Isaiah 61:1
The spirit of the sovereign Lord is upon me, because the Lord has chosen me. He has commissioned me to encourage the poor, to help the brokenhearted, to decree the release of captives, and the freeing of prisoners,
Luke 7:22
So he answered them, "Go tell John what you have seen and heard: The blind see, the lame walk, lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, the poor have good news proclaimed to them.
Isaiah 42:1
"Here is my servant whom I support, my chosen one in whom I take pleasure. I have placed my spirit on him; he will make just decrees for the nations.
Isaiah 42:7
to open blind eyes, to release prisoners from dungeons, those who live in darkness from prisons.
Matthew 11:5
The blind see, the lame walk, lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the poor have good news proclaimed to them.
Luke 4:18-19
"The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim release to the captives and the regaining of sight to the blind, to set free those who are oppressed,
Psalm 45:7
You love justice and hate evil. For this reason God, your God has anointed you with the oil of joy, elevating you above your companions.
Isaiah 49:9
You will say to the prisoners, 'Come out,' and to those who are in dark dungeons, 'Emerge.' They will graze beside the roads; on all the slopes they will find pasture.
Psalm 147:3
He heals the brokenhearted, and bandages their wounds.
Psalm 2:6
"I myself have installed my king on Zion, my holy hill."
Psalm 22:26
Let the oppressed eat and be filled! Let those who seek his help praise the Lord! May you live forever!
Isaiah 48:16
Approach me! Listen to this! From the very first I have not spoken in secret; when it happens, I am there." So now, the sovereign Lord has sent me, accompanied by his spirit.
Isaiah 57:15
For this is what the high and exalted one says, the one who rules forever, whose name is holy: "I dwell in an exalted and holy place, but also with the discouraged and humiliated, in order to cheer up the humiliated and to encourage the discouraged.
Daniel 9:24
"Seventy weeks have been determined concerning your people and your holy city to put an end to rebellion, to bring sin to completion, to atone for iniquity, to bring in perpetual righteousness, to seal up the prophetic vision, and to anoint a most holy place.
Matthew 3:16
After Jesus was baptized, just as he was coming up out of the water, the heavens opened and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and coming on him.
John 3:34
For the one whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for he does not give the Spirit sparingly.
Acts 10:38
with respect to Jesus from Nazareth, that God anointed him with the Holy Spirit and with power. He went around doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, because God was with him.
Psalm 102:20
in order to hear the painful cries of the prisoners, and to set free those condemned to die,
Psalm 149:4
For the Lord takes delight in his people; he exalts the oppressed by delivering them.
Isaiah 11:2-5
The Lord's spirit will rest on him -- a spirit that gives extraordinary wisdom, a spirit that provides the ability to execute plans, a spirit that produces absolute loyalty to the Lord.
Isaiah 49:24-25
Can spoils be taken from a warrior, or captives be rescued from a conqueror?
Isaiah 52:9
In unison give a joyful shout, O ruins of Jerusalem! For the Lord consoles his people; he protects Jerusalem.
Isaiah 59:21
"As for me, this is my promise to them," says the Lord. "My spirit, who is upon you, and my words, which I have placed in your mouth, will not depart from your mouth or from the mouths of your children and descendants from this time forward," says the Lord.
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.
Jeremiah 34:8
The Lord spoke to Jeremiah after King Zedekiah had made a covenant with all the people in Jerusalem to grant their slaves their freedom.
Hosea 6:1
"Come on! Let's return to the Lord! He himself has torn us to pieces, but he will heal us! He has injured us, but he will bandage our wounds!
Zechariah 9:11-12
Moreover, as for you, because of our covenant relationship secured with blood, I will release your prisoners from the waterless pit.
Matthew 5:3-5
"Blessed are the poor in spirit, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to them.
John 1:32-33
Then John testified, "I saw the Spirit descending like a dove from heaven, and it remained on him.
John 1:41
He first found his own brother Simon and told him, "We have found the Messiah!" (which is translated Christ).
John 8:32-36
and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free."
Acts 4:27
"For indeed both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the people of Israel, assembled together in this city against your holy servant Jesus, whom you anointed,
Acts 26:18
to open their eyes so that they turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, so that they may receive forgiveness of sins and a share among those who are sanctified by faith in me.'
Romans 6:16-22
Do you not know that if you present yourselves as obedient slaves, you are slaves of the one you obey, either of sin resulting in death, or obedience resulting in righteousness?
Romans 7:23-25
But I see a different law in my members waging war against the law of my mind and making me captive to the law of sin that is in my members.
2 Timothy 2:25-26
correcting opponents with gentleness. Perhaps God will grant them repentance and then knowledge of the truth
Hebrews 1:9
You have loved righteousness and hated lawlessness. So God, your God, has anointed you over your companions with the oil of rejoicing."
Psalm 25:9
May he show the humble what is right! May he teach the humble his way!
Psalm 34:18
The Lord is near the brokenhearted; he delivers those who are discouraged.
Psalm 51:17
The sacrifices God desires are a humble spirit -- O God, a humble and repentant heart you will not reject.
Psalm 69:32
The oppressed look on -- let them rejoice! You who seek God, may you be encouraged!
2 Corinthians 7:6
But God, who encourages the downhearted, encouraged us by the arrival of Titus.