Psalm 72:12

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

For he delivers the needy when he calls, the poor and him who has 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 destroy me and my son together from the heritage of God.’

Job 29:12

because I delivered the poor who cried, and the fatherless who had none to help him.

Job 36:15

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

Psalm 10:17

O Lord, thou wilt hear the desire of the meek; thou wilt strengthen their heart, thou wilt incline thy ear

Psalm 102:17

he will regard the prayer of the destitute, and will not despise their supplication.

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

A righteous man knows the rights of the poor; a wicked man does not understand such knowledge.

Ecclesiastes 4:1

Again I saw all the oppressions that are practiced under the sun. And behold, the tears of the oppressed, and they had no one to comfort them! On the side of their oppressors there was power, and there was 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 preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim release to the captives and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty 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, lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, the poor have good news preached to them.

2 Corinthians 8:9

For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sake 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 draw near to God through him, since he always lives to make intercession for them.

1 Samuel 22:2

And every one who was in distress, and every one who was in debt, and every one who was discontented, gathered to him; and he became captain over them. And there were with him about four hundred men.