Psalm 72:4

New King James Version

He will bring justice to the poor of the people; He will save the children of the needy, And will break in pieces the oppressor.

Cross References

Job 19:2

“How long will you torment my soul, And break me in pieces with words?

Job 34:24

He breaks in pieces mighty men without inquiry, And sets others in their place.

Psalm 109:31

For He shall stand at the right hand of the poor, To save him from those who condemn him.

Psalm 2:9

You shall break them with a rod of iron; You shall dash them to pieces like a potter’s vessel.’ ”

Psalm 94:5

They break in pieces Your people, O Lord, And afflict Your heritage.

Proverbs 20:26

A wise king sifts out the wicked, And brings the threshing wheel over them.

Isaiah 11:4

But with righteousness He shall judge the poor, And decide with equity for the meek of the earth; He shall strike the earth with the rod of His mouth, And with the breath of His lips He shall slay the wicked.

Isaiah 42:1

“Behold! My Servant whom I uphold, My Elect One in whom My soul delights! I have put My Spirit upon Him; He will bring forth justice to the Gentiles.

Isaiah 42:3

A bruised reed He will not break, And smoking flax He will not quench; He will bring forth justice for truth.

Isaiah 9:4

For You have broken the yoke of his burden And the staff of his shoulder, The rod of his oppressor, As in the day of Midian.

Zechariah 11:11

So it was broken on that day. Thus the poor of the flock, who were watching me, knew that it was the word of the Lord.

Zechariah 11:7

So I fed the flock for slaughter, in particular the poor of the flock. I took for myself two staffs: the one I called Beauty, and the other I called Bonds; and I fed the flock.

Matthew 11:5

The blind see and the lame walk; the lepers are cleansed and the deaf hear; the dead are raised up and the poor have the gospel preached to them.

Revelation 18:20

“Rejoice over her, O heaven, and you holy apostles and prophets, for God has avenged you on her!”

Revelation 18:24

And in her was found the blood of prophets and saints, and of all who were slain on the earth.”

Revelation 19:2

For true and righteous are His judgments, because He has judged the great harlot who corrupted the earth with her fornication; and He has avenged on her the blood of His servants shed by her.”