Verse 4
Rescue{H6403} the poor{H1800} and needy:{H34} Deliver{H6403} them out of the hand{H3027} of the wicked.{H7563}
Referenced Verses
- Neh 5:1-9 : 1 Then there arose a great{H1419} cry{H6818} of the people{H5971} and of their wives{H802} against their brethren{H251} the Jews.{H3064} 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 5:15-16 : 15 But he saveth{H3467} from the sword{H2719} of their mouth,{H6310} Even the needy{H34} from the hand{H3027} of the mighty.{H2389} 16 So the poor{H1800} hath hope,{H8615} And iniquity{H5766} stoppeth{H7092} her mouth.{H6310}
- Job 29:12 : 12 Because I delivered{H4422} the poor{H6041} that cried,{H7768} The fatherless{H3490} also, that had none to help{H5826} him.
- Job 29:16-17 : 16 I was a father{H1} to the needy:{H34} And the cause{H7379} of him that I knew{H3045} not I searched out.{H2713} 17 And I brake{H7665} the jaws{H4973} of the unrighteous,{H5767} And plucked{H7993} the prey{H2964} out of his teeth.{H8127}
- Ps 72:12-14 : 12 For he will deliver{H5337} the needy{H34} when he crieth,{H7768} And the poor,{H6041} that hath no helper.{H5826} 13 He will have pity{H2347} on the poor{H1800} and needy,{H1800} And the souls{H5315} of the needy{H34} he will save.{H3467} 14 He will redeem{H1350} their soul{H5315} from oppression{H8496} and violence;{H2555} And precious{H3365} will their blood{H1818} be in his sight:{H5869}
- 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}
- Ps 140:12 : 12 I know{H3045} that Jehovah{H3068} will maintain{H6213} the cause{H1779} of the afflicted,{H6041} And justice{H4941} for the needy.{H34}