Psalm 140:12

New American Standard Bible 2020

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

Cross References

1 Kings 8:45

then hear in heaven their prayer and their pleading, and maintain their cause.

1 Kings 8:49

then hear their prayer and their pleading in heaven, Your dwelling place, and maintain their cause,

Psalm 102:17

He has turned His attention to the prayer of the destitute And has not despised their prayer.

Psalm 12:3

May the Lord cut off all flattering lips, The tongue that speaks great things;

Psalm 12:4

Who have said, “With our tongue we will prevail; Our lips are our own; who is lord over us?”

Psalm 22:24

For He has not despised nor scorned the suffering of the afflicted; Nor has He hidden His face from him; But when he cried to Him for help, He heard.

Psalm 35:10

All my bones will say, “Lord, who is like You, Who rescues the afflicted from one who is too strong for him, And the afflicted and the poor from one who robs him?”

Psalm 72:4

May he vindicate the afflicted of the people, Save the children of the needy, And crush the oppressor.

Psalm 9:4

For You have maintained my just cause; You have sat on the throne judging righteously.

Proverbs 22:22

¶Do not rob the poor because he is poor, Nor crush the needy at the gate;

Isaiah 11:4

But with righteousness He will judge the poor, And decide with fairness for the humble of the earth; And He will strike the earth with the rod of His mouth, And with the breath of His lips He will slay the wicked.

Jeremiah 22:16

“He pled the cause of the afflicted and the poor, Then it was well. Is that not what it means to know Me?” Declares the Lord.

Matthew 11:5

those who are blind receive sight and those who limp walk, those with leprosy are cleansed and those who are deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the poor have the gospel preached to them.