Psalm 12:5

English Standard Version 2016

“Because the poor are plundered, because the needy groan, I will now arise,” says the Lord; “I will place him in the safety for which he longs.”

Cross References

Psalm 34:6

This poor man cried, and the Lord heard him and saved him out of all his troubles.

Proverbs 14:31

Whoever oppresses a poor man insults his Maker, but he who is generous to the needy honors him.

James 5:4

Behold, the wages of the laborers who mowed your fields, which you kept back by fraud, are crying out against you, and the cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord of hosts.

Isaiah 33:10

“Now I will arise,” says the Lord, “now I will lift myself up; now I will be exalted.

Job 5:15

But he saves the needy from the sword of their mouth and from the hand of the mighty.

Psalm 10:12

Arise, O Lord; O God, lift up your hand; forget not the afflicted.

Job 5:21

You shall be hidden from the lash of the tongue, and shall not fear destruction when it comes.

Isaiah 19:20

It will be a sign and a witness to the Lord of hosts in the land of Egypt. When they cry to the Lord because of oppressors, he will send them a savior and defender, and deliver them.

Ezekiel 18:18

As for his father, because he practiced extortion, robbed his brother, and did what is not good among his people, behold, he shall die for his iniquity.

Ecclesiastes 5:8

If you see in a province the oppression of the poor and the violation of justice and righteousness, do not be amazed at the matter, for the high official is watched by a higher, and there are yet higher ones over them.

Ecclesiastes 4:1

Again I saw all the oppressions that are done under the sun. And behold, the tears of the oppressed, and they had no one to comfort them! On the side of their oppressors there was power, and there was no one to comfort them.

Psalm 10:18

to do justice to the fatherless and the oppressed, so that man who is of the earth may strike terror no more.

Psalm 10:5

His ways prosper at all times; your judgments are on high, out of his sight; as for all his foes, he puffs at them.

Judges 10:16

So they put away the foreign gods from among them and served the Lord, and he became impatient over the misery of Israel.

Exodus 5:2

But Pharaoh said, “Who is the Lord, that I should obey his voice and let Israel go? I do not know the Lord, and moreover, I will not let Israel go.”

Psalm 31:19

Oh, how abundant is your goodness, which you have stored up for those who fear you and worked for those who take refuge in you, in the sight of the children of mankind!

Psalm 73:8

They scoff and speak with malice; loftily they threaten oppression.

Proverbs 18:21

Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruits.

Hosea 7:16

They return, but not upward; they are like a treacherous bow; their princes shall fall by the sword because of the insolence of their tongue. This shall be their derision in the land of Egypt.