Psalm 72:12

Bible in Basic English 1965

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

Cross References

2 Samuel 14:16

For the king will give ear, and take his servant out of the power of the man whose purpose is the destruction of me and my son together from the heritage of God.

Job 29:12

For I was a saviour to the poor when he was crying for help, to the child with no father, and to him who had no supporter.

Job 36:15

He makes the wrong done to the poor the way of their salvation, opening their ears by their trouble.

Psalm 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:

Psalm 102:17

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

Psalm 102:20

Hearing the cry of the prisoner, making free those for whom death is ordered;

Psalm 55:17

In the evening and in the morning and in the middle of the day I will make my prayer with sounds of grief; and my voice will come to his ears.

Psalm 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.

Proverbs 29:7

The upright man gives attention to the cause of the poor: the evil-doer gives no thought to it.

Ecclesiastes 4:1

And again I saw all the cruel things which are done under the sun; there was the weeping of those who have evil done to them, and they had no comforter: and from the hands of the evil-doers there went out power, but they had no comforter.

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.

Luke 4:18

The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because I am marked out by him to give good news to the poor; he has sent me to make well those who are broken-hearted; to say that the prisoners will be let go, and the blind will see, and to make the wounded free from their chains,

Luke 7:22

And answering them he said, Go back and give news to John of what you have seen, and the things which have come to your ears; the blind now see, those who had no power in their legs are walking, lepers are made clean, those who had no hearing now have their ears open, dead men come to life again, and the poor have the good news given to them.

2 Corinthians 8:9

For you see the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, how though he had wealth, he became poor on your account, so that through his need you might have wealth.

Hebrews 7:25

So that he is fully able to be the saviour of all who come to God through him, because he is ever living to make prayer to God for them.

1 Samuel 22:2

And everyone who was in trouble, and everyone who was in debt, and everyone who was bitter in soul, came together to him, and he became captain over them: about four hundred men were joined to him.