Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

He will regard the prayer of the destitute, and not despise their prayer.

Not despise

General references

Bible References

He will

Psalm 9:18
For the oppressed will not always be forgotten;
the hope of the afflicted will not perish forever.
Psalm 72:12
For he will rescue the poor who cry out
and the afflicted who have no helper.
Deuteronomy 4:29
But from there, you will search for the Lord your God, and you will find Him when you seek Him with all your heart and all your soul.
Deuteronomy 32:36
The Lord will indeed vindicate His people
and have compassion on His servants
when He sees that their strength is gone
and no one is left—slave or free.
Nehemiah 1:6
let Your eyes be open and Your ears be attentive to hear Your servant’s prayer that I now pray to You day and night for Your servants, the Israelites. I confess the sins we have committed against You. Both I and my father’s house have sinned.
Nehemiah 2:1
During the month of Nisan in the twentieth year of King Artaxerxes, when wine was set before him, I took the wine and gave it to the king. I had never been sad in his presence,
Jeremiah 29:11
For I know the plans I have for you”—this is the Lord’s declaration—“plans for your welfare, not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope.
Daniel 9:3
So I turned my attention to the Lord God to seek Him by prayer and petitions, with fasting, sackcloth, and ashes.

Not despise

Psalm 22:24
For He has not despised or detested
the torment of the afflicted.
He did not hide His face from him
but listened when he cried to Him for help.
Psalm 69:23
Let their eyes grow too dim to see,
and let their loins continually shake.

General references

Jeremiah 29:12
You will call to Me and come and pray to Me, and I will listen to you.

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