God Judges And Holds Oppressors Accountable

Psalm 5:6

You destroy those who tell lies; bloodthirsty and deceitful men the LORD abhors. 

Psalm 9:16 

The LORD is known by his justice; the wicked are ensnared by the work of their hands. 

Psalm 10:12-13,15 

Why does the wicked man revile God?  Why does he say to himself, “He won’t call me to account”?  Break the arm of the wicked and evil man; call him to account for his wickedness that would not be found out. 

Psalm 34:16

The face of the LORD is against those who do evil, to cut off the memory of them from the earth. 

Proverbs 21:13

If a man shuts his ears to the cry of the poor, he too will cry out and not be answered. 

Ecclesiastes 3:17

I thought in my heart, "God will bring to judgment both the righteous and the wicked, for there will be a time for every activity, a time for every deed." 

Ecclesiastes 8:13

Yet because the wicked do not fear God, it will not go well with them, and their days will not lengthen like a shadow. 

Ecclesiastes 12:14

For God will bring every deed into judgment, including every hidden thing, whether it is good or evil. 

Isaiah 3:14-15

The LORD enters into judgment against the elders and leaders of his people: “It is you who have ruined my vineyard; the plunder from the poor is in your houses.  What do you mean by crushing my people and grinding the faces of the poor?” 

Isaiah 5:23

Woe to those . . . who acquit the guilt for a bribe, and deny justice to the innocent.  

Isaiah 29:20-21

The ruthless will vanish, the mockers will disappear, and all who have an eye for evil will be cut down–those who with a word make a man out to be guilty, who ensnare the defender in court and with false testimony deprive the innocent of justice.

Jeremiah 6:6

This is what the LORD Almighty says: “Cut down the trees and build siege ramps against Jerusalem. This city must be punished; it is filled with oppression.” 

Habakkuk 2:9,12

Woe to him who builds his realm with unjust gain to set his nest on high, to escape the clutches of ruin!  Woe to him who builds a city with bloodshed and establishes a town by crime! 

Zephaniah 3:1-4

Woe to the city of oppressors, rebellious and defiled!  She obeys no one, she accepts no correction.  She does not trust in the LORD, she does not draw near to her God.  Her officials are roaring lions, her rulers are evening wolves, who leave nothing for the morning.  Her prophets are arrogant; they are treacherous men. Her priests profane the sanctuary and do violence to the law. 

Malachi 3:5

So I will come near to you for judgment.  I will be quick to testify against . . . perjurers, against those who defraud laborers of their wages, who oppress the widows and the fatherless, and deprive aliens of justice, but do not fear me,” says the LORD Almighty. 

Matthew 23:23

"Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites!  You give a tenth of your spices--mint, dill and cummin.  But you have neglected the more important matters of the law--justice, mercy and faithfulness.  You should have practiced the latter, without neglecting the former. 

1 Timothy 1:10

Law is made . . . for slave traders and liars and perjurers.