Sexual Assault
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- Psalm 82:3
Defend the cause of the weak and fatherless; uphold the rights of the afflicted and oppressed.
Read it in context - Ecclesiastes 4:1
Again I looked, and I considered all the oppression taking place under the sun. I saw the tears of the oppressed, and they had no comforter; the power lay in the hands of their oppressors, and there was no comforter.
Read it in context - Psalm 9:9
The LORD is a refuge for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble.
Read it in context - Psalm 72:4
May he vindicate the afflicted among the people; may he save the children of the needy and crush the oppressor.
Read it in context - Habakkuk 1:3
Why do You make me see iniquity? Why do You tolerate wrongdoing? Destruction and violence are before me. Strife is ongoing, and conflict abounds.
Read it in context - Genesis 6:11
Now the earth was corrupt in the sight of God, and full of violence.
Read it in context - Luke 4:18–19
18“The Spirit of the Lord is on Me, because He has anointed Me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent Me to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to release the oppressed, 19to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor.”
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