Psalm 72:12
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12 He will rescue the poor when they cry to him;
he will help the oppressed, who have no one to defend them.
Job 29:12
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12 For I assisted the poor in their need
and the orphans who required help.
Psalm 102:17
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17 He will listen to the prayers of the destitute.
He will not reject their pleas.
Revelation 3:17-18
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17 You say, ‘I am rich. I have everything I want. I don’t need a thing!’ And you don’t realize that you are wretched and miserable and poor and blind and naked. 18 So I advise you to buy gold from me—gold that has been purified by fire. Then you will be rich. Also buy white garments from me so you will not be shamed by your nakedness, and ointment for your eyes so you will be able to see.
Hebrews 7:25
New Living Translation
25 Therefore he is able, once and forever, to save[a] those who come to God through him. He lives forever to intercede with God on their behalf.
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- 7:25 Or is able to save completely.
Psalm 82:3-4
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3 “Give justice to the poor and the orphan;
uphold the rights of the oppressed and the destitute.
4 Rescue the poor and helpless;
deliver them from the grasp of evil people.
Psalm 72:4
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4 Help him to defend the poor,
to rescue the children of the needy,
and to crush their oppressors.
2 Corinthians 8:9
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9 You know the generous grace of our Lord Jesus Christ. Though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, so that by his poverty he could make you rich.
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Luke 4:18
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18 “The Spirit of the Lord is upon me,
for he has anointed me to bring Good News to the poor.
He has sent me to proclaim that captives will be released,
that the blind will see,
that the oppressed will be set free,
Isaiah 41:17
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17 “When the poor and needy search for water and there is none,
and their tongues are parched from thirst,
then I, the Lord, will answer them.
I, the God of Israel, will never abandon them.
Ecclesiastes 4:1
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4 Again, I observed all the oppression that takes place under the sun. I saw the tears of the oppressed, with no one to comfort them. The oppressors have great power, and their victims are helpless.
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Psalm 10:17
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17 Lord, you know the hopes of the helpless.
Surely you will hear their cries and comfort them.
Luke 7:22
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22 Then he told John’s disciples, “Go back to John and tell him what you have seen and heard—the blind see, the lame walk, those with leprosy are cured, the deaf hear, the dead are raised to life, and the Good News is being preached to the poor.”
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Psalm 102:20
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20 to hear the groans of the prisoners,
to release those condemned to die.
Isaiah 63:4-5
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4 For the time has come for me to avenge my people,
to ransom them from their oppressors.
5 I was amazed to see that no one intervened
to help the oppressed.
So I myself stepped in to save them with my strong arm,
and my wrath sustained me.
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