Lexicon :: Strong's H6231 - ʿāšaq

‘You shall not oppress or exploit your neighbor, nor rob him. You shall not withhold the wages of a hired man overnight until morning.

“You shall not take advantage of a hired servant who is poor and needy, whether [he is] one of your countrymen or one of the strangers (resident aliens, foreigners) who is in your land inside your cities.

He allowed no man to oppress or exploit them,

And, He reproved and punished kings for their sakes, saying,

‘Does it indeed seem right to You to oppress,

To despise and reject the work of Your hands,

And to look with favor on the schemes of the wicked?

“If a river rages and overflows, he does not tremble;

He is confident, though the Jordan [River] swells and rushes against his mouth.

May he bring justice to the poor among the people,

Save the children of the needy

And crush the oppressor,

The LORD executes righteousness

And justice for all the oppressed.

He allowed no man to oppress them;

He rebuked kings for their sakes, saying,

Ayin.

I have done justice and righteousness;

Do not leave me to those who oppress me.

Who executes justice for the oppressed,

Who gives food to the hungry.

The LORD sets free the prisoners.

He who oppresses the poor taunts and insults his Maker,

But he who is kind and merciful and gracious to the needy honors Him.

He who oppresses or exploits the poor to get more for himself

Or who gives to the rich [to gain influence and favor], will only come to poverty.

A poor man who oppresses and exploits the lowly

Is like a sweeping rain which leaves no food.

A man who is burdened with the guilt of human blood (murder)

Will be a fugitive until death; let no one support him or give him refuge.

Then I looked again and considered all the acts of oppression that were being practiced under the sun. And behold I saw the tears of the oppressed and they had no one to comfort them; and on the side of their oppressors was power, but they had no one to comfort them.

He has said, “You shall never again exult [in triumph], O crushed Virgin Daughter of Sidon.

Arise, cross over to Cyprus; even there you will find no rest.”

“Administer justice in the morning,

And rescue the one who has been robbed from the hand of his oppressor,

That My wrath will not roar up like fire

And burn so [hotly] that none can extinguish it,

Because of the evil of their deeds.

Thus says the LORD of hosts,

“The children of Israel are oppressed,

And the children of Judah as well;

And all who took them captive have held them tightly,

They have refused to let them go.

Ephraim is oppressed; he is broken and crushed by [divine] judgment,

Because he was determined to follow man’s command [fn](vanities, filth, secular precepts).

A merchant, in whose hand are false and fraudulent balances;

He loves to oppress and exploit.

Hear this word, you [well-fed, pampered] cows (women) of Bashan who are on the mountain of Samaria,

Who oppress the poor, who crush the needy,

Who say to their husbands, “Bring [the wine] now, and let us drink!”

They covet fields and seize them,

And houses, and take them away.

They oppress and rob a man and his house,

A man and his inheritance.

“Then I will come near you for judgment; I will be a swift witness against sorcerers, against adulterers, against perjurers, and against those who oppress the laborer in his wages and widows and the fatherless, and against those who turn away the alien [from his right], and those who do not fear Me [with awe-filled reverence],” says the LORD of hosts.