Isaiah 58:6

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

Is not this rather the fast that I have chosen? Loose the bands of wickedness, undo the bundles that oppress. Let them that are broken go free: and break asunder every burden.

Cross References

Isaiah 58:9

Then shalt thou call, and the Lord shall hear; thou shalt cry, and he shall say: Here I am. If thou wilt take away the chain out of the midst of thee and cease to stretch out the finger and to speak that which profiteth not.

1 Timothy 6:1

Whosoever are servants under the yoke, let them count their masters worthy of all honour; lest the name of the Lord and his doctrine be blasphemed.

Acts 8:23

For I see thou art in the gall of bitterness, and in the bonds of iniquity.

Proverbs 24:11

Deliver them that are led to death: and those that are drawn to death forbear not to deliver.

Isaiah 1:17

Learn to do well: seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge for the fatherless, defend the widow.

Isaiah 33:15

He that walketh in justices and speaketh truth, that casteth away avarice by oppression and shaketh his hands from all bribes, that stoppeth his ears lest he hear blood and shutteth his eyes that he may see no evil.

Isaiah 55:7

Let the wicked forsake his way and the unjust man his thoughts, and let him return to the Lord; and he will have mercy on him: and to our God, for he is bountiful to forgive.

Jeremiah 22:3

Thus saith the Lord: Execute judgement and justice: and deliver him that is oppressed out of the hand of the oppressor: and afflict not the stranger, the fatherless and the widow, nor oppress them unjustly: and shed not innocent blood in this place.

Jeremiah 50:33

Thus saith the Lord of hosts: The children of Israel and the children of Juda are oppressed together: all that have taken them captives hold them fast. They will not let them go.

Leviticus 6:5

All that he would have gotten by fraud, in the principal, and the fifth part besides to the owner, whom he wronged.

2 Chronicles 10:11

My father laid upon you a heavy yoke: and I will add more weight to it. My father beat you with scourges: but I will beat you with scorpions.

2 Chronicles 28:11

But hear ye my counsel, and release the captives that you have brought of your brethren; because a great indignation of the Lord hangeth over you.

Jonah 3:8

And let men and beasts be covered with sackcloth, and cry to the Lord with all their strength, and let them turn every one from his evil way, and from the iniquity that is in their hands.

Zechariah 7:9

Thus saith the Lord of hosts, saying: Judge ye true judgment, and shew ye mercy and compassion every man to his brother.