Isaiah 25:4
New Living Translation
4 But you are a tower of refuge to the poor, O Lord,
a tower of refuge to the needy in distress.
You are a refuge from the storm
and a shelter from the heat.
For the oppressive acts of ruthless people
are like a storm beating against a wall,
Zephaniah 3:12
New Living Translation
12 Those who are left will be the lowly and humble,
for it is they who trust in the name of the Lord.
Zephaniah 3:12
New International Version
James 2:5
New Living Translation
5 Listen to me, dear brothers and sisters. Hasn’t God chosen the poor in this world to be rich in faith? Aren’t they the ones who will inherit the Kingdom he promised to those who love him?
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Matthew 7:25-27
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25 Though the rain comes in torrents and the floodwaters rise and the winds beat against that house, it won’t collapse because it is built on bedrock. 26 But anyone who hears my teaching and doesn’t obey it is foolish, like a person who builds a house on sand. 27 When the rains and floods come and the winds beat against that house, it will collapse with a mighty crash.”
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Matthew 7:25-27
New International Version
25 The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because it had its foundation on the rock. 26 But everyone who hears these words of mine and does not put them into practice is like a foolish man who built his house on sand. 27 The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell with a great crash.”
Isaiah 32:2
New Living Translation
2 Each one will be like a shelter from the wind
and a refuge from the storm,
like streams of water in the desert
and the shadow of a great rock in a parched land.
Isaiah 32:2
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Isaiah 33:16
New Living Translation
16 these are the ones who will dwell on high.
The rocks of the mountains will be their fortress.
Food will be supplied to them,
and they will have water in abundance.
Isaiah 33:16
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Psalm 107:41
New Living Translation
41 But he rescues the poor from trouble
and increases their families like flocks of sheep.
Psalm 107:41
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Psalm 12:5
New Living Translation
5 The Lord replies, “I have seen violence done to the helpless,
and I have heard the groans of the poor.
Now I will rise up to rescue them,
as they have longed for me to do.”
Psalm 12:5
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Job 5:15-16
New Living Translation
15 He rescues the poor from the cutting words of the strong,
and rescues them from the clutches of the powerful.
16 And so at last the poor have hope,
and the snapping jaws of the wicked are shut.
Job 5:15-16
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Isaiah 66:2
New Living Translation
2 My hands have made both heaven and earth;
they and everything in them are mine.[a]
I, the Lord, have spoken!
“I will bless those who have humble and contrite hearts,
who tremble at my word.
Footnotes
- 66:2 As in Greek, Latin, and Syriac versions; Hebrew reads these things are.
Isaiah 66:2
New International Version
2 Has not my hand made all these things,(A)
and so they came into being?”
declares the Lord.
Isaiah 49:25
New Living Translation
25 But the Lord says,
“The captives of warriors will be released,
and the plunder of tyrants will be retrieved.
For I will fight those who fight you,
and I will save your children.
Isaiah 4:5-6
New Living Translation
5 Then the Lord will provide shade for Mount Zion
and all who assemble there.
He will provide a canopy of cloud during the day
and smoke and flaming fire at night,
covering the glorious land.
6 It will be a shelter from daytime heat
and a hiding place from storms and rain.
Isaiah 4:5-6
New International Version
5 Then the Lord will create(A) over all of Mount Zion(B) and over those who assemble there a cloud of smoke by day and a glow of flaming fire by night;(C) over everything the glory[a](D) will be a canopy.(E) 6 It will be a shelter(F) and shade from the heat of the day, and a refuge(G) and hiding place from the storm(H) and rain.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 4:5 Or over all the glory there
Isaiah 37:36
New Living Translation
36 That night the angel of the Lord went out to the Assyrian camp and killed 185,000 Assyrian soldiers. When the surviving Assyrians[a] woke up the next morning, they found corpses everywhere.
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- 37:36 Hebrew When they.
Isaiah 37:36
New International Version
36 Then the angel(A) of the Lord went out and put to death(B) a hundred and eighty-five thousand in the Assyrian(C) camp. When the people got up the next morning—there were all the dead bodies!
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