Psalms 12:5 Cross References

Psalms 12:5

5: The LORD replies, "I have seen violence done to the helpless, and I have heard the groans of the poor. Now I will rise up to rescue them, as they have longed for me to do."

Psalms 34:6

  1. I cried out to the LORD in my suffering, and he heard me. He set me free from all my fears.

Proverbs 14:31

  1. Those who oppress the poor insult their Maker, but those who help the poor honor him.

Job 5:15

  1. He rescues the poor from the cutting words of the strong. He saves them from the clutches of the powerful.

James 5:4

  1. For listen! Hear the cries of the field workers whom you have cheated of their pay. The wages you held back cry out against you. The cries of the reapers have reached the ears of the Lord Almighty.

Psalms 146:7

  1. who gives justice to the oppressed and food to the hungry. The LORD frees the prisoners.
  2. The LORD opens the eyes of the blind. The LORD lifts the burdens of those bent beneath their loads. The LORD loves the righteous.

Psalms 10:12

  1. Arise, O LORD! Punish the wicked, O God! Do not forget the helpless!

Proverbs 22:22

  1. Do not rob the poor because they are poor or exploit the needy in court.
  2. For the LORD is their defender. He will injure anyone who injures them.

Exodus 2:23

  1. Years passed, and the king of Egypt died. But the Israelites still groaned beneath their burden of slavery. They cried out for help, and their pleas for deliverance rose up to God.
  2. God heard their cries and remembered his covenant promise to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

Job 5:21

  1. You will be safe from slander and will have no fear of destruction when it comes.

Isaiah 33:10

  1. But the LORD says: "I will stand up and show my power and might.

Exodus 3:7

  1. Then the LORD told him, "You can be sure I have seen the misery of my people in Egypt. I have heard their cries for deliverance from their harsh slave drivers. Yes, I am aware of their suffering.
  2. So I have come to rescue them from the Egyptians and lead them out of Egypt into their own good and spacious land. It is a land flowing with milk and honey--the land where the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites live.
  3. The cries of the people of Israel have reached me, and I have seen how the Egyptians have oppressed them with heavy tasks.

Ezekiel 18:12

  1. oppresses the poor and helpless, steals from debtors by refusing to let them redeem what they have given in pledge, worships idols and takes part in loathsome practices,
  2. and lends money at interest. Should such a sinful person live? No! He must die and must take full blame.

Psalms 79:10

  1. Why should pagan nations be allowed to scoff, asking, "Where is their God?" Show us your vengeance against the nations, for they have spilled the blood of your servants.
  2. Listen to the moaning of the prisoners. Demonstrate your great power by saving those condemned to die.

Micah 7:8

  1. Do not gloat over me, my enemies! For though I fall, I will rise again. Though I sit in darkness, the LORD himself will be my light.
  2. I will be patient as the LORD punishes me, for I have sinned against him. But after that, he will take up my case and punish my enemies for all the evil they have done to me. The LORD will bring me out of my darkness into the light, and I will see his righteousness.

Ecclesiastes 5:8

  1. If you see a poor person being oppressed by the powerful and justice being miscarried throughout the land, don't be surprised! For every official is under orders from higher up, and matters of justice only get lost in red tape and bureaucracy.

Psalms 74:21

  1. Don't let the downtrodden be constantly disgraced! Instead, let these poor and needy ones give praise to your name.
  2. Arise, O God, and defend your cause. Remember how these fools insult you all day long.

Isaiah 19:20

  1. It will be a sign and a witness to the LORD Almighty in the land of Egypt. When the people cry to the LORD for help against those who oppress them, he will send them a savior who will rescue them.

Ezekiel 18:18

  1. But the father will die for the many sins he committed--for being cruel and robbing close relatives, doing what was clearly wrong among his people.

Psalms 10:18

  1. You will bring justice to the orphans and the oppressed, so people can no longer terrify them.

Ecclesiastes 4:1

  1. Again I observed all the oppression that takes place in our world. I saw the tears of the oppressed, with no one to comfort them. The oppressors have great power, and the victims are helpless.

Psalms 10:5

  1. Yet they succeed in everything they do. They do not see your punishment awaiting them. They pour scorn on all their enemies.

Judges 10:16

  1. Then the Israelites put aside their foreign gods and served the LORD. And he was grieved by their misery.
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