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Psalms 140:12
I am certain that the Lord will take care of the cause of the poor, and of the rights of those who are troubled.

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Psalms 109:31
For he is ever at the right hand of the poor, to take him out of the hands of those who go after his soul.

Psalms 72:12
For he will be a saviour to the poor in answer to his cry; and to him who is in need, without a helper.

Psalms 72:13
He will have pity on the poor, and be the saviour of those who are in need.

Psalms 72:14
He will keep their souls free from evil designs and violent attacks; and their blood will be of value in his eyes.

Job 5:15
But he keeps safe from their sword those who have no father, and the poor from the power of the strong.

Job 5:16
So the poor man has hope, and the mouth of the evil-doer is stopped.

Psalms 12:5
Because of the crushing of the poor and the weeping of those in need, now will I come to his help, says the Lord; I will give him the salvation which he is desiring.

Psalms 10:14
You have seen it; for your eyes are on sorrow and grief, to take it into your hand: the poor man puts his faith in you; you have been the helper of the child who has no father.

Psalms 10:17
Lord, you have given ear to the prayer of the poor: you will make strong their hearts, you will give them a hearing:

Psalms 34:6
This poor man's cry came before the Lord, and he gave him salvation from all his troubles.

Psalms 72:4
May he be a judge of the poor among the people, may he give salvation to the children of those who are in need; by him let the violent be crushed.

Psalms 102:17
When he has given ear to the prayer of the poor, and has not put his request on one side.

Isaiah 11:4
But he will do right in the cause of the poor, and give wise decisions for those in the land who are in need; and the rod of his mouth will come down on the cruel, and with the breath of his lips he will put an end to the evil-doer.

1 Kings 8:45
Give ear in heaven to their prayer and their cry for grace, and see right done to them.

Psalms 22:24
For he has not been unmoved by the pain of him who is troubled; or kept his face covered from him; but he has given an answer to his cry.

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Psalms 9:4
For you gave approval to my right and my cause; you were seated in your high place judging in righteousness.

Proverbs 22:22
Do not take away the property of the poor man because he is poor, or be cruel to the crushed ones when they come before the judge:

Proverbs 22:23
For the Lord will give support to their cause, and take the life of those who take their goods.

Proverbs 23:10
Do not let the landmark of the widow be moved, and do not go into the fields of those who have no father;

Proverbs 23:11
For their saviour is strong, and he will take up their cause against you.

Ecclesiastes 5:8
If you see the poor under a cruel yoke, and law and right being violently overturned in a country, be not surprised, because one authority is keeping watch on another and there are higher than they.

Exodus 22:23
If you are cruel to them in any way, and their cry comes up to me, I will certainly give ear;

Psalms 7:8
The Lord will be judge of the peoples; give a decision for me, O Lord, because of my righteousness, and let my virtue have its reward.

Psalms 10:18
To give decision for the child without a father and for the broken-hearted, so that the man of the earth may no longer be feared.

Psalms 43:1
Be my judge, O God, supporting my cause against a nation without religion; O keep me from the false and evil man.

Psalms 68:5
A father to those who have no father, a judge of the widows, is God in his holy place.

Jeremiah 50:34
Their saviour is strong; the Lord of armies is his name: he will certainly take up their cause, so that he may give rest to the earth and trouble to the people of Babylon.

Jeremiah 51:36
For this reason the Lord has said: See, I will give support to your cause, and take payment for what you have undergone; I will make her sea dry, and her fountain without water.

Micah 7:9
I will undergo the wrath of the Lord, because of my sin against him; till he takes up my cause and does what is right for me: when he makes me come out into the light, I will see his righteousness;

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Psalms 140:13
Truly, the upright will give praise to your name: the holy will have a place in your house.

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James 2:5
Give ear, my dear brothers; are not those who are poor in the things of this world marked out by God to have faith as their wealth, and for their heritage the kingdom which he has said he will give to those who have love for him?

Psalms 14:6
You have put to shame the thoughts of the poor, but the Lord is his support.

Psalms 35:10
All my bones will say, Lord, who is like you? The saviour of the poor man from the hands of the strong, of him who is poor and in need from him who takes his goods.

Psalms 69:33
For the ears of the Lord are open to the poor, and he takes thought for his prisoners.

Psalms 68:10
Those whose resting-place was there, even the poor, were comforted by your good things, O God.

Psalms 86:1
A Prayer. Of David. Let your ears be open to my voice, O Lord, and give me an answer; for I am poor and in need.

Psalms 107:41
But he puts the poor man on high from his troubles, and gives him families like a flock.

Isaiah 25:4
For you have been a strong place for the poor and the crushed in their trouble, a safe place from the storm, a shade from the heat, when the wrath of the cruel ones is like a winter storm.

Isaiah 41:17
The poor and crushed are looking for water where no water is, and their tongue is dry for need of it: I the Lord will give ear to their prayer, I the God of Israel will not give them up.

Isaiah 66:2
For all these things my hand has made, and they are mine, says the Lord; but to this man only will I give attention, to him who is poor and broken in spirit, fearing my word.

Matthew 5:3
Happy are the poor in spirit: for the kingdom of heaven is theirs.

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Psalms 140:1
To the chief music-maker. A Psalm. Of David. O Lord, take me out of the power of the evil man; keep me safe from the violent man:

Psalms 140:9
As for those who come round me, let their heads be covered by the evil of their lips.

Psalms 140:10
Let burning flames come down on them: let them be put into the fire, and into deep waters, so that they may not get up again.

Psalms 140:11
Let not a man of evil tongue be safe on earth: let destruction overtake the violent man with blow on blow.

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