⁵ "Behold, God casteth not away the mighty, for he himself is mighty in power and wisdom. ⁶ As for the ungodly, he preserveth them not, but helpeth the poor to their right. ⁷ He turneth not his eyes away from the righteous; he setteth up kings in their throne, and confirmeth them, so that they alway sit therein.

Phrases

Justice to the Afflicted

Names

Job

Cross References

Psalm 72:12-14

For he shall deliver the poor when he crieth, and the needy that hath no help.

Psalm 140:12

Sure I am, that the LORD will avenge the poor, and maintain the cause of the helpless.

Proverbs 22:22-23

See that thou rob not the poor because he is weak, and oppress not the simple in judgment;

Exodus 22:22-24

Ye shall trouble no widow nor fatherless child:

Job 5:15

And so he delivereth the poor from the sword, from the threatenings of the ungodly, and from the hand of the cruel;

Job 8:22

They that hate thee, shall be confounded, and the dwellings of the ungodly shall come to naught."

Job 21:7-9

"Wherefore do wicked men live in health and prosperity, come to their old age, and increase in riches?

Job 21:30

that the wicked is kept unto the day of destruction, and that the ungodly shall be brought forth in the day of wrath.

Job 29:12-17

"For I delivered the poor when he cried, and the fatherless that wanted help.

Psalm 9:12

And why? For when he maketh inquisition for blood, he remembereth them, and forgetteth not the complaint of the poor.

Psalm 10:14-15

Surely thou hast seen it; for thou beholdest ungodliness and wrong, that thou mayest take the matter into thy hand. The poor committeth himself unto thee, for thou art the helper of the friendless.

Psalm 55:23

But as for them, thou, O God, shalt bring them into the pit of destruction. The bloodthirsty and deceitful men shall not live out half their days. Nevertheless, my trust shall be in thee, O LORD.

Psalm 72:4

He shall keep the simple folk by their right, defend the children of the poor, and punish the wrongdoer.

Psalm 82:1-4

{A Psalm of Asaph} God standeth in the congregation of princes, and is a Judge among the judges.

Isaiah 11:4

But he shall judge the causes of the poor with righteousness, and shall rebuke with equity for the humble of the earth. And he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall slay the wicked.

Jeremiah 12:1-2

O LORD, thou art more righteous than that I should dispute with thee: Nevertheless, let me talk with thee in things reasonable. How happeneth it, that the way of the ungodly is so prosperous? And that it goeth so well with them, which without any shame offend and live in wickedness?

2 Peter 2:9

The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptation, and how to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment for to be punished: