Psalms 12:5
"For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith the LORD; I will set him in safety from him that puffeth at him."
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- Psalms 34:6
"This poor man cried, and the LORD heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles."
Read in chapter → - Proverbs 14:31
"He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker: but he that honoureth him hath mercy on the poor."
Read in chapter → - James 5:4
"Behold, the hire of the labourers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth: and the cries of them which have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of sabaoth."
Read in chapter → - Psalms 146:7
"Which executeth judgment for the oppressed: which giveth food to the hungry. The LORD looseth the prisoners:"
Read in chapter → - Isaiah 33:10
"Now will I rise, saith the LORD; now will I be exalted; now will I lift up myself."
Read in chapter → - Micah 7:8
"Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy: when I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, the LORD shall be a light unto me."
Read in chapter → - Job 5:15
"But he saveth the poor from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty."
Read in chapter → - Exodus 2:23
"And it came to pass in process of time, that the king of Egypt died: and the children of Israel sighed by reason of the bondage, and they cried, and their cry came up unto God by reason of the bondage."
Read in chapter → - Job 5:21
"Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of the tongue: neither shalt thou be afraid of destruction when it cometh."
Read in chapter → - Psalms 10:12
"Arise, O LORD; O God, lift up thine hand: forget not the humble."
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