Psalm 140:12
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12 I know that the Lord maintains the cause of the needy
and executes justice for the poor.(A)
Psalm 9:4
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4 For you have maintained my just cause;
you have sat on the throne giving righteous judgment.(A)
1 Kings 8:49
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49 then hear in heaven your dwelling place their prayer and their plea, maintain their cause,
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1 Kings 8:45
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45 then hear in heaven their prayer and their plea and maintain their cause.
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Psalm 35:10
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10 All my bones shall say,
“O Lord, who is like you?
You deliver the weak
from those too strong for them,
the weak and needy from those who despoil them.”(A)
Matthew 11:5
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5 the blind receive their sight, the lame walk, those with a skin disease are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the poor have good news brought to them.(A)
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Jeremiah 22:16
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16 He judged the cause of the poor and needy;
then it was well.
Is not this to know me?
says the Lord.(A)
Isaiah 11:4
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4 but with righteousness he shall judge for the poor
and decide with equity for the oppressed of the earth;
he shall strike the earth with the rod of his mouth,
and with the breath of his lips he shall kill the wicked.(A)
Proverbs 23:10-11
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10 Do not remove an ancient landmark
or encroach on the fields of orphans,(A)
11 for their vindicator[a] is strong;
he will plead their cause against you.(B)
Footnotes
- 23.11 Or redeemer
Proverbs 22:22
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22 Do not rob the poor because they are poor
or crush the afflicted at the gate,(A)
Psalm 102:17
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17 He will regard the prayer of the destitute
and will not despise their prayer.(A)
Psalm 72:12-14
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12 For he delivers the needy when they call,
the poor and those who have no helper.(A)
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 precious is their blood in his sight.(B)
Psalm 72:4
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4 May he defend the cause of the poor of the people,
give deliverance to the needy,
and crush the oppressor.(A)
Psalm 22:24
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24 For he did not despise or abhor
the affliction of the afflicted;
he did not hide his face from me[a]
but heard when I[b] cried to him.(A)
Psalm 10:17-18
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17 O Lord, you will hear the desire of the meek;
you will strengthen their heart; you will incline your ear(A)
18 to do justice for the orphan and the oppressed,
so that those from earth may strike terror no more.[a](B)
Footnotes
- 10.18 Meaning of Heb uncertain
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