Job 36:6
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6 He does not keep the wicked alive,
but gives (A)the afflicted their right.
Psalm 72:12-14
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12 For he delivers (A)the needy when he calls,
the poor and him who has no helper.
13 He has pity on the weak and the needy,
and saves the lives of the needy.
14 From oppression and violence he redeems their life,
and (B)precious is their blood in his sight.
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 21:7-9
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7 (A)Why do the wicked live,
reach old age, and grow mighty in power?
8 Their (B)offspring are established in their presence,
and their descendants before their eyes.
9 Their houses are (C)safe from fear,
and (D)no rod of God is upon them.
Job 5:15
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15 But he (A)saves the needy from the sword of their mouth
and from the hand of the mighty.
Exodus 22:22-24
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22 (A)You shall not mistreat any widow or fatherless child. 23 If you do mistreat them, and they (B)cry out to me, I will surely (C)hear their cry, 24 and my wrath will burn, and I will kill you with the sword, and (D)your wives shall become widows and your children fatherless.
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2 Peter 2:9
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9 then (A)the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trials,[a] and to keep the unrighteous under punishment until the day of judgment,
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Jeremiah 12:1-2
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Jeremiah's Complaint
12 (A)Righteous are you, O Lord,
when I complain to you;
yet I would plead my case before you.
(B)Why does the way of the wicked prosper?
Why do all (C)who are treacherous thrive?
2 You plant them, and they take root;
they grow and produce fruit;
(D)you are near in their mouth
and far from their heart.
Isaiah 11:4
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4 but (A)with righteousness he shall judge the poor,
and decide with equity for the meek of the earth;
and he shall (B)strike the earth with the rod of his mouth,
and (C)with the breath of his lips (D)he shall kill the wicked.
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 82:1-4
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Rescue the Weak and Needy
A Psalm of (A)Asaph.
82 (B)God (C)has taken his place in the divine council;
in the midst of (D)the gods he (E)holds judgment:
2 “How long will you judge unjustly
and (F)show partiality to (G)the wicked? Selah
3 (H)Give justice to (I)the weak and the fatherless;
(J)maintain the right of the afflicted and the destitute.
4 (K)Rescue the weak and the needy;
(L)deliver them from the hand of the wicked.”
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 9:12
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Job 29:12-17
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12 because I (A)delivered the poor who cried for help,
and the fatherless who had none to help him.
13 (B)The blessing of him who was (C)about to perish came upon me,
and I caused (D)the widow's heart to sing for joy.
14 I (E)put on righteousness, and it clothed me;
my justice was like a robe and (F)a turban.
15 I was (G)eyes to the blind
and feet to the lame.
16 I was a father to the needy,
and I searched out (H)the cause of him whom I did not know.
17 I (I)broke (J)the fangs of the unrighteous
and made him drop his prey from his teeth.
Psalm 10:14-15
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14 But you do see, for you (A)note mischief and vexation,
that you may take it into your hands;
to you the helpless (B)commits himself;
you have been (C)the helper of the fatherless.
15 (D)Break the arm of the wicked and evildoer;
(E)call his wickedness to account till you find none.
Job 21:30
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30 that (A)the evil man is spared in the day of calamity,
that he is rescued in the day of wrath?
Job 8:22
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22 Those who hate you will be (A)clothed with shame,
and the tent of the wicked will be no more.”
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