Isaiah 25:4

Modern English Version

For You have been a defense to the poor, a defense to the needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shadow from the heat; for the breath of the ruthless ones is as a storm against the wall.

Cross References

Psalm 107:41

yet He sets the poor on high out of affliction, and makes their families like a flock.

Psalm 119:31

I cling to Your testimonies; O  Lord, put me not to shame!

Psalm 12:5

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

Psalm 121:5

The Lord is your keeper; the Lord is your shade at your right hand.

Psalm 35:10

All my bones shall say, “Lord, who is like You, delivering the poor from him who is too strong for him, the poor and the needy from him who plunders him?”

Psalm 55:8

I would hasten my escape from the windy storm and tempest.”

Psalm 72:13

He will have compassion on the poor and needy, and will save the lives of the needy.

Psalm 72:4

May he vindicate the afflicted of the people, save the children of the needy, and crush the oppressor.

Psalm 9:10

Those who know Your name will put their trust in You, for You, Lord, have not forsaken those who seek You.

Psalm 91:1

He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will abide in the shadow of the Almighty.

Isaiah 11:4

but with righteousness he shall judge the poor, and reprove with fairness for the meek of the earth. He shall strike the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips he shall slay the wicked.

Isaiah 14:32

What shall one then answer the messengers of the nation? That the Lord has founded Zion, and the poor of His people shall trust in it.

Isaiah 16:3

“Take counsel, execute justice, make your shadow as the night at the height of noon. Hide the outcasts, do not betray the fugitive.

Isaiah 17:10

Because you have forgotten the God of your salvation and have not been mindful of the rock of your strength, therefore you plant pleasant plants and set them with vine slips of a strange god;

Isaiah 27:5

Or let him rely on My strength; let him make peace with Me; let him make peace with Me.

Isaiah 28:6

a spirit of justice for him who sits in judgment, and strength to those who turn away the battle at the gate.

Isaiah 29:19

The meek also shall increase their joy in the Lord, and the poor among men shall rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.

Isaiah 29:20

For the ruthless shall come to nothing, and the scorner will be consumed, and all who are intent on doing iniquity shall be cut off —

Isaiah 29:5

Moreover the multitude of your enemies shall become like fine dust, and the multitude of the ruthless ones as chaff which blows away; and it shall happen in an instant, suddenly.

Isaiah 32:2

A man shall be as a hiding place from the wind, and a shelter from the tempest, as rivers of water in a dry place, as the shadow of a great rock in a weary land.

Isaiah 33:16

He shall dwell on high; his place of defense shall be the impregnable rock; his bread shall be given him, his waters shall be sure.

Isaiah 33:2

O  Lord, be gracious to us; we have waited for You. Be our strength every morning, our salvation also in the time of trouble.

Isaiah 37:36

Then the angel of the Lord went out and struck one hundred and eighty-five thousand in the camp of the Assyrians. When others woke up early in the morning, behold, these were all dead bodies.

Isaiah 49:25

For thus says the Lord: Even the captives of the mighty shall be taken away, and the prey of the tyrant shall be delivered; for I will contend with him who contends with you, and I will save your sons.

Isaiah 57:13

When you cry out, let your collection of idols deliver you. But the wind shall carry them all away, a breath shall take them away. But he who puts his trust in Me shall possess the land and shall inherit My holy mountain.

Isaiah 66:2

For My hand made all those things, thus all those things have come to be, says the Lord. But to this man I will look, even to him who is poor and of a contrite spirit, and trembles at My word.

Isaiah 8:14

He shall become a sanctuary, but a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense to both the houses of Israel, and a trap and a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

Jeremiah 16:19

O  Lord, my strength and my fortress, and my refuge in the day of affliction, the nations will come to You from the remote parts of the earth, and will say: Surely our fathers have inherited lies, vanity, and things in which there is no profit.

Ezekiel 38:9

You shall ascend and come like a storm; you shall be like a cloud to cover the land, you and all your troops, and many peoples with you.

Zephaniah 3:12

But I will leave in your midst a meek and humble people, and they will trust in the name of the Lord.

James 2:5

Listen, my beloved brothers. Has God not chosen the poor of this world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom which He has promised to those who love Him?