Exo 1:11, 13-14, 22, 3:7, Psa 12:5, Pro 22:22-23, Ecc 4:1, 5:8, Jer 50:33-34 | ESV | STEP | Therefore they set taskmasters over them to afflict them with heavy burdens. They built for Pharaoh store cities , Pithom and Raamses .

Exodus 1:11

11 Therefore they set taskmasters over them ^ato afflict them with heavy ^bburdens. They built for Pharaoh ^cstore cities, Pithom and ^dRaamses.

Exodus 1:13-14

13 So they ruthlessly made the people of Israel ^ework as slaves 14 and ^fmade their lives bitter with hard service, in mortar and brick, and in all kinds of work in the field. In all their work they ruthlessly made them work as slaves.

Exodus 1:22

22 Then Pharaoh commanded all his people, ^g“Every son that is born to the Hebrews ^{▼▼Samaritan, Septuagint, Targum; Hebrew lacks to the Hebrews} you shall cast into ⁱthe Nile, but you shall let every daughter live.”

Exodus 3:7

7 Then the Lord said, ^j“I have surely seen the affliction of my people who are in Egypt and have heard their cry because of their ^ktaskmasters. I know their sufferings,

Psalms 12:5

5 “Because ^lthe poor are plundered, because the needy groan,
^mI will now arise,” says the Lord;
“I will place him in the ⁿsafety for which he longs.”

Proverbs 22:22-23

22 ^oDo not rob the poor, because he is poor,
or ^pcrush the afflicted at ^qthe gate,
23 for ^rthe Lord will plead their cause
and rob of life those who rob them.

Ecclesiastes 4:1

Evil Under the Sun

1 ^sAgain I ^tsaw all ^uthe oppressions that are done under the sun. And behold, the tears of the oppressed, and they had ^vno one to comfort them! On the side of their oppressors there was power, and there was no one to comfort them.

Ecclesiastes 5:8

The Vanity of Wealth and Honor

8 ^wIf you see in a province the oppression of the poor and the violation of justice and righteousness, ^xdo not be amazed at the matter, ^yfor the high official is watched by a higher, and there are yet higher ones over them.

Jeremiah 50:33-34

33 “Thus says the Lord of hosts: ^zThe people of Israel are oppressed, and the people of Judah with them. All who took them captive have held them fast; ^aathey refuse to let them go. 34 ^abTheir Redeemer is strong; ^acthe Lord of hosts is his name. ^adHe will surely plead their cause, that he may give rest to the earth, but unrest to the inhabitants of Babylon.