Psalm 72:12

Modern English Version

For he will deliver the needy when he cries, the poor also, and him who has no helper.

Cross References

2 Samuel 14:16

For the king may accept my request to deliver his servant from the hand of the man who would destroy me and my son from the inheritance of God.’

Job 29:12

because I delivered the poor who cried, and the fatherless, and him who had none to help him.

Job 36:15

He delivers the poor in their affliction, and opens their ears in oppression.

Psalm 10:17

The desire of the humble You have heard, O  Lord; You make their heart attentive; You bend Your ear

Psalm 102:17

He will regard the prayer of the destitute, and will not despise their prayer.

Psalm 102:20

to hear the groaning of the prisoners, to release those who were appointed to die,

Psalm 55:17

Evening and morning and at noon will I reflect and groan, and He will hear my voice.

Psalm 72:4

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

Proverbs 29:7

The righteous consider the cause of the poor, but the wicked do not understand such knowledge.

Ecclesiastes 4:1

Again I turned and observed all types of oppression that are done under the sun: Behold, the tears of the oppressed, and no one was there to comfort them. There was force from the hand of the oppressors, and no one was there to comfort them.

Isaiah 41:17

When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongues fail for thirst, I, the Lord, will hear them, I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them.

Luke 4:18

“The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me, because He has anointed Me to preach the gospel to the poor; He has sent Me to heal the broken-hearted, to preach deliverance to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to set at liberty those who are oppressed;

Luke 7:22

So Jesus answered them, “Go and tell John what you have seen and heard: that the blind see, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the gospel is preached to the poor.

2 Corinthians 8:9

For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was rich, yet for your sakes He became poor, that through His poverty you might be rich.

Hebrews 7:25

Therefore He is able to save to the uttermost those who come to God through Him, because He at all times lives to make intercession for them.

1 Samuel 22:2

Everyone who was in distress, and everyone who was in debt, and everyone who was discontented gathered to him. So he became captain over them. Now there were with him about four hundred men.