Psalm 72:12

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

For he delivers the needy when they call, the poor and those who have no helper.

Cross References

2 Samuel 14:16

For the king will hear and deliver his servant from the hand of the man who would cut both me and my son off from the heritage of God.’

Job 29:12

because I delivered the poor who cried and the orphan who had no helper.

Job 36:15

He delivers the afflicted by their affliction and opens their ear by adversity.

Psalm 10:17

O Lord, you will hear the desire of the meek; you will strengthen their heart; you will incline your ear

Psalm 102:17

He will regard the prayer of the destitute and will not despise their prayer.

Psalm 102:20

to hear the groans of the prisoners, to set free those who were doomed to die,

Psalm 55:17

Evening and morning and at noon I utter my complaint and moan, and he will hear my voice.

Psalm 72:4

May he defend the cause of the poor of the people, give deliverance to the needy, and crush the oppressor.

Proverbs 29:7

The righteous know the rights of the poor; the wicked have no such understanding.

Ecclesiastes 4:1

Again I saw all the oppressions that are practiced under the sun. Look, the tears of the oppressed—with no one to comfort them! On the side of their oppressors there was power—with no one to comfort them.

Isaiah 41:17

When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongue is parched with thirst, I the Lord will answer them, I the God of Israel will not forsake them.

Luke 4:18

“The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to bring good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim release to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to set free those who are oppressed,

Luke 7:22

And he answered them, “Go and tell John what you have seen and heard: the blind receive their sight; the lame walk; those with a skin disease are cleansed; the deaf hear; the dead are raised; the poor have good news brought to them.

2 Corinthians 8:9

For you know the generous act of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, so that by his poverty you might become rich.

Hebrews 7:25

Consequently, he is able for all time to save those who approach God through him, since he always lives to make intercession for them.

1 Samuel 22:2

Everyone who was in distress, and everyone who was in debt, and everyone who was discontented gathered to him, and he became captain over them. Those who were with him numbered about four hundred.