Psa 10:8-9, 12:5, 14:4, Pro 22:16, 28:3, Ecc 4:1, Isa 32:7, Amo 2:7, 4:1, 8:4 | ESV | STEP | He sits in ambush in the villages ; in hiding places he murders the innocent . His eyes stealthily watch for the helpless ;

Psalms 10:8-9

8 He sits in ambush in the villages;
in ^ahiding places he murders the innocent.
His eyes stealthily watch for the helpless;
9 he lurks in ambush like ^ba lion in his ^cthicket;
he ^dlurks that he may seize the poor;
he seizes the poor when he draws him into his ^enet.

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.”

Psalms 14:4

4 Have they no ⁱknowledge, all the evildoers
who ^jeat up my people as they eat bread
and ^kdo not call upon the Lord?

Proverbs 22:16

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

Proverbs 28:3

3 ^mA poor man who oppresses the poor
is a beating rain that leaves no food.

Ecclesiastes 4:1

Evil Under the Sun

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

Isaiah 32:7

7 As for the scoundrel— ^rhis devices are evil;
he plans wicked schemes
to ruin the poor with lying words,
even when the plea of the needy is right.

Amos 2:7

7 those who trample the head of the poor ^sinto the dust of the earth
and ^tturn aside the way of the afflicted;
^ua man and his father go in to the same girl,
so that my holy name is profaned;

Amos 4:1

1 “Hear this word, ^vyou cows of Bashan,
who are ^won the mountain of Samaria,
^xwho oppress the poor, ^ywho crush the needy,
who say to your husbands, ‘Bring, that we may drink!’

Amos 8:4

4 Hear this, ^zyou who trample on the needy
and bring the poor of the land to an end,