Verse 12
Because I delivered{H4422} the poor{H6041} that cried,{H7768} The fatherless{H3490} also, that had none to help{H5826} him.
Referenced Verses
- Ps 72:12 : 12 For he will deliver{H5337} the needy{H34} when he crieth,{H7768} And the poor,{H6041} that hath no helper.{H5826}
- Prov 21:13 : 13 Whoso stoppeth{H331} his ears{H241} at the cry{H2201} of the poor,{H1800} He also shall cry,{H7121} but shall not be heard.{H6030}
- Exod 22:22-24 : 22 Ye shall not afflict{H6031} any widow,{H490} or fatherless child.{H3490} 23 If{H518} thou afflict{H6031} them at all,{H6817} and they cry{H6817} at all{H6817} unto me, I will surely{H8085} hear{H8085} their cry;{H6818} 24 and my wrath{H639} shall wax hot,{H2734} and I will kill{H2026} you with the sword;{H2719} and your wives{H802} shall be widows,{H490} and your children{H1121} fatherless.{H3490}
- Deut 10:18 : 18 He doth execute{H6213} justice{H4941} for the fatherless{H3490} and widow,{H490} and loveth{H157} the sojourner,{H1616} in giving{H5414} him food{H3899} and raiment.{H8071}
- Ps 68:5 : 5 A father{H1} of the fatherless,{H3490} and a judge{H1781} of the widows,{H490} Is God{H430} in his holy{H6944} habitation.{H4583}
- Ps 82:2-4 : 2 How long will ye judge{H8199} unjustly,{H5766} And respect{H5375} the persons{H6440} of the wicked?{H7563} Selah{H5542} 3 Judge{H8199} the poor{H1800} and fatherless:{H3490} Do justice{H6663} to the afflicted{H6041} and destitute.{H7326} 4 Rescue{H6403} the poor{H1800} and needy:{H34} Deliver{H6403} them out of the hand{H3027} of the wicked.{H7563}
- Neh 5:2-9 : 2 For there were{H3426} that said,{H559} We, our sons{H1121} and our daughters,{H1323} are many:{H7227} let us get{H3947} grain,{H1715} that we may eat{H398} and live.{H2421} 3 Some also there were{H3426} that said,{H559} We are mortgaging{H6148} our fields,{H7704} and our vineyards,{H3754} and our houses:{H1004} let us get{H3947} grain,{H1715} because of the dearth.{H7458} 4 There were{H3426} also that said,{H559} We have borrowed{H3867} money{H3701} for the king's{H4428} tribute{H4060} [upon] our fields{H7704} and our vineyards.{H3754} 5 Yet now our flesh{H1320} is as the flesh{H1320} of our brethren,{H251} our children{H1121} as their children:{H1121} and, lo, we bring into bondage{H3533} our sons{H1121} and our daughters{H1323} to be servants,{H5650} and some of our daughters{H1323} are{H3426} brought into bondage{H3533} [already]: neither is it in our power{H410} to help it; for other men{H312} have our fields{H7704} and our vineyards.{H3754} 6 And I was very{H3966} angry{H2734} when I heard{H8085} their cry{H2201} and these words.{H1697} 7 Then I consulted{H4427} with myself,{H3820} and contended{H7378} with the nobles{H2715} and the rulers,{H5461} and said{H559} unto them, Ye exact{H5383} usury,{H4855} every one{H376} of his brother.{H251} And I held{H5414} a great{H1419} assembly{H6952} against them. 8 And I said{H559} unto them, We after our ability{H1767} have redeemed{H7069} our brethren{H251} the Jews,{H3064} that were sold{H4376} unto the nations;{H1471} and would ye even sell{H4376} your brethren,{H251} and should they be sold{H4376} unto us? Then held they their peace,{H2790} and found{H4672} never{H1697} a word. 9 Also I said,{H559} The thing that{H1697} ye do{H6213} is not good:{H2896} ought ye not to walk{H3212} in the fear{H3374} of our God,{H430} because of the reproach{H2781} of the nations{H1471} our enemies?{H341} 10 And I likewise, my brethren{H251} and my servants,{H5288} do lend{H5383} them money{H3701} and grain.{H1715} I pray you, let us leave off{H5800} this usury.{H4855} 11 Restore,{H7725} I pray you, to them, even this day,{H3117} their fields,{H7704} their vineyards,{H3754} their oliveyards,{H2132} and their houses,{H1004} also the hundredth{H3967} part of the money,{H3701} and of the grain,{H1715} the new wine,{H8492} and the oil,{H3323} that ye exact{H5383} of them. 12 Then said{H559} they, We will restore{H7725} them, and will require{H1245} nothing of them; so will we do,{H6213} even as thou sayest.{H559} Then I called{H7121} the priests,{H3548} and took an oath{H7650} of them, that they would do{H6213} according to this promise.{H1697} 13 Also I shook{H5287} out my lap,{H2684} and said,{H559} So God{H430} shake out{H5287} every man{H376} from his house,{H1004} and from his labor,{H3018} that performeth{H6965} not this promise;{H1697} even thus be he shaken out,{H5287} and emptied.{H7386} And all the assembly{H6951} said,{H559} Amen,{H543} and praised{H1984} Jehovah.{H3068} And the people{H5971} did{H6213} according to this promise.{H1697}
- Job 22:5-9 : 5 Is not thy wickedness{H7451} great?{H7227} Neither is there any end{H7093} to thine iniquities.{H5771} 6 For thou hast taken pledges{H2254} of thy brother{H251} for nought,{H2600} And stripped{H6584} the naked{H6174} of their clothing.{H899} 7 Thou hast not given water{H4325} to the weary{H5889} to drink,{H8248} And thou hast withholden{H4513} bread{H3899} from the hungry.{H7457} 8 But as for the mighty{H2220} man,{H376} he had the earth;{H776} And the honorable man,{H5375} he dwelt{H3427} in it. 9 Thou hast sent{H7971} widows{H490} away empty,{H7387} And the arms{H2220} of the fatherless{H3490} have been broken.{H1792}
- Job 24:4 : 4 They turn{H5186} the needy{H34} out of the way:{H1870} The poor{H6041} of the earth{H776} all{H3162} hide{H2244} themselves.
- Job 31:17 : 17 Or have eaten{H398} my morsel{H6595} alone, And the fatherless{H3490} hath not eaten{H398} thereof
- Job 31:21 : 21 If I have lifted up{H5130} my hand{H3027} against the fatherless,{H3490} Because I saw{H7200} my help{H5833} in the gate:{H8179}
- Prov 24:11-12 : 11 Deliver{H5337} them that are carried{H3947} away unto death,{H4194} And those that are ready{H4131} to be slain{H4194} see that thou hold back.{H2820} 12 If thou sayest,{H559} Behold, we knew{H3045} not this; Doth not he that weigheth{H8505} the hearts{H3826} consider{H995} it? And he that keepeth{H5341} thy soul,{H5315} doth not he know{H3045} it? And shall not he render{H7725} to every man{H120} according to his work?{H6467}
- Jer 22:16 : 16 He judged{H1777} the cause{H1779} of the poor{H6041} and needy;{H34} then it was well.{H2896} Was not this to know{H1847} me? saith{H5002} Jehovah.{H3068}
- Jas 1:27 : 27 Pure{G2513} religion{G2356} and{G2532} undefiled{G283} before{G3844} our God{G2316} and{G2532} Father{G3962} is{G2076} this,{G3778} to visit{G1980} the fatherless{G3737} and{G2532} widows{G5503} in{G1722} their{G846} affliction,{G2347} [and] to keep{G5083} oneself{G1438} unspotted{G784} from{G575} the world.{G2889}