1 Kings 8:45

New English Translation

then listen from heaven to their prayers for help and vindicate them.

Cross References

Genesis 18:25

Far be it from you to do such a thing – to kill the godly with the wicked, treating the godly and the wicked alike! Far be it from you! Will not the judge of the whole earth do what is right?”

1 Kings 8:44

“When you direct your people to march out and fight their enemies, and they direct their prayers to the Lord toward his chosen city and this temple I built for your honor,

1 Kings 8:46

“The time will come when your people will sin against you (for there is no one who is sinless!) and you will be angry with them and deliver them over to their enemies, who will take them as prisoners to their own land, whether far away or close by.

Psalm 140:12

I know that the Lord defends the cause of the oppressed and vindicates the poor.

Psalm 9:4

For you defended my just cause; from your throne you pronounced a just decision.

Jeremiah 5:28

That is how they have grown fat and sleek. There is no limit to the evil things they do. They do not plead the cause of the fatherless in such a way as to win it. They do not defend the rights of the poor.