"Woe to those who make unjust laws, to those who issue oppressive decrees, to deprive the poor of their rights and withhold justice from the oppressed of my people, making widows their prey and robbing the orphan." -Isaiah 10:1-2
"Whoever oppresses the poor shows contempt for their Maker, but whoever is kind to the needy honors God." -Proverbs 14:31
"Do what is just and right. Rescue the oppressed from the hand of the oppressor. Do no wrong or violence to the foreigner, the orphan or the widow." -Jeremiah 22:3
"Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves; ensure justice for those being crushed. Yes, speak up for the poor and helpless, and see that they get justice." -Proverbs 31:8-9
"The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor.
He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, to set the oppressed free," -Jesus (Luke 4:18)
"For I was hungry and you gave me nothing to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me nothing to drink, I was a stranger and you did not invite me in, I needed clothes and you did not clothe me, I was sick and in prison and you did not look after me.'" -Jesus (Matthew 25:42-43)
“Truly I tell you, whatever you did not do for one of the least of these, you did not do for me.” -Jesus (Matthew 25:45)