Psalm 72:4

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

May the king be fair to the poor. May he help the helpless and punish those who hurt them.

Cross References

Isaiah 11:4

He will judge the poor fairly and honestly. He will be fair when he decides what to do for the poor of the land. If he decides people should be beaten, he will give the command, and they will be beaten. If he decides people must die, he will give the command, and those evil people will be killed. Goodness and fairness will be like a belt he wears around his waist.

Psalm 109:31

He stands by the helpless and saves them from those who try to put them to death.

Revelation 19:2

His judgments are true and right. Our God has punished the prostitute. She is the one who ruined the earth with her sexual sin. God has punished the prostitute to pay her back for the death of his servants.”

Revelation 18:24

You are guilty of the death of the prophets, of God’s holy people, and of all those who have been killed on earth.”

Revelation 18:20

Be happy because of this, O heaven! Be happy, God’s holy people and apostles and prophets! God has punished her because of what she did to you.’”

Matthew 11:5

The blind can see. The crippled can walk. People with leprosy are healed. The deaf can hear. The dead are brought back to life. And the Good News is being told to the poor.

Zechariah 11:11

So that day the agreement was finished, and those poor sheep watching me knew that this message was from the Lord.

Zechariah 11:7

So I took care of the sheep that had been raised to be killed—those poor sheep. I found two sticks. I called one stick Favor, and I called the other stick Union. Then I began caring for the sheep.

Isaiah 9:4

That will happen because you will lift the heavy yoke off their shoulders and take away their heavy burden. You will take away the rod that the enemy used to punish your people, as you did when you defeated Midian.

Proverbs 20:26

Like a farmer who separates wheat from the chaff, a wise king will decide who is wrong and crush them.

Psalm 94:5

Lord, they hurt your people and make them suffer.

Psalm 2:9

You will rule over them with great power. You will scatter your enemies like broken pieces of pottery!”

Job 34:24

He does not have to ask questions when people do wrong, even if they are powerful leaders. He simply destroys them and chooses others to take their place.

Job 19:2

“How long will you hurt me and crush me with your words?

Isaiah 42:1

“Here is my servant, the one I support. He is the one I have chosen, and I am very pleased with him. I have filled him with my Spirit, and he will bring justice to the nations.

Isaiah 42:3

He will not break even a crushed reed. He will not put out even the weakest flame. He will bring true justice.