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
but He will judge the poor righteously
and execute justice for the oppressed of the land.
He will strike the land
with discipline from His mouth,
and He will kill the wicked
with a command from His lips.
Isaiah 14:32
What answer will be given to the messengers from that nation?
The Lord has founded Zion,
and His afflicted people find refuge in her.
Isaiah 29:19
The humble will have joy
after joy in the Lord,
and the poor people will rejoice
in the Holy One of Israel.
Isaiah 33:2
Lord, be gracious to us! We wait for You.
Be our strength every morning
and our salvation in time of trouble.
Isaiah 66:2
My hand made all these things,
and so they all came into being.
This is the Lord’s declaration.
I will look favorably on this kind of person:
one who is humble, submissive in spirit,
and trembles at My word.
Job 5:15
He saves the needy from their sharp words
and from the clutches of the powerful.
Psalm 12:5
“Because of the oppression of the afflicted
and the groaning of the poor,
I will now rise up,” says the Lord.
“I will put the one who longs for it in a safe place.”
Psalm 35:10
My very bones will say,
Lord, who is like You,
rescuing the poor from one too strong for him,
the poor or the needy from one who robs him?”
Psalm 72:4
May he vindicate the afflicted among the people,
help the poor,
and crush the oppressor.
Psalm 107:41
But He lifts the needy out of their suffering
and makes their families multiply like flocks.
Psalm 119:31
I cling to Your decrees;
Lord, do not put me to shame.
Zephaniah 3:12
I will leave
a meek and humble people among you,
and they will take refuge in the name of Yahweh.
James 2:5
Listen, my dear brothers: Didn’t God choose the poor in this world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom that He has promised to those who love Him?

A refuge

Isaiah 4:5
Then the Lord will create a cloud of smoke by day and a glowing flame of fire by night over the entire site of Mount Zion and over its assemblies. For there will be a canopy over all the glory,
Isaiah 32:2
Each will be like a shelter from the wind,
a refuge from the rain,
like streams of water in a dry land
and the shade of a massive rock in an arid land.

When

Isaiah 32:18
Then my people will dwell in a peaceful place,
in safe and secure dwellings.
Isaiah 37:3
They said to him, “This is what Hezekiah says: ‘Today is a day of distress, rebuke, and disgrace, for children have come to the point of birth, and there is no strength to deliver them.
Ezekiel 13:11
therefore, tell those who plaster it that it will fall. Torrential rain will come, and I will send hailstones plunging down, and a windstorm will be released.
Matthew 7:25
The rain fell, the rivers rose, and the winds blew and pounded that house. Yet it didn’t collapse, because its foundation was on the rock.

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