Thematic Bible: To the poor
Thematic Bible
Consolation under Affliction » To the poor
You have taken notice, for you always see one who inflicts pain and suffering. The unfortunate victim entrusts his cause to you; you deliver the fatherless.
This oppressed man cried out and the Lord heard; he saved him from all his troubles.
Remain loyal to the Lord, you chosen people of his, for his loyal followers lack nothing! Even young lions sometimes lack food and are hungry, but those who seek the Lord lack no good thing.
God » To believers » To the poor
So he saves from the sword that comes from their mouth, even the poor from the hand of the powerful.
God's Promises » To the poor » Divine protection
I know that the Lord defends the cause of the oppressed and vindicates the poor.
He will treat the poor fairly, and make right decisions for the downtrodden of the earth. He will strike the earth with the rod of his mouth, and order the wicked to be executed.
You want to humiliate the oppressed, even though the Lord is their shelter.
"Because of the violence done to the oppressed, because of the painful cries of the needy, I will spring into action," says the Lord. "I will provide the safety they so desperately desire."
for you live among them. You sustain the oppressed with your good blessings, O God.
For the Lord listens to the needy; he does not despise his captive people.
because he stands at the right hand of the needy, to deliver him from those who threaten his life.
God's Promises » To the poor » Answer to prayer
The oppressed and the poor look for water, but there is none; their tongues are parched from thirst. I, the Lord, will respond to their prayers; I, the God of Israel, will not abandon them.
God's Promises » To the poor » An overshadowing providence
For you are a protector for the poor, a protector for the needy in their distress, a shelter from the rainstorm, a shade from the heat. Though the breath of tyrants is like a winter rainstorm,
God's Promises » To the poor » Heavenly inheritance
Listen, my dear brothers and sisters! Did not God choose the poor in the world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom that he promised to those who love him?
God's Promises » To the poor » To the poor
So he saves from the sword that comes from their mouth, even the poor from the hand of the powerful.
Justice » To be done » To the poor
If a king judges the poor in truth, his throne will be established forever.
Mercy » Should be shown » To the poor
Therefore, O king, may my advice be pleasing to you. Break away from your sins by doing what is right, and from your iniquities by showing mercy to the poor. Perhaps your prosperity will be prolonged."
The one who oppresses the poor insults his Creator, but whoever shows favor to the needy honors him.
The poor » Promises to » To the poor
So he saves from the sword that comes from their mouth, even the poor from the hand of the powerful.