Psalm 12:5

New International Version

“Because the poor are plundered and the needy groan, I will now arise,” says the Lord. “I will protect them from those who malign them.”

Cross References

Psalm 34:6

This poor man called, and the Lord heard him; he saved him out of all his troubles.

Proverbs 14:31

Whoever oppresses the poor shows contempt for their Maker, but whoever is kind to the needy honors God.

James 5:4

Look! The wages you failed to pay the workers who mowed your fields are crying out against you. The cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord Almighty.

Isaiah 33:10

“Now will I arise,” says the Lord. “Now will I be exalted; now will I be lifted up.

Job 5:15

He saves the needy from the sword in their mouth; he saves them from the clutches of the powerful.

Psalm 10:12

Arise, Lord! Lift up your hand, O God. Do not forget the helpless.

Job 5:21

You will be protected from the lash of the tongue, and need not fear when destruction comes.

Isaiah 19:20

It will be a sign and witness to the Lord Almighty in the land of Egypt. When they cry out to the Lord because of their oppressors, he will send them a savior and defender, and he will rescue them.

Ezekiel 18:18

But his father will die for his own sin, because he practiced extortion, robbed his brother and did what was wrong among his people.

Ecclesiastes 5:8

If you see the poor oppressed in a district, and justice and rights denied, do not be surprised at such things; for one official is eyed by a higher one, and over them both are others higher still.

Ecclesiastes 4:1

Again I looked and saw all the oppression that was taking place under the sun: I saw the tears of the oppressed— and they have no comforter; power was on the side of their oppressors— and they have no comforter.

Psalm 10:18

defending the fatherless and the oppressed, so that mere earthly mortals will never again strike terror.

Psalm 10:5

His ways are always prosperous; your laws are rejected by him; he sneers at all his enemies.

Judges 10:16

Then they got rid of the foreign gods among them and served the Lord. And he could bear Israel’s misery no longer.

Exodus 5:2

Pharaoh said, “Who is the Lord, that I should obey him and let Israel go? I do not know the Lord and I will not let Israel go.”

Psalm 31:19

How abundant are the good things that you have stored up for those who fear you, that you bestow in the sight of all, on those who take refuge in you.

Psalm 73:8

They scoff, and speak with malice; with arrogance they threaten oppression.

Proverbs 18:21

The tongue has the power of life and death, and those who love it will eat its fruit.

Hosea 7:16

They do not turn to the Most High; they are like a faulty bow. Their leaders will fall by the sword because of their insolent words. For this they will be ridiculed in the land of Egypt.