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
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