Exo 3:7, 22:25-27, Job 31:38-39, 34:28, Isa 5:7, Luk 18:7, Jam 5:4 | ESV | STEP | Then the Lord said , I have surely seen the affliction of my people who are in Egypt and have heard their cry because of their taskmasters . I know their sufferings ,

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

Exodus 22:25-27

25 ^c“If you lend money to any of my people with you who is poor, you shall not be like a moneylender to him, and you shall not exact interest from him. 26 ^dIf ever you take your neighbor’s cloak in pledge, you shall return it to him before the sun goes down, 27 for that is his only covering, and it is his cloak for his body; in what else shall he sleep? And if he ^ecries to me, I will hear, for I am ^fcompassionate.

Job 31:38-39

38 “If my land has cried out against me
and its furrows have wept together,
39 ^gif I have eaten its yield without payment
and made its owners ^hbreathe their last,

Job 34:28

28 so that they ⁱcaused the cry of the poor to come to him,
and he ^jheard the cry of the afflicted—

Isaiah 5:7

7 ^kFor the vineyard of the Lord of hosts
is the house of Israel,
and the men of Judah
are his pleasant planting;
and he looked for justice,
but behold, bloodshed; ^{▼▼The Hebrew words for justice and bloodshed sound alike}
for righteousness,
but behold, an outcry! ^{▼▼The Hebrew words for righteous and outcry sound alike}

Luke 18:7

7 And ⁿwill not God give justice to ^ohis elect, ^pwho cry to him day and night? ^q, ^rWill he delay long over them?

James 5:4

4 Behold, ^sthe wages of the laborers who mowed your fields, which you kept back by fraud, are crying out against you, and ^tthe cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of ^uthe Lord of hosts.