1 Kings 8:45

Modern English Version

then may You hear their prayer and supplication in heaven and maintain their cause.

Cross References

Genesis 18:25

Far be it from You to do such a thing as this, to slay the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous should be treated like the wicked; far be it from You. Should not the Judge of all the earth do right?”

1 Kings 8:44

“If Your people go out to battle against their enemy wherever You send them, and they pray to the Lord toward the city which You have chosen and toward the house that I have built for Your name,

1 Kings 8:46

“If they sin against You (for there is no man who does not sin), and You get angry with them and hand them over to the enemy so that they are carried away as captives to the land of the enemy, far or near,

Psalm 140:12

I know that the Lord will maintain the cause of the afflicted, and justice for the poor.

Psalm 9:4

For You have maintained my right and my cause; You sat on the throne judging what is right.

Jeremiah 5:28

They are fat, they are sleek. Indeed, they excel in deeds of wickedness. They do not judge the cause of the fatherless, so that they may prosper; and the right of the needy they do not defend.