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 with righteousness He shall judge the poor, and shall decide with uprightness for the meek of the earth. And He shall strike the earth with the rod of His mouth, and with the breath of His lips He shall slay the wicked.
Isaiah 14:32
What shall one then answer the messengers of the nation? That Jehovah has founded Zion, and the poor of His people shall trust in it.
Isaiah 29:19
And the meek shall increase joy in Jehovah, and the poor among men shall rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.
Isaiah 33:2
O Jehovah, be gracious to us; we have waited for You; be their arm in the mornings; our salvation also in the time of trouble.
Isaiah 66:2
For all those My hand has made, and all those exist, says Jehovah. But to this one I will look, to the afflicted and contrite spirit, and the one who trembles at My Word.
Job 5:15
But He saves the poor from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty.
Psalm 12:5
For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, I will now arise, says Jehovah. I will set in safety, he pants for it.
Psalm 35:10
All my bones shall say, O Jehovah, who is like You, who delivers the poor from those stronger than he; yea, the poor and the needy from him who plunders him?
Psalm 72:4
He shall judge the poor of the people; He shall save the children of the needy, and shall crush in pieces the cruel one.
Psalm 107:41
But He raises up the poor from affliction and sets families like a flock.
Psalm 119:31
I have stuck to Your testimonies; O Jehovah, do not put me to shame.
Zephaniah 3:12
I will also leave in your midst a poor and weak people, and they shall trust in the name of Jehovah.
James 2:5
Listen, my beloved brothers, has not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom which He has promised to those who love Him?

A refuge

Isaiah 4:5
And Jehovah will create over all the site of Mount Zion, and on her assemblies, a cloud and smoke by day, and the shining of a flaming fire by night; for on all the glory shall be a defense.
Isaiah 32:2
And a man shall be as a hiding place from the wind, and a shelter from the tempest, like streams of water in a dry place, like the shadow of a great rock in a weary land.

When

Isaiah 32:18
And my people shall dwell in a peaceable home, and in secure dwellings and quiet resting places.
Isaiah 37:3
And they said to him, So says Hezekiah, This day is a day of trouble, and of rebuke, and of blasphemy! For the sons have come to the birth, and no strength to bring forth.
Ezekiel 13:11
Say to those who daub with lime, yes, it shall fall; there will be a flooding rain; and you, O hailstones, shall fall, and a stormy wind will break.
Matthew 7:25
And the rain came down, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house. And it did not fall, for it was founded on a rock.