1 Kings 8:45

New International Version

then hear from heaven their prayer and their plea, and uphold their cause.

Cross References

Genesis 18:25

Far be it from you to do such a thing—to kill the righteous with the wicked, treating the righteous and the wicked alike. Far be it from you! Will not the Judge of all the earth do right?”

1 Kings 8:44

“When your people go to war against their enemies, wherever you send them, and when they pray to the Lord toward the city you have chosen and the temple I have built for your Name,

1 Kings 8:46

“When they sin against you—for there is no one who does not sin—and you become angry with them and give them over to their enemies, who take them captive to their own lands, far away or near;

Psalm 140:12

I know that the Lord secures justice for the poor and upholds the cause of the needy.

Psalm 9:4

For you have upheld my right and my cause, sitting enthroned as the righteous judge.

Jeremiah 5:28

and have grown fat and sleek. Their evil deeds have no limit; they do not seek justice. They do not promote the case of the fatherless; they do not defend the just cause of the poor.