1 Kings 8:45

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

then hear thou in heaven their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause.

Cross References

Genesis 18:25

Far be it from thee to do such a thing, to slay the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous fare as the wicked! Far be that from thee! Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?”

1 Kings 8:44

“If thy people go out to battle against their enemy, by whatever way thou shalt send them, and they pray to the Lord toward the city which thou hast chosen and the house which I have built for thy name,

1 Kings 8:46

“If they sin against thee—for there is no man who does not sin—and thou art angry with them, and dost give them to an enemy, so that they are carried away captive to the land of the enemy, far off or near;

Psalm 140:12

I know that the Lord maintains the cause of the afflicted, and executes justice for the needy.

Psalm 9:4

For thou hast maintained my just cause; thou hast sat on the throne giving righteous judgment.

Jeremiah 5:28

they have grown fat and sleek. They know no bounds in deeds of wickedness; they judge not with justice the cause of the fatherless, to make it prosper, and they do not defend the rights of the needy.