Psalm 82:4

Rescue the poor and the needy, delivering them from the power of the wicked.

Job 29:12

because I delivered the poor who were crying for help, along with orphans who had no one to help them.

Nehemiah 5:1-13

Now the people along with their spouses complained loudly against their fellow Jews,

Job 5:15-16

So he delivers from the sword of their mouth the poor from the power of the mighty.

Job 29:16-17

I was a father to the needy; I diligently inquired into the case of those I didn't know.

Psalm 72:12-14

For he will deliver the needy when they cry out for help, and the poor when there is no deliverer.

Psalm 140:12

I know that the LORD will act on behalf of the tormented, providing justice for the needy.

Proverbs 24:11-12

Rescue those who are being led away to death, and save those who stumble toward slaughter.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Deliver the poor and needy: rid them out of the hand of the wicked.

Bible References

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Psalm 140:12
I know that the LORD will act on behalf of the tormented, providing justice for the needy.
Nehemiah 5:1
Now the people along with their spouses complained loudly against their fellow Jews,
Job 5:15
So he delivers from the sword of their mouth the poor from the power of the mighty.

General references

Exodus 23:6
"You are not to pervert justice for the poor among you in their lawsuits.
Deuteronomy 25:1
"When there is a conflict between individuals, let them come to court to judge the case, decide who is innocent, and condemn the guilty person.
Deuteronomy 27:19
""Cursed is the one who perverts justice due the foreigner, the orphan, or the widow.' "Then all the people are to respond by saying, "Amen!'
2 Kings 8:3
At the end of the seven years, the woman returned from the territory of the Philistines and went to the king in order to file an appeal regarding her house and her grain field.
Proverbs 24:11
Rescue those who are being led away to death, and save those who stumble toward slaughter.
Ecclesiastes 3:16
I also examined on earth: where the halls of justice were supposed to be, there was lawlessness; and where the righteous were supposed to be, there was lawlessness. 17I told myself, "God will judge both the righteous and the wicked, because there is a time set to judge every event and every work."
Isaiah 59:14
I'll drive back justice, and righteousness stands at a distance; for truth has fallen in the public square, and honesty cannot enter.

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