Exodus 3:7
3:7 The Lord said, “I have surely seen the affliction of my people who are in Egypt. I have heard their cry because of their taskmasters, for I know their sorrows.
Exodus 22:25-27
22:25 “If you lend money to any of my people who are needy among you, do not be like a moneylender to him; do not charge him interest.
22:26 If you do take the garment of your neighbor in pledge, you must return it to him by the time the sun goes down,
22:27 for it is his only covering – it is his garment for his body. What else can he sleep in? And when he cries out to me, I will hear, for I am gracious.
Job 31:38-39
Job’s Final Solemn Oath
31:38 “If my land cried out against me
and all its furrows wept together,
31:39 if I have eaten its produce without paying,
or caused the death of its owners,
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.
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!
Luke 18:7
18:7 Won’t
God give justice to his chosen ones, who cry out
to him day and night?
Will he delay
long to help them?
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.