Isaiah 25:4
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4 For you have been a refuge to the poor,
a refuge to the needy in their distress,
a shelter from the rainstorm and a shade from the heat.
When the blast of the ruthless was like a winter rainstorm,(A)
Zephaniah 3:12
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12 For I will leave in the midst of you
a people humble and lowly.
They shall seek refuge in the name of the Lord—(A)
Matthew 7:25-27
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25 The rain fell, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house, but it did not fall because it had been founded on rock. 26 And everyone who hears these words of mine and does not act on them will be like a foolish man who built his house on sand. 27 The rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell—and great was its fall!”
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Isaiah 32:2
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2 Each will be like a hiding place from the wind,
a covert from the tempest,
like streams of water in a dry place,
like the shade of a great rock in a weary land.(A)
James 2:5
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5 Listen, my beloved brothers and sisters. Has not God chosen the poor in the world to be rich in faith and to be heirs of the kingdom that he has promised to those who love him?(A)
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Isaiah 33:16
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16 they will live on the heights;
their refuge will be the fortresses of rocks;
their food will be supplied, their water assured.
Psalm 107:41
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41 but he raises up the needy out of distress
and makes their families like flocks.(A)
Psalm 12:5
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5 “Because the poor are despoiled, because the needy groan,
I will now rise up,” says the Lord;
“I will place them in the safety for which they long.”(A)
Job 5:15-16
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15 But he saves the needy from the sword of their mouth,
from the hand of the mighty.(A)
16 So the poor have hope,
and injustice shuts its mouth.(B)
Isaiah 66:2
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2 All these things my hand has made,
so all these things are mine,[a]
says the Lord.
But this is the one to whom I will look,
to the humble and contrite in spirit
who trembles at my word.(A)
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- 66.2 Gk Syr: Heb these things came to be
Isaiah 49:25
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25 But thus says the Lord:
Even the captives of the mighty will be taken,
and the prey of the tyrant will be rescued,
for I will contend with those who contend with you,
and I will save your children.(A)
Isaiah 4:5-6
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5 Then the Lord will create over the whole site of Mount Zion and over its places of assembly a cloud by day and smoke and the shining of a flaming fire by night. Indeed, over all the glory there will be a canopy.(A) 6 It will serve as a pavilion, a shade by day from the heat and a refuge and a shelter from the storm and rain.(B)
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Isaiah 37:36
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Sennacherib’s Defeat and Death
36 Then the angel of the Lord set out and struck down one hundred eighty-five thousand in the camp of the Assyrians; when morning dawned, they were all dead bodies.(A)
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Isaiah 33:2
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2 O Lord, be gracious to us; we wait for you.
Be our arm every morning,
our salvation in the time of trouble.(A)
Isaiah 32:18-19
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18 My people will abide in a peaceful habitation,
in secure dwellings, and in quiet resting places.
19 The forest will disappear completely,[a]
and the city will be utterly laid low.(A)
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- 32.19 Meaning of Heb uncertain
Isaiah 29:19
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19 The meek shall obtain fresh joy in the Lord,
and the neediest people shall exult in the Holy One of Israel.(A)
Isaiah 29:5
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5 But the multitude of your arrogant ones[a] shall be like fine dust
and the multitude of tyrants like flying chaff.
And in an instant, suddenly,(A)
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- 29.5 Q ms Compare Gk: MT strangers
Isaiah 27:5
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5 Or else let it cling to me for protection;
let it make peace with me;
let it make peace with me.(A)
Isaiah 17:10
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10 For you have forgotten God your Savior
and have not remembered the Rock of your refuge;
therefore, though you plant pleasant gardens
and set out branches of a foreign god,(A)
Isaiah 14:32
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32 What will one answer the messengers of the nation?
“The Lord has founded Zion,
and the needy among his people
will find refuge in her.”(A)
Isaiah 11:4
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4 but with righteousness he shall judge for the poor
and decide with equity for the oppressed of the earth;
he shall strike the earth with the rod of his mouth,
and with the breath of his lips he shall kill the wicked.(A)
Psalm 119:31
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31 I cling to your decrees, O Lord;
let me not be put to shame.(A)
Psalm 72:13
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13 He has pity on the weak and the needy
and saves the lives of the needy.
Psalm 72:4
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4 May he defend the cause of the poor of the people,
give deliverance to the needy,
and crush the oppressor.(A)
Ezekiel 13:11-13
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11 Say to those who smear whitewash on it that it shall fall. There will be a deluge of rain,[a] great hailstones will fall, and a stormy wind will break out.(A) 12 When the wall falls, will it not be said to you, “Where is the whitewash you smeared on it?” 13 Therefore thus says the Lord God: In my wrath I will make a stormy wind break out, and in my anger there shall be a deluge of rain and hailstones in wrath to destroy it.
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- 13.11 Heb rain and you
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