Psalm 12:5

New King James Version

“For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, Now I will arise,” says the Lord; “I will set him in the safety for which he yearns.”

Cross References

Job 5:15

But He saves the needy from the sword, From the mouth of the mighty, And from their hand.

Job 5:21

You shall be hidden from the scourge of the tongue, And you shall not be afraid of destruction when it comes.

Psalm 10:12

Arise, O Lord! O God, lift up Your hand! Do not forget the humble.

Psalm 10:18

To do justice to the fatherless and the oppressed, That the man of the earth may oppress no more.

Psalm 10:5

His ways are always prospering; Your judgments are far above, out of his sight; As for all his enemies, he sneers at them.

Psalm 31:19

Oh, how great is Your goodness, Which You have laid up for those who fear You, Which You have prepared for those who trust in You In the presence of the sons of men!

Psalm 34:6

This poor man cried out, and the Lord heard him, And saved him out of all his troubles.

Psalm 73:8

They scoff and speak wickedly concerning oppression; They speak loftily.

Exodus 5:2

And Pharaoh said, “Who is the Lord, that I should obey His voice to let Israel go? I do not know the Lord, nor will I let Israel go.”

Proverbs 14:31

He who oppresses the poor reproaches his Maker, But he who honors Him has mercy on the needy.

Proverbs 18:21

Death and life are in the power of the tongue, And those who love it will eat its fruit.

Ecclesiastes 4:1

Then I returned and considered all the oppression that is done under the sun: And look! The tears of the oppressed, But they have no comforter— On the side of their oppressors there is power, But they have no comforter.

Ecclesiastes 5:8

If you see the oppression of the poor, and the violent perversion of justice and righteousness in a province, do not marvel at the matter; for high official watches over high official, and higher officials are over them.

Isaiah 19:20

And it will be for a sign and for a witness to the Lord of hosts in the land of Egypt; for they will cry to the Lord because of the oppressors, and He will send them a Savior and a Mighty One, and He will deliver them.

Isaiah 33:10

“Now I will rise,” says the Lord; “Now I will be exalted, Now I will lift Myself up.

Ezekiel 18:18

“As for his father, Because he cruelly oppressed, Robbed his brother by violence, And did what is not good among his people, Behold, he shall die for his iniquity.

Hosea 7:16

They return, but not to the Most High; They are like a treacherous bow. Their princes shall fall by the sword For the cursings of their tongue. This shall be their derision in the land of Egypt.

James 5:4

Indeed the wages of the laborers who mowed your fields, which you kept back by fraud, cry out; and the cries of the reapers have reached the ears of the Lord of Sabaoth.

Judges 10:16

So they put away the foreign gods from among them and served the Lord. And His soul could no longer endure the misery of Israel.