Ecclesiastes 4:1 The Futility of Work

James 5:4 - Look! The wages you failed to pay the workmen who mowed your fields are crying out against you.... Click to read the verse James 5:4 Click to read the verse James 5:4

Isaiah 5:7 - The vineyard of the Lord Almighty is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah are the garden o... Click to read the verse Isaiah 5:7 Click to read the verse Isaiah 5:7

Job 24:12 - The groans of the dying rise from the city, and the souls of the wounded cry out for help. But ... Click to read the verse Job 24:12 Click to read the verse Job 24:12

Exodus 2:23-24 - During that long period, the king of Egypt died. The Israelites groaned in their slavery and cr... Click to read the verse Exodus 2:23-24 Click to read the verse Exodus 2:23-24

Exodus 3:9 - And now the cry of the Israelites has reached me, and I have seen the way the Egyptians are opp... Click to read the verse Exodus 3:9 Click to read the verse Exodus 3:9

Malachi 3:18 - And you will again see the distinction between the righteous and the wicked, between those who ... Click to read the verse Malachi 3:18 Click to read the verse Malachi 3:18

2 Timothy 4:16-17 - At my first defense, no one came to my support, but everyone deserted me. May it not be held ag... Click to read the verse 2 Timothy 4:16-17 Click to read the verse 2 Timothy 4:16-17

Ecclesiastes 5:8 - Riches Are Meaningless If you see the poor oppressed in a district, and justice and rights deni... Click to read the verse Ecclesiastes 5:8 Click to read the verse Ecclesiastes 5:8

Psalms 12:5 - “Because of the oppression of the weak and the groaning of the needy, I will now arise,” says t... Click to read the verse Psalms 12:5 Click to read the verse Psalms 12:5

Malachi 3:5 - “So I will come to put you on trial. I will be quick to testify against sorcerers, adulterers a... Click to read the verse Malachi 3:5 Click to read the verse Malachi 3:5

Psalms 142:4 - Look to my right and see; no one is concerned for me. I have no refuge; no one cares for my life. Click to read the verse Psalms 142:4 Click to read the verse Psalms 142:4

Exodus 1:22 - Then Pharaoh gave this order to all his people: “Every boy that is born you must throw into the... Click to read the verse Exodus 1:22 Click to read the verse Exodus 1:22

Exodus 5:19 - The Israelite foremen realized they were in trouble when they were told, “You are not to reduce... Click to read the verse Exodus 5:19 Click to read the verse Exodus 5:19

Isaiah 51:23 - I will put it into the hands of your tormentors, who said to you, ‘Fall prostrate that we may w... Click to read the verse Isaiah 51:23 Click to read the verse Isaiah 51:23

Exodus 1:16 - “When you help the Hebrew women in childbirth and observe them on the delivery stool, if it is ... Click to read the verse Exodus 1:16 Click to read the verse Exodus 1:16

Amos 4:1 - Israel Has Not Returned to God Hear this word, you cows of Bashan on Mount Samaria, you women w... Click to read the verse Amos 4:1 Click to read the verse Amos 4:1

Exodus 1:13-14 - and worked them ruthlessly. Click to read the verse Exodus 1:13-14 Click to read the verse Exodus 1:13-14

Judges 4:3 - Because he had nine hundred iron chariots and had cruelly oppressed the Israelites for twenty y... Click to read the verse Judges 4:3 Click to read the verse Judges 4:3

Nehemiah 5:1-5 - Nehemiah Helps the Poor Now the men and their wives raised a great outcry against their Jewish ... Click to read the verse Nehemiah 5:1-5 Click to read the verse Nehemiah 5:1-5

Job 35:9 - “Men cry out under a load of oppression; they plead for relief from the arm of the powerful. Click to read the verse Job 35:9 Click to read the verse Job 35:9

Psalms 72:12 - For he will deliver the needy who cry out, the afflicted who have no one to help. Click to read the verse Psalms 72:12 Click to read the verse Psalms 72:12

Ecclesiastes 7:7 - Extortion turns a wise man into a fool, and a bribe corrupts the heart. Click to read the verse Ecclesiastes 7:7 Click to read the verse Ecclesiastes 7:7

Isaiah 59:13-15 - rebellion and treachery against the Lord, turning our backs on our God, fomenting oppression an... Click to read the verse Isaiah 59:13-15 Click to read the verse Isaiah 59:13-15

Job 20:19 - For he has oppressed the poor and left them destitute; he has seized houses he did not build. Click to read the verse Job 20:19 Click to read the verse Job 20:19

Malachi 2:13 - Another thing you do: You flood the Lord’s altar with tears. You weep and wail because he no lo... Click to read the verse Malachi 2:13 Click to read the verse Malachi 2:13

1 Kings 21:13 - Then two scoundrels came and sat opposite him and brought charges against Naboth before the peo... Click to read the verse 1 Kings 21:13 Click to read the verse 1 Kings 21:13

Proverbs 28:3 - A ruler who oppresses the poor is like a driving rain that leaves no crops. Click to read the verse Proverbs 28:3 Click to read the verse Proverbs 28:3

Proverbs 28:16 - A tyrannical ruler lacks judgment, but he who hates ill-gotten gain will enjoy a long life. Click to read the verse Proverbs 28:16 Click to read the verse Proverbs 28:16

Deuteronomy 28:48 - therefore in hunger and thirst, in nakedness and dire poverty, you will serve the enemies the L... Click to read the verse Deuteronomy 28:48 Click to read the verse Deuteronomy 28:48

Isaiah 59:7 - Their feet rush into sin; they are swift to shed innocent blood. Their thoughts are evil though... Click to read the verse Isaiah 59:7 Click to read the verse Isaiah 59:7

Deuteronomy 28:33 - A people that you do not know will eat what your land and labor produce, and you will have noth... Click to read the verse Deuteronomy 28:33 Click to read the verse Deuteronomy 28:33

Lamentations 1:9 - Her filthiness clung to her skirts; she did not consider her future. Her fall was astounding; t... Click to read the verse Lamentations 1:9 Click to read the verse Lamentations 1:9

Ecclesiastes 9:11 - I have seen something else under the sun: The race is not to the swift or the battle to the str... Click to read the verse Ecclesiastes 9:11 Click to read the verse Ecclesiastes 9:11

1 Kings 21:7 - Jezebel his wife said, “Is this how you act as king over Israel? Get up and eat! Cheer up. I’ll... Click to read the verse 1 Kings 21:7 Click to read the verse 1 Kings 21:7

Psalms 42:3 - My tears have been my food day and night, while men say to me all day long, “Where is your God?” Click to read the verse Psalms 42:3 Click to read the verse Psalms 42:3

Psalms 10:9-10 - He lies in wait like a lion in cover; he lies in wait to catch the helpless; he catches the hel... Click to read the verse Psalms 10:9-10 Click to read the verse Psalms 10:9-10

Psalms 42:9 - I say to God my Rock, “Why have you forgotten me? Why must I go about mourning, oppressed by th... Click to read the verse Psalms 42:9 Click to read the verse Psalms 42:9

Matthew 26:56 - But this has all taken place that the writings of the prophets might be fulfilled.” Then all th... Click to read the verse Matthew 26:56 Click to read the verse Matthew 26:56

Psalms 80:5 - You have fed them with the bread of tears; you have made them drink tears by the bowlful. Click to read the verse Psalms 80:5 Click to read the verse Psalms 80:5

Job 16:4 - I also could speak like you, if you were in my place; I could make fine speeches against you an... Click to read the verse Job 16:4 Click to read the verse Job 16:4

Isaiah 51:19 - These double calamities have come upon you— who can comfort you?— ruin and destruction, famine ... Click to read the verse Isaiah 51:19 Click to read the verse Isaiah 51:19

Proverbs 30:14 - those whose teeth are swords and whose jaws are set with knives to devour the poor from the ear... Click to read the verse Proverbs 30:14 Click to read the verse Proverbs 30:14

Proverbs 19:7 - A poor man is shunned by all his relatives— how much more do his friends avoid him! Though he p... Click to read the verse Proverbs 19:7 Click to read the verse Proverbs 19:7

Job 6:29 - Relent, do not be unjust; reconsider, for my integrity is at stake. Click to read the verse Job 6:29 Click to read the verse Job 6:29

Lamentations 1:16 - “This is why I weep and my eyes overflow with tears. No one is near to comfort me, no one to re... Click to read the verse Lamentations 1:16 Click to read the verse Lamentations 1:16

Psalms 69:20 - Scorn has broken my heart and has left me helpless; I looked for sympathy, but there was none, ... Click to read the verse Psalms 69:20 Click to read the verse Psalms 69:20

Lamentations 1:2 - Bitterly she weeps at night, tears are upon her cheeks. Among all her lovers there is none to c... Click to read the verse Lamentations 1:2 Click to read the verse Lamentations 1:2

Ecclesiastes 3:16 - And I saw something else under the sun: In the place of judgment—wickedness was there, in the p... Click to read the verse Ecclesiastes 3:16 Click to read the verse Ecclesiastes 3:16

Psalms 102:8-9 - All day long my enemies taunt me; those who rail against me use my name as a curse. Click to read the verse Psalms 102:8-9 Click to read the verse Psalms 102:8-9

Job 19:21-22 - “Have pity on me, my friends, have pity, for the hand of God has struck me. Click to read the verse Job 19:21-22 Click to read the verse Job 19:21-22

Ecclesiastes 10:5 - There is an evil I have seen under the sun, the sort of error that arises from a ruler: Click to read the verse Ecclesiastes 10:5 Click to read the verse Ecclesiastes 10:5

Ecclesiastes 4:7 - Again I saw something meaningless under the sun: Click to read the verse Ecclesiastes 4:7 Click to read the verse Ecclesiastes 4:7

Habakkuk 1:3 - Why do you make me look at injustice? Why do you tolerate wrong? Destruction and violence are b... Click to read the verse Habakkuk 1:3 Click to read the verse Habakkuk 1:3

Proverbs 28:15-16 - Like a roaring lion or a charging bear is a wicked man ruling over a helpless people. Click to read the verse Proverbs 28:15-16 Click to read the verse Proverbs 28:15-16

Judges 10:7-8 - he became angry with them. He sold them into the hands of the Philistines and the Ammonites, Click to read the verse Judges 10:7-8 Click to read the verse Judges 10:7-8

Exodus 5:16-19 - Your servants are given no straw, yet we are told, ‘Make bricks!’ Your servants are being beate... Click to read the verse Exodus 5:16-19 Click to read the verse Exodus 5:16-19

Job 24:7-12 - Lacking clothes, they spend the night naked; they have nothing to cover themselves in the cold. Click to read the verse Job 24:7-12 Click to read the verse Job 24:7-12