Psalm 146:7

New International Version

He upholds the cause of the oppressed and gives food to the hungry. The Lord sets prisoners free,

Cross References

Psalm 10:18

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

Psalm 103:6

The Lord works righteousness and justice for all the oppressed.

Psalm 12:5

“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.”

Psalm 136:25

He gives food to every creature. His love endures forever.

Psalm 142:7

Set me free from my prison, that I may praise your name. Then the righteous will gather about me because of your goodness to me.

Psalm 35:10

My whole being will exclaim, “Who is like you, Lord? You rescue the poor from those too strong for them, the poor and needy from those who rob them.”

Psalm 68:6

God sets the lonely in families, he leads out the prisoners with singing; but the rebellious live in a sun-scorched land.

Psalm 68:7

When you, God, went out before your people, when you marched through the wilderness,

Psalm 72:4

May he defend the afflicted among the people and save the children of the needy; may he crush the oppressor.

Psalm 9:16

The Lord is known by his acts of justice; the wicked are ensnared by the work of their hands.

Isaiah 61:1

The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord is on me, because the Lord has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim freedom for the captives and release from darkness for the prisoners,

Isaiah 9:4

For as in the day of Midian’s defeat, you have shattered the yoke that burdens them, the bar across their shoulders, the rod of their oppressor.

Jeremiah 31:14

I will satisfy the priests with abundance, and my people will be filled with my bounty,” declares the Lord.

Malachi 3:5

“So I will come to put you on trial. I will be quick to testify against sorcerers, adulterers and perjurers, against those who defraud laborers of their wages, who oppress the widows and the fatherless, and deprive the foreigners among you of justice, but do not fear me,” says the Lord Almighty.

Luke 1:53

He has filled the hungry with good things but has sent the rich away empty.

Luke 4:18

“The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, to set the oppressed free,

Luke 9:17

They all ate and were satisfied, and the disciples picked up twelve basketfuls of broken pieces that were left over.

Acts 16:26

Suddenly there was such a violent earthquake that the foundations of the prison were shaken. At once all the prison doors flew open, and everyone’s chains came loose.

Acts 5:19

But during the night an angel of the Lord opened the doors of the jail and brought them out.