Psalm 72:12

New Century Version

He will help the poor when they cry out and will save the needy when no one else will help.

Cross References

2 Samuel 14:16

Maybe he will listen. Perhaps he will save me from those who want to keep both me and my son from getting what God gave us.’

Job 29:12

because I saved the poor who called out and the orphan who had no one to help.

Job 36:15

But God saves those who suffer through their suffering; he gets them to listen through their pain.

Psalm 10:17

Lord, you have heard what the poor people want. Do what they ask, and listen to them.

Psalm 102:17

He will answer the prayers of the needy; he will not reject their prayers.

Psalm 102:20

He heard the moans of the prisoners, and he freed those sentenced to die.

Psalm 55:17

Morning, noon, and night I am troubled and upset, but he will listen to me.

Psalm 72:4

Help him be fair to the poor and save the needy and punish those who hurt them.

Proverbs 29:7

Good people care about justice for the poor, but the wicked are not concerned.

Ecclesiastes 4:1

Again I saw all the people who were mistreated here on earth. I saw their tears and that they had no one to comfort them. Cruel people had all the power, and there was no one to comfort those they hurt.

Isaiah 41:17

“The poor and needy people look for water, but they can’t find any. Their tongues are dry with thirst. But I, the Lord, will answer their prayers; I, the God of Israel, will not leave them to die.

Luke 4:18

“The Lord has put his Spirit in me, because he appointed me to tell the Good News to the poor. He has sent me to tell the captives they are free and to tell the blind that they can see again. God sent me to free those who have been treated unfairly

Luke 7:22

Then Jesus answered John’s followers, “Go tell John what you saw and heard here. The blind can see, the crippled can walk, and people with skin diseases are healed. The deaf can hear, the dead are raised to life, and the Good News is preached to the poor.

2 Corinthians 8:9

You know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ. You know that Christ was rich, but for you he became poor so that by his becoming poor you might become rich.

Hebrews 7:25

So he is able always to save those who come to God through him because he always lives, asking God to help them.

1 Samuel 22:2

Everyone who was in trouble, or who owed money, or who was unsatisfied gathered around David, and he became their leader. About four hundred men were with him.