Psalm 72:4

A Prayer For The King

³ The mountains shall bring peace to the people, and the little hills, by righteousness. ⁴ He shall judge the poor of the people, he shall save the children of the needy, and shall break in pieces the oppressor. ⁵ They shall fear thee as long as the sun and moon endure, throughout all generations.

Cause of the Poor

Justice to the Afflicted

Isaiah 11:4

But with righteousness will he judge the poor, and reprove with equity for the meek of the earth: and he will smite the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips will he slay the wicked.

Job 19:2

How long will ye vex my soul, and break me in pieces with words?

Job 34:24

He shall break in pieces mighty men without number, and set others in their stead.

Psalm 2:9

Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel.

Psalm 72:12-14

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

Psalm 94:5

They break in pieces thy people, O LORD, and afflict thy heritage.

Psalm 109:31

For he will stand at the right hand of the poor, to save him from those that condemn his soul.

Proverbs 20:26

A wise king scatterreth the wicked, and bringeth the wheel over them.

Isaiah 9:4

For thou hast broken the yoke of his burden, and the staff of his shoulder, the rod of his oppressor, as in the day of Midian.

Isaiah 51:12-13

I, even I, am he that comforteth you: who art thou, that thou shouldest be afraid of a man that shall die, and of the son of man who shall be made as grass;

Jeremiah 51:20-23

Thou art my battle-ax and weapons of war: for with thee will I break in pieces the nations, and with thee will I destroy kingdoms;

Ezekiel 34:15-16

I will feed my flock, and I will cause them to lie down, saith the Lord GOD.

Daniel 2:34-35

Thou sawest till a stone was cut out without hands, which smote the image upon his feet that were of iron and clay, and broke them to pieces.

Zechariah 9:8-10

And I will encamp about my house because of the army, because of him that passeth by, and because of him that returneth: and no oppressor shall pass through them any more: for now have I seen with my eyes.

Zechariah 11:7

And I will feed the flock of slaughter, even you, O poor of the flock. And I took to me two staffs; the one I called Beauty, and the other I called Bands; and I fed the flock.

Zechariah 11:11

And it was broken in that day: and so the poor of the flock that waited upon me knew that it was the word of the LORD.

Matthew 11:5

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

Revelation 18:6-8

Reward her even as she rewarded you, and double to her double according to her works: in the cup which she hath filled, fill to her double.

Revelation 18:20

Rejoice over her thou heaven, and ye holy apostles and prophets; for God hath avenged you on her.

Revelation 18:24

And in her was found the blood of prophets, and of saints, and of all that were slain upon the earth.

Revelation 19:2

For true and righteous are his judgments: for he hath judged the great harlot, who corrupted the earth with her lewdness, and hath avenged the blood of his servants at her hand.