Psalm 72:12

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Summary

Psalm 72:12

For he shall deliver the needy when he crieth; the poor also, and him that hath no helper.

For

Him

Ecclesiastes 4:1

Isaiah 63:4

General references

Exodus 21:26

Bible References

For

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

LORD, thou hast heard the desire of the poor; thou preparest their heart, and thine ear hearkeneth thereto,

Defend the poor and fatherless, see that such as be in need and necessity have right.

when he turneth him unto the prayer of the poor destitute, and despiseth not their desire.

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

When the thirsty and poor seek water, and find none, and when their tongue is dry of thirst: I give it them, sayeth the LORD. I, the God of Israel, forsake them not.

"The spirit of the Lord upon me, because he hath anointed me; To preach the gospel to the poor he hath sent me; And to heal which are broken hearted: To preach deliverance to the captive; And sight to the blind; And freely to set at liberty them that are bruised;

And Jesus answered, and said unto them, "Go your ways and show John, what things ye have heard and seen: how that the blind see, the halt go, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead arise: To the poor is the glad tidings preached,

Ye know the liberality of our Lord Jesus Christ, which though he were rich, yet for your sakes became poor: that ye through his poverty might be made rich.

Wherefore he is able also ever to save them that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth, to make intercession for us.

because thou sayest thou art rich and increased with goods, and hast need of nothing, and knowest not how thou art wretched and miserable, poor, blind, and naked.

Him

So I turned me, and considered all the violent wrong that is done under the Sun, and beheld the tears of such as were oppressed; and there was no man to comfort them or that would deliver and defend them from the violence of their oppressors.

For that day of vengeance that I have taken in hand, and the year of my deliverance, is come.

General references

If a man smite his servant or his maid in the eye and put it out, he shall let them go free for the eye's sake.