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.
Psalm 9:4
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4 For you have (A)maintained my just cause;
you have (B)sat on the throne, giving righteous judgment.
1 Kings 8:49
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49 then hear in heaven your dwelling place their prayer and their plea, and maintain their cause
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Proverbs 23:10-11
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10 (A)Do not move an ancient landmark
or enter the fields of the fatherless,
11 for their (B)Redeemer is strong;
he will (C)plead their cause against you.
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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Matthew 11:5
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5 (A)the blind receive their sight and the lame walk, lepers[a] are cleansed and the deaf hear, and the dead are raised up, and (B)the poor have good news preached to them.
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- Matthew 11:5 Leprosy was a term for several skin diseases; see Leviticus 13
Jeremiah 22:16
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16 (A)He judged the cause of the poor and needy;
(B)then it was well.
Is not this (C)to know me?
declares the Lord.
Psalm 102:17
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17 he (A)regards the prayer of the destitute
and does not despise their prayer.
Psalm 35:10
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10 All my (A)bones shall say,
“O Lord, (B)who is like you,
delivering the poor
from him who is too strong for him,
the poor and needy from him who robs him?”
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
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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 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 22:24
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24 For he has not despised or abhorred
the affliction of (A)the afflicted,
and he has not (B)hidden his face from him,
but has heard, when he (C)cried to him.
Psalm 10:17-18
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17 O Lord, you hear the desire of the afflicted;
you will (A)strengthen their heart; you will incline your ear
18 to (B)do justice to the fatherless and (C)the oppressed,
so that (D)man who is of the earth may strike terror no more.
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