Isaiah 25:4

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

Because thou hast been a strength to the poor, a strength to the needy in his distress, a refuge from the whirlwind, a shadow from the heat. For the blast of the mighty is like a whirlwind beating against a wall.

Cross References

Zephaniah 3:12

And I will leave in the midst of thee a poor and needy people: and they shall hope in the name of the Lord.

Isaiah 32:2

And a man shall be as when one is hid from the wind, and hideth himself from a storm: as rivers of waters in drought, and the shadow of a rock that standeth out in a desert land.

James 2:5

Hearken, my dearest brethren: hath not God chosen the poor in this world, rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which God hath promised to them that love him?

Isaiah 33:16

He shall dwell on high: the fortifications of rocks shall be his highness. Bread is given him, his waters are sure.

Psalm 12:5

lest at any time my enemy say: I have prevailed against him. They that trouble me will rejoice when I am moved:

Isaiah 66:2

My hand made all these things, and all these things were made, saith the Lord. But to whom shall I have respect, but to him that is poor and little and of a contrite spirit, and that trembleth at my words?

Isaiah 49:25

For thus saith the Lord: Yea verily. Even the captivity shall be taken away from the strong: and that which was taken by the mighty shall be delivered. But I will judge those that have judged thee: and thy children I will save.

Isaiah 37:36

And the angel of the Lord went out, and slew in the camp of the Assyrians a hundred and eighty-five thousand. And they arose in the morning, and behold, they were all dead corpses.

Isaiah 33:2

O Lord, have mercy on us, for we have waited for thee: be thou our arm in the morning, and our salvation in the time of trouble.

Isaiah 29:19

And the meek shall increase their joy in the Lord: and the poor men shall rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.

Isaiah 29:5

And the multitude of them that fan thee shall be like small dust: and, as ashes passing away, the multitude of them that have prevailed against thee.

Isaiah 27:5

Or rather shall it take hold of my strength? Shall it make peace with me? Shall it make peace with me?

Isaiah 17:10

Because thou hast forgotten God thy saviour, and hast not remembered thy strong helper: therefore shalt thou plant good plants and shalt sow strange seed.

Isaiah 14:32

And what shall be answered to the messengers of the nations? That the Lord hath founded Sion, and the poor of his people shall hope in him.

Isaiah 11:4

But he shall judge the poor with justice, and shall reprove with equity for the meek of the earth. And he shall strike the earth with the rod of his mouth: and with the breath of his lips he shall slay the wicked.

Psalm 72:13

And I said: Then have I in vain justified my heart, and washed my hands among the innocent.

Psalm 72:4

For there is no regard to their death, nor is there strength in their stripes.

Psalm 35:10

For with thee is the fountain of life; and in thy light we shall see light.

Psalm 55:8

for nothing shalt thou save them: in thy anger thou shalt break the people in pieces, O God,

Psalm 91:1

A psalm of a canticle on the sabbath day.

Psalm 121:5

Because their seats have sat in judgment, seats upon the house of David.

Isaiah 8:14

And he shall be a sanctification to you: but for a stone or stumbling and for a rock of offence to the two houses of Israel, for a snare and a ruin to the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

Isaiah 16:3

Take counsel, gather a council: make thy shadow as the night in the midday; hide them that flee; and betray not them that wander about.

Isaiah 28:6

And a spirit of judgment to him that sitteth in judgment, and strength to them that return out of the battle to the gate.

Isaiah 29:20

For he that did prevail hath failed; the scorner is consumed; and they are all cut off that watched for iniquity:

Isaiah 57:13

When thou shalt cry, let thy companies deliver thee: but the wind shall carry them all off, a breeze shall take them away. But he that putteth his trust in me shall inherit the land and shall possess my holy mount.

Jeremiah 16:19

O Lord, my might and my strength and my refuge in the day of tribulation: to thee the Gentiles shall come from the ends of the earth and shall say: Surely our fathers have possessed lies, a vanity which hath not profited them.

Ezekiel 38:9

And thou shalt go up and come like a storm, and like a cloud to cover the land, thou and all thy bands and many people with thee.

Psalm 9:10

And the Lord is become a refuge for the poor: a helper in due time in tribulation.