Deuteronomy 15:9
15:9 Be careful lest you entertain the wicked thought that the seventh year, the year of cancellation of debts, has almost arrived, and your attitude
be wrong toward your impoverished fellow Israelite
and you do not lend
him anything; he will cry out to the
Lord against you and you will be regarded as having sinned.
Exodus 22:23-24
22:23 If you afflict them
in any way
and they cry to me, I will surely hear
their cry,
22:24 and my anger will burn and I will kill you with the sword, and your wives will be widows and your children will be fatherless.
Job 31:38
Job’s Final Solemn Oath
31:38 “If my land cried out against me
and all its furrows wept together,
Job 34:28
34:28 so that they caused the cry of the poor
to come before him,
so that he hears the cry of the needy.
Job 35:9
35:9 “People cry out
because of the excess of oppression;
they cry out for help
because of the power of the mighty.
Proverbs 22:22-23
22:22 Do not exploit a poor person because he is poor
and do not crush the needy in court,
22:23 for the Lord will plead their case
and will rob those who are robbing them.
Proverbs 23:10-11
23:10 Do not move an ancient boundary stone,
or take over the fields of the fatherless,
23:11 for their Protector is strong;
he will plead their case against you.
Isaiah 5:7
5:7 Indeed Israel is the vineyard of the Lord who commands armies,
the people of Judah are the cultivated place in which he took delight.
He waited for justice, but look what he got – disobedience!
He waited for fairness, but look what he got – cries for help!
James 5:4
5:4 Look, the pay you have held back from the workers who mowed your fields cries out against you, and the cries of the reapers have reached the ears of the Lord of hosts.