Proverbs 23:11
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- 23.11 Or redeemer
Proverbs 22:23
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23 for the Lord pleads their cause
and despoils of life those who despoil them.(A)
Job 19:25
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- 19.25 Or redeemer
Jeremiah 51:36
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36 Therefore thus says the Lord:
I am going to defend your cause
and take vengeance for you.
I will dry up her sea
and make her fountain dry,(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)
Deuteronomy 27:19
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19 “ ‘Cursed be anyone who deprives an alien, an orphan, or a widow of justice.’ All the people shall say, ‘Amen!’(A)
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Exodus 22:22-24
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22 You shall not abuse any widow or orphan.(A) 23 If you do abuse them, when they cry out to me, I will surely heed their cry;(B) 24 my wrath will burn, and I will kill you with the sword, and your wives shall become widows and your children orphans.(C)
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Jeremiah 50:33-34
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33 Thus says the Lord of hosts: The people of Israel are oppressed, and so also are the people of Judah; all their captors have held them fast and refuse to let them go.(A) 34 Their Redeemer is strong; the Lord of hosts is his name. He will surely plead their cause, that he may give rest to the earth but unrest to the inhabitants of Babylon.(B)
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