his enemies.Psalm 89:42
Number of the word / term Oppress in Psalm: 1
Bible passages with ‘Oppress’ in the book Proverbs
Proverbs 11:27 He does well to rise early, who seeks what is good. But whoever is a seeker of evils shall be oppressed by them.Proverbs 11:27
Proverbs 20:13 Do not love sleep, lest deprivation oppress you. Open your eyes and be satisfied with bread.Proverbs 20:13
Proverbs 28:16 A leader destitute of prudence will oppress many through false accusations. But whoever hates avarice shall prolong his days.Proverbs 28:16
Number of the word / term Oppress in Proverbs: 3
Bible passages with ‘Oppress’ in the book Isaiah
Isaiah 1:17 Learn to do good. Seek judgment, support the oppressed, judge for the orphan, defend the widow.Isaiah 1:17
Isaiah 10:2 in order to oppress the poor in judgment, and to do violence to the case of the humble of my people, in order that widows may be their prey, and that they might plunder the orphan.Isaiah 10:2
Isaiah 52:4 For thus says the Lord God: My people descended into Egypt, in the beginning, in order to sojourn there. But the Assyrian oppressed them, without any cause at all.Isaiah 52:4
Isaiah 58:6 Is not this, instead, the kind of fast that I have chosen? Release the constraints of impiety; relieve the burdens that oppress; freely forgive those who are broken; and break apart every burden.Isaiah 58:6
Number of the word / term Oppress in Isaiah: 4
Bible passages with ‘Oppress’ in the book Jeremiah
Jeremiah 21:12 O house of David! Thus says the Lord: Judge with judgment from early morning, and rescue anyone who is oppressed by violence from the hand of a false accuser. Otherwise, my indignation may go forth like a fire, and may flare up, and there will be no one who can extinguish it, because of the evil of your intentions.Jeremiah 21:12
Jeremiah 22:3 Thus says the Lord: Exercise judgment and justice, and free anyone who is oppressed by violence from the hand of a false accuser. And do not be willing to sadden the new arrival, or the orphan, or the widow, nor should you burden them unfairly. And you shall not shed innocent blood in this place.Jeremiah 22:3
Number of the word / term Oppress in Jeremiah: 2
Bible passages with ‘Oppress’ in the book Ezekiel
Ezekiel 18:18 As for his father, because he oppressed and did violence to his brother, and worked evil in the midst of his people, behold, he has died by his own iniquity.Ezekiel 18:18
Ezekiel 22:7 They have abused father and mother within you. The new arrival has been oppressed in your midst. They have grieved the orphan and the widow among you.Ezekiel 22:7
Ezekiel 22:11 And each one has committed abomination with the wife of his neighbor. And the father-in-law has heinously defiled his daughter-in-law. The brother has oppressed his sister, the daughter of his father, within you.Ezekiel 22:11
Ezekiel 22:12 They have accepted bribes among you to shed blood. You have received usury and superabundance, and in avarice you have oppressed your neighbors. And you have forgotten me, says the Lord God.Ezekiel 22:12
Ezekiel 22:29 The people of the land have oppressed with slander and have seized with violence. They have afflicted the needy and the poor, and they have oppressed the new arrival by accusations without judgment.Ezekiel 22:29
Number of the word / term Oppress in Ezekiel: 5
Bible passages with ‘Oppress’ in the book Malachi
Malachi 3:5 And I will approach you in judgment, and I will be a swift witness against evil-doers, and adulterers, and perjurers, and those who cheat the hired hand in his wages, the widows and the orphans, and who oppress the traveler, and who have not feared me, says the Lord of hosts.Malachi 3:5
Number of the word / term Oppress in Malachi: 1
Bible passages with ‘Oppress’ in the book Acts
Acts 10:38 Jesus of Nazareth, whom God anointed with the Holy Spirit and with power, traveled around doing good and healing all those oppressed by the devil. For God was with him.Acts 10:38
Number of the word / term Oppress in Acts: 1
Bible passages with ‘Oppress’ in the book James
James 2:6 But you have dishonored the poor. Are not the rich the ones who oppress you through power? And are not they the ones who drag you to judgment?James 2:6
Number of the word / term Oppress in James: 1
Bible passages with ‘Oppress’ in the book 2 Peter
2 Peter 2:7 And he rescued a just man, Lot, who was oppressed by the unjust and lewd behavior of the wicked.2 Peter 2:7
Number of the word / term ‘Oppress’ in 2 Peter: 1
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