Isaiah 25:4

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,

Isaiah 14:32

How will they respond to the messengers of this nation? Indeed, the Lord has made Zion secure; the oppressed among his people will find safety in her.

Isaiah 32:2

Each of them will be like a shelter from the wind and a refuge from a rainstorm; like streams of water in a dry region and like the shade of a large cliff in a parched land.

Job 5:15-16

So he saves from the sword that comes from their mouth, even the poor from the hand of the powerful.

Psalm 12:5

"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."

Psalm 35:10

With all my strength I will say, "O Lord, who can compare to you? You rescue the oppressed from those who try to overpower them; the oppressed and needy from those who try to rob them."

Psalm 72:4

He will defend the oppressed among the people; he will deliver the children of the poor and crush the oppressor.

Psalm 72:13

He will take pity on the poor and needy; the lives of the needy he will save.

Psalm 107:41

Yet he protected the needy from oppression, and cared for his families like a flock of sheep.

Psalm 119:31

I hold fast to your rules. O Lord, do not let me be ashamed!

Isaiah 4:5-6

Then the Lord will create over all of Mount Zion and over its convocations a cloud and smoke by day and a bright flame of fire by night; indeed a canopy will accompany the Lord's glorious presence.

Isaiah 11:4

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.

Isaiah 17:10

For you ignore the God who rescues you; you pay no attention to your strong protector. So this is what happens: You cultivate beautiful plants and plant exotic vines.

Isaiah 27:5

unless they became my subjects and made peace with me; let them make peace with me.

Isaiah 29:5

But the horde of invaders will be like fine dust, the horde of tyrants like chaff that is blown away. It will happen suddenly, in a flash.

Isaiah 29:19

The downtrodden will again rejoice in the Lord; the poor among humankind will take delight in the Holy One of Israel.

Isaiah 32:18-19

My people will live in peaceful settlements, in secure homes, and in safe, quiet places.

Isaiah 33:2

Lord, be merciful to us! We wait for you. Give us strength each morning! Deliver us when distress comes.

Isaiah 33:16

This is the person who will live in a secure place; he will find safety in the rocky, mountain strongholds; he will have food and a constant supply of water.

Isaiah 37:3-4

"This is what Hezekiah says: 'This is a day of distress, insults, and humiliation, as when a baby is ready to leave the birth canal, but the mother lacks the strength to push it through.

Isaiah 37:36

The Lord's messenger went out and killed 185,000 troops in the Assyrian camp. When they got up early the next morning, there were all the corpses!

Isaiah 49:25

Indeed," says the Lord, "captives will be taken from a warrior; spoils will be rescued from a conqueror. I will oppose your adversary and I will rescue your children.

Isaiah 66:2

My hand made them; that is how they came to be," says the Lord. I show special favor to the humble and contrite, who respect what I have to say.

Ezekiel 13:11-13

Tell the ones who coat it with whitewash that it will fall. When there is a deluge of rain, hailstones will fall and a violent wind will break out.

Zephaniah 3:12

I will leave in your midst a humble and meek group of people, and they will find safety in the Lord's presence.

Matthew 7:25-27

The rain fell, the flood came, and the winds beat against that house, but it did not collapse because it had been founded on rock.

James 2:5

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?

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

For thou hast been a strength to the poor, a strength to the needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shadow from the heat, when the blast of the terrible ones is as a storm against the wall.

Bible References

Thou hast

Isaiah 11:4
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.
Isaiah 14:32
How will they respond to the messengers of this nation? Indeed, the Lord has made Zion secure; the oppressed among his people will find safety in her.
Isaiah 29:19
The downtrodden will again rejoice in the Lord; the poor among humankind will take delight in the Holy One of Israel.
Isaiah 33:2
Lord, be merciful to us! We wait for you. Give us strength each morning! Deliver us when distress comes.
Isaiah 66:2
My hand made them; that is how they came to be," says the Lord. I show special favor to the humble and contrite, who respect what I have to say.
Job 5:15
So he saves from the sword that comes from their mouth, even the poor from the hand of the powerful.
Psalm 12:5
"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."
Psalm 35:10
With all my strength I will say, "O Lord, who can compare to you? You rescue the oppressed from those who try to overpower them; the oppressed and needy from those who try to rob them."
Psalm 72:4
He will defend the oppressed among the people; he will deliver the children of the poor and crush the oppressor.
Psalm 107:41
Yet he protected the needy from oppression, and cared for his families like a flock of sheep.
Psalm 119:31
I hold fast to your rules. O Lord, do not let me be ashamed!
Zephaniah 3:12
I will leave in your midst a humble and meek group of people, and they will find safety in the Lord's presence.
James 2:5
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?

A refuge

Isaiah 4:5
Then the Lord will create over all of Mount Zion and over its convocations a cloud and smoke by day and a bright flame of fire by night; indeed a canopy will accompany the Lord's glorious presence.
Isaiah 32:2
Each of them will be like a shelter from the wind and a refuge from a rainstorm; like streams of water in a dry region and like the shade of a large cliff in a parched land.

When

Isaiah 32:18
My people will live in peaceful settlements, in secure homes, and in safe, quiet places.
Isaiah 37:3
"This is what Hezekiah says: 'This is a day of distress, insults, and humiliation, as when a baby is ready to leave the birth canal, but the mother lacks the strength to push it through.
Ezekiel 13:11
Tell the ones who coat it with whitewash that it will fall. When there is a deluge of rain, hailstones will fall and a violent wind will break out.
Matthew 7:25
The rain fell, the flood came, and the winds beat against that house, but it did not collapse because it had been founded on rock.

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