Jeremiah 20:13
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13 (A)Sing to the Lord;
praise the Lord!
For he has delivered the life of the needy
from the hand of evildoers.
Isaiah 25:4
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4 (A)For you have been a stronghold to the poor,
a stronghold to the needy in his distress,
(B)a shelter from the storm and a shade from the heat;
(C)for the breath of the ruthless is like a storm against a wall,
Psalm 69:33
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33 For the Lord hears the needy
and (A)does not despise his own people who are prisoners.
Psalm 35:9-11
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9 Then my soul will rejoice in the Lord,
(A)exulting in his salvation.
10 All my (B)bones shall say,
“O Lord, (C)who is like you,
delivering the poor
from him who is too strong for him,
the poor and needy from him who robs him?”
Footnotes
- Psalm 35:11 Or Violent
Psalm 72:4
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4 May he defend the cause of the poor of the people,
give deliverance to the children of the needy,
and crush the oppressor!
Psalm 34:6
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James 2:5-6
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5 Listen, my beloved brothers, (A)has not God chosen those who are poor in the world to be (B)rich in faith and heirs of (C)the kingdom, (D)which he has promised to those who love him? 6 But you (E)have dishonored the poor man. Are not the rich the ones who oppress you, and the ones who (F)drag you (G)into court?
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Psalm 109:30-31
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30 With my mouth I will give great thanks to the Lord;
I will (A)praise him in the midst of the throng.
31 For he stands (B)at the right hand of the needy one,
to save him from those who condemn his soul to death.
The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. ESV® Text Edition: 2016. Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers.
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