Exodus 22:23
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23 If you do mistreat them, and they (A)cry out to me, I will surely (B)hear their cry,
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Psalm 18:6
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6 (A)In my distress I called upon the Lord;
to my God I cried for help.
From his (B)temple he heard my voice,
and my cry to him reached his ears.
Job 34:28
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28 so that they (A)caused the cry of the poor to come to him,
and he (B)heard the cry of the afflicted—
Psalm 10:17-18
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17 O Lord, you hear the desire of the afflicted;
you will (A)strengthen their heart; you will incline your ear
18 to (B)do justice to the fatherless and (C)the oppressed,
so that (D)man who is of the earth may strike terror no more.
James 5:4
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4 Behold, (A)the wages of the laborers who mowed your fields, which you kept back by fraud, are crying out against you, and (B)the cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of (C)the Lord of hosts.
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Deuteronomy 15:9
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9 Take care lest there be an unworthy thought in your heart and you say, ‘The seventh year, the year of release is near,’ and your (A)eye look grudgingly[a] on your poor brother, and you give him nothing, and he (B)cry to the Lord against you, and (C)you be guilty of sin.
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- Deuteronomy 15:9 Or be evil; also verse 10
Psalm 146:7-9
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(C)The Lord sets the prisoners free;
8 (D)the Lord opens the eyes of the blind.
(E)The Lord lifts up those who are bowed down;
(F)the Lord loves the righteous.
9 (G)The Lord watches over the sojourners;
(H)he upholds the widow and the fatherless,
but (I)the way of the wicked he brings to ruin.
Psalm 145:19
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Proverbs 23:10-11
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10 (A)Do not move an ancient landmark
or enter the fields of the fatherless,
11 for their (B)Redeemer is strong;
he will (C)plead their cause against you.
Proverbs 22:22-23
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22 (A)Do not rob the poor, because he is poor,
or (B)crush the afflicted at (C)the gate,
23 for (D)the Lord will plead their cause
and rob of life those who rob them.
Psalm 140:12
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12 I know that the Lord will (A)maintain the cause of the afflicted,
and (B)will execute justice for the needy.
Job 31:38-39
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38 “If my land has cried out against me
and its furrows have wept together,
39 (A)if I have eaten its yield without payment
and made its owners (B)breathe their last,
Deuteronomy 24:15
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15 (A)You shall give him his wages on the same day, before the sun sets (for he is poor and counts on it), (B)lest he cry against you to the Lord, and you be guilty of sin.
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