Job 20:19, Psa 10:2, 8, 10, 14, 12:5, Pro 22:16, Ecc 5:8, Isa 3:14-15, Jam 5:4 | ESV | STEP | For he has crushed and abandoned the poor ; he has seized a house that he did not build .

Job 20:19

19 For he has crushed and abandoned the poor;
he has seized a house that he did not build.

Psalms 10:2

2 In arrogance the wicked hotly pursue the poor;
let them ^abe caught in the schemes that they have devised.

Psalms 10:8

8 He sits in ambush in the villages;
in ^bhiding places he murders the innocent.
His eyes stealthily watch for the helpless;

Psalms 10:10

10 The helpless are crushed, sink down,
and fall by his might.

Psalms 10:14

14 But you do see, for you ^cnote mischief and vexation,
that you may take it into your hands;
to you the helpless ^dcommits himself;
you have been ^ethe helper of the fatherless.

Psalms 12:5

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

Proverbs 22:16

16 Whoever oppresses the poor to increase his own wealth,
or gives to the rich, ⁱwill only come to poverty.

Ecclesiastes 5:8

The Vanity of Wealth and Honor

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

Isaiah 3:14-15

14 The Lord will enter into judgment
with the ^melders and princes of his people:
“It is you who ⁿhave devoured ^{▼▼Or grazed over; compare Exodus 22:5} the vineyard,
^pthe spoil of the poor is in your houses.
15 What do you mean by ^qcrushing my people,
by grinding the face of the poor?”

declares the Lord God of hosts.

James 5:4

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