Proverbs 29:7
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7 The righteous (A)considers the cause of the poor,
But the wicked does not understand such knowledge.
Job 29:16
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16 I was a father to the poor,
And (A)I searched out the case that I did not know.
Psalm 41:1
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The Blessing and Suffering of the Godly
To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David.
41 Blessed is he who considers the [a]poor;
The Lord will deliver him in time of trouble.
Footnotes
- Psalm 41:1 helpless or powerless
Proverbs 21:13
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13 (A)Whoever shuts his ears to the cry of the poor
Will also cry himself and not be heard.
Proverbs 31:8-9
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8 (A)Open your mouth for the speechless,
In the cause of all who are [a]appointed to die.
9 Open your mouth, (B)judge righteously,
And (C)plead the cause of the poor and needy.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 31:8 Lit. sons of passing away
Galatians 6:1
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Bear and Share Burdens
6 Brethren, if a man is [a]overtaken in any trespass, you who are spiritual restore such a one in a spirit of (A)gentleness, considering yourself lest you also be tempted.
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- Galatians 6:1 caught
Ezekiel 22:29-31
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29 The people of the land have used oppressions, committed robbery, and mistreated the poor and needy; and they wrongfully (A)oppress the stranger. 30 (B)So I sought for a man among them who would (C)make a wall, and (D)stand in the gap before Me on behalf of the land, that I should not destroy it; but I found no one. 31 Therefore I have (E)poured out My indignation on them; I have consumed them with the fire of My wrath; and I have recompensed (F)their deeds on their own heads,” says the Lord God.
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Jeremiah 22:15-17
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15 “Shall you reign because you enclose yourself in cedar?
Did not your father eat and drink,
And do justice and righteousness?
Then (A)it was well with him.
16 He [a]judged the cause of the poor and needy;
Then it was well.
Was not this knowing Me?” says the Lord.
17 “Yet(B) your eyes and your heart are for nothing but your covetousness,
For shedding innocent blood,
And practicing oppression and violence.”
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 22:16 Defended
Jeremiah 5:28
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28 They have grown (A)fat, they are sleek;
Yes, they [a]surpass the deeds of the wicked;
They do not plead (B)the cause,
The cause of the fatherless;
(C)Yet they prosper,
And the right of the needy they do not defend.
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 5:28 Or pass over or overlook
Job 31:21
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21 If I have raised my hand (A)against the fatherless,
When I saw I had help in the gate;
Job 31:13
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13 “If I have (A)despised the cause of my male or female servant
When they complained against me,
1 Samuel 25:9-11
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9 So when David’s young men came, they spoke to Nabal according to all these words in the name of David, and waited.
10 Then Nabal answered David’s servants, and said, (A)“Who is David, and who is the son of Jesse? There are many servants nowadays who break away each one from his master. 11 (B)Shall I then take my bread and my water and my [a]meat that I have killed for my shearers, and give it to men when I do not know where they are from?”
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- 1 Samuel 25:11 Lit. slaughter
Ezekiel 22:7
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7 In you they have (A)made light of father and mother; in your midst they have (B)oppressed the stranger; in you they have mistreated the [a]fatherless and the widow.
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- Ezekiel 22:7 Lit. orphan
Micah 3:1-4
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Wicked Rulers and Prophets
3 And I said:
“Hear now, O heads of Jacob,
And you (A)rulers of the house of Israel:
(B)Is it not for you to know justice?
2 You who hate good and love evil;
Who strip the skin from [a]My people,
And the flesh from their bones;
3 Who also (C)eat the flesh of My people,
Flay their skin from them,
Break their bones,
And chop them in pieces
Like meat for the pot,
(D)Like flesh in the caldron.”
4 Then (E)they will cry to the Lord,
But He will not hear them;
He will even hide His face from them at that time,
Because they have been evil in their deeds.
Footnotes
- Micah 3:2 Lit. them
Psalm 31:7
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7 I will be glad and rejoice in Your mercy,
For You have considered my trouble;
You have (A)known my soul in [a]adversities,
Footnotes
- Psalm 31:7 troubles
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