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)
Psalm 34:6
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6 This poor soul cried and was heard by the Lord
and was saved from every trouble.
Proverbs 14:31
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31 Those who oppress the poor insult their Maker,
but those who are kind to the needy honor him.(A)
James 5:4
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4 Listen! The wages of the laborers who mowed your fields, which you kept back by fraud, cry out, and the cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord of hosts.(A)
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Psalm 146:7-8
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7 who executes justice for the oppressed;
who gives food to the hungry.
The Lord sets the prisoners free;(A)
8 the Lord opens the eyes of the blind.
The Lord lifts up those who are bowed down;
the Lord loves the righteous.(B)
Micah 7:8-9
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Penitence and Trust in God
8 Do not rejoice over me, my enemies;[a]
when I fall, I shall rise;
when I sit in darkness,
the Lord will be a light to me.(A)
9 I must bear the indignation of the Lord
because I have sinned against him,
until he takes my side
and executes judgment for me.
He will bring me out to the light;
I shall see his vindication.(B)
Footnotes
- 7.8 Heb enemy
Isaiah 33:10
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10 “Now I will arise,” says the Lord,
“now I will lift myself up;
now I will be exalted.
Psalm 10:12
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12 Rise up, O Lord; O God, lift up your hand;
do not forget the oppressed.(A)
Job 5:15
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15 But he saves the needy from the sword of their mouth,
from the hand of the mighty.(A)
Job 5:21
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21 You shall be hidden from the scourge of the tongue
and shall not fear destruction when it comes.(A)
Exodus 2:23-24
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23 After a long time the king of Egypt died. The Israelites groaned under their slavery and cried out. Their cry for help rose up to God from their slavery.(A) 24 God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.(B)
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Ezekiel 18:12-13
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12 oppresses the poor and needy, commits robbery, does not restore the pledge, lifts up his eyes to the idols, commits abomination,(A) 13 takes advance or accrued interest, shall he then live? He shall not. He has done all these abominable things; he shall surely be put to death; his blood shall be upon himself.(B)
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Isaiah 19:20
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20 It will be a sign and a witness to the Lord of hosts in the land of Egypt; when they cry to the Lord because of oppressors, he will send them a savior and will defend and deliver them.(A)
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Psalm 74:21-22
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21 Do not let the downtrodden be put to shame;
let the poor and needy praise your name.(A)
22 Rise up, O God, plead your cause;
remember how the impious scoff at you all day long.(B)
Exodus 3:7-9
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7 Then the Lord said, “I have observed the misery of my people who are in Egypt; I have heard their cry on account of their taskmasters. Indeed, I know their sufferings,(A) 8 and I have come down to deliver them from the Egyptians and to bring them up out of that land to a good and spacious land, to a land flowing with milk and honey, to the country of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites.(B) 9 The cry of the Israelites has now come to me; I have also seen how the Egyptians oppress them.(C)
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Proverbs 22:22-23
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22 Do not rob the poor because they are poor
or crush the afflicted at the gate,(A)
23 for the Lord pleads their cause
and despoils of life those who despoil them.(B)
Psalm 79:10-11
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10 Why should the nations say,
“Where is their God?”
Let the avenging of the outpoured blood of your servants
be known among the nations before our eyes.(A)
11 Let the groans of the prisoners come before you;
according to your great power, preserve those doomed to die.(B)
Ezekiel 18:18
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18 As for his father, because he practiced extortion, robbed his brother, and did what is not good among his people, he died for his iniquity.
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Ecclesiastes 5:8
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8 If you see in a province the oppression of the poor and the violation of justice and right, do not be amazed at the matter, for the high official is watched by a higher, and there are yet higher ones over them.(A)
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Ecclesiastes 4:1
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4 Again I saw all the oppressions that are practiced under the sun. Look, the tears of the oppressed—with no one to comfort them! On the side of their oppressors there was power—with no one to comfort them.(A)
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Psalm 10:18
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18 to do justice for the orphan and the oppressed,
so that those from earth may strike terror no more.[a](A)
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- 10.18 Meaning of Heb uncertain
Psalm 10:5
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5 Their ways prosper at all times;
your judgments are on high, out of their sight;
as for their foes, they scoff at them.
Judges 10:16
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16 So they put away the foreign gods from among them and served the Lord, and he could no longer bear to see Israel suffer.(A)
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