Lexicon :: Strong's H6231 - ʿāšaq

“When someone sins and offends the LORD by deceiving his neighbor in regard to a deposit, a security,[fn] or a robbery; or defrauds his neighbor;

“once he has sinned and acknowledged his guilt ​— ​he must return what he stole or defrauded, or the deposit entrusted to him, or the lost item he found,

“Do not oppress your neighbor or rob him. The wages due a hired worker must not remain with you until morning.

“Do not oppress a hired worker who is poor and needy, whether one of your Israelite brothers or one of the resident aliens in a town[fn] in your land.

“so that at noon you will grope as a blind person gropes in the dark. You will not be successful in anything you do. You will only be oppressed and robbed continually, and no one will help you.

“A people you don’t know will eat your land’s produce and everything you have labored for. You will only be oppressed and crushed continually.

“Here I am. Bring charges against me before the LORD and his anointed: Whose ox or donkey have I taken? Who have I wronged or mistreated? Who gave me a bribe to overlook something?[fn] I will return it to you.”

he allowed no one to oppress them;

he rebuked kings on their behalf:

“Is it good for you to oppress,

to reject the work of your hands,

and favor[fn] the plans of the wicked?

Though the river rages, Behemoth is unafraid;

he remains confident, even if the Jordan surges up to his mouth.

May he vindicate the afflicted among the people,

help the poor,

and crush the oppressor.

The LORD executes acts of righteousness

and justice for all the oppressed.

he allowed no one to oppress them;

he rebuked kings on their behalf:

I have done what is just and right;

do not leave me to my oppressors.

executing justice for the exploited

and giving food to the hungry.

The LORD frees prisoners.

The one who oppresses the poor person insults his Maker,

but one who is kind to the needy honors him.

Oppressing the poor to enrich oneself,

and giving to the rich ​— ​both lead only to poverty.

A destitute leader[fn] who oppresses the poor

is like a driving rain that leaves no food.

Someone burdened by bloodguilt[fn]

will be a fugitive until death.

Let no one help him.

Again, I observed all the acts of oppression being done under the sun. Look at the tears of those who are oppressed; they have no one to comfort them. Power is with those who oppress them; they have no one to comfort them.

He said,

“You will not celebrate anymore,

ravished young woman, daughter of Sidon.

Get up and cross over to Cyprus —

even there you will have no rest! ”

For this is what the Lord GOD says:

“At first my people went down to Egypt to reside there,

then Assyria oppressed them without cause.[fn]

if you no longer oppress the resident alien, the fatherless, and the widow and no longer shed innocent blood in this place or follow other gods, bringing harm on yourselves,

“House of David, this is what the LORD says:

Administer justice every morning,

and rescue the victim of robbery

from his oppressor,

or my anger will flare up like fire

and burn unquenchably

because of your evil deeds.

This is what the LORD of Armies says:

Israelites and Judeans alike have been oppressed.

All their captors hold them fast;

they refuse to release them.

“As for his father, he will die for his own iniquity because he practiced fraud, robbed his brother, and did among his people what was not good.

“The people of the land have practiced extortion and committed robbery. They have oppressed the poor and needy and unlawfully exploited the resident alien.

Ephraim is oppressed, crushed in judgment,

for he is determined to follow what is worthless.[fn]

A merchant loves to extort

with dishonest scales in his hands.

Listen to this message, you cows of Bashan

who are on the hill of Samaria,

women who oppress the poor

and crush the needy,

who say to their husbands,

“Bring us something to drink.”

They covet fields and seize them;

they also take houses.

They deprive a man of his home,

a person of his inheritance.

“Do not oppress the widow or the fatherless, the resident alien or the poor, and do not plot evil in your hearts against one another.’

“I will come to you in judgment, and I will be ready to witness against sorcerers and adulterers; against those who swear falsely; against those who oppress the hired worker, the widow, and the fatherless; and against those who deny justice to the resident alien. They do not fear me,” says the LORD of Armies.