Psalm 140:12


I know [with confidence] that the Lord will maintain the cause of the afflicted,
And [will secure] justice for the poor.

Psalm 9:4


For You have maintained my right and my cause;
You have sat on the throne judging righteously.

1 Kings 8:45

then hear in heaven their prayer and their pleading, and maintain their right and defend their cause.

1 Kings 8:49

then hear their prayer and their supplication in heaven Your dwelling place, and maintain their right and defend their cause,

Psalm 10:17-18


O Lord, You have heard the desire of the humble and oppressed;
You will strengthen their heart, You will incline Your ear to hear,

Psalm 22:24


For He has not despised nor detested the suffering of the afflicted;
Nor has He hidden His face from him;
But when he cried to Him for help, He listened.

Psalm 35:10


All my bones will say, “Lord, who is like You,
Who rescues the afflicted from him who is too strong for him [to resist alone],
And the afflicted and the needy from him who robs him?”

Psalm 72:4


May he bring justice to the poor among the people,
Save the children of the needy
And crush the oppressor,

Psalm 72:12-14


For he will rescue the needy when he cries for help,
The afflicted and abused also, and him who has no helper.

Psalm 102:17


He has regarded the prayer of the destitute,
And has not despised their prayer.

Proverbs 22:22


Do not rob the poor because he is poor [and defenseless],
Nor crush the afflicted [by legal proceedings] at the gate [where the city court is held],

Proverbs 23:10-11


Do not move the ancient landmark [at the boundary of the property]
And do not go into the fields of the fatherless [to take what is theirs],

Isaiah 11:4


But with righteousness and justice He will judge the poor,
And decide with fairness for the downtrodden 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.

Jeremiah 22:16


“He defended the cause of the afflicted and needy;
Then all was well.
Is that not what it means to know Me?”
Says the Lord.

Matthew 11:5

the blind receive [their] sight and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed [by healing] and the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the poor have the gospel preached to them.

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