Psalms 14:6

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Ye put to shame the counsel of the poor, Because Jehovah is his refuge.

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

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Referenced Verses

Ps 9:9 : 9 Jehovah also will be a high tower for the oppressed, A high tower in times of trouble;
Ps 4:2 : 2 O ye sons of men, how long shall my glory be turned into dishonor? [How long] will ye love vanity, and seek after falsehood? {Selah}
Ps 42:10 : 10 As with a sword in my bones, mine adversaries reproach me, While they continually say unto me, Where is thy God?
Ps 46:1 : 1 For the Chief Musician. [A Psalm] of the sons of Korah; set to Alamoth. A Song. God is our refuge and strength, A very present help in trouble.
Ps 142:5 : 5 I cried unto thee, O Jehovah; I said, Thou art my refuge, My portion in the land of the living.
Isa 37:10-11 : 10 Thus shall ye speak to Hezekiah king of Judah, saying, Let not thy God in whom thou trustest deceive thee, saying, Jerusalem shall not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria. 11 Behold, thou hast heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands, by destroying them utterly: and shalt thou be delivered?
Ezek 35:10 : 10 Because thou hast said, These two nations and these two countries shall be mine, and we will possess it; whereas Jehovah was there:
Dan 3:15 : 15 Now if ye be ready that at what time ye hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and dulcimer, and all kinds of music, ye fall down and worship the image which I have made, [well]: but if ye worship not, ye shall be cast the same hour into the midst of a burning fiery furnace; and who is that god that shall deliver you out of my hands?
Matt 27:40-43 : 40 and saying, Thou that destroyest the temple, and buildest it in three days, save thyself: if thou art the Son of God, come down from the cross. 41 In like manner also the chief priests mocking [him], with the scribes and elders, said, 42 He saved others; himself he cannot save. He is the King of Israel; let him now come down from the cross, and we will believe on him. 43 He trusteth on God; let him deliver him now, if he desireth him: for he said, I am the Son of God.
Heb 6:18 : 18 that by two immutable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we may have a strong encouragement, who have fled for refuge to lay hold of the hope set before us:
Ps 22:7-8 : 7 All they that see me laugh me to scorn: They shoot out the lip, they shake the head, [saying], 8 Commit [thyself] unto Jehovah; Let him deliver him: Let him rescue him, seeing he delighteth in him.
Ps 40:17 : 17 But I am poor and needy; [Yet] the Lord thinketh upon me: Thou art my help and my deliverer; Make no tarrying, O my God.
Neh 4:2-4 : 2 And he spake before his brethren and the army of Samaria, and said, What are these feeble Jews doing? will they fortify themselves? will they sacrifice? will they make an end in a day? will they revive the stones out of the heaps of rubbish, seeing they are burned? 3 Now Tobiah the Ammonite was by him, and he said, Even that which they are building, if a fox go up, he shall break down their stone wall. 4 Hear, O our God; for we are despised: and turn back their reproach upon their own head, and give them up for a spoil in a land of captivity;
Ps 3:2 : 2 Many there are that say of my soul, There is no help for him in God. {H5542}

Similar Verses (AI)

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Ps 41:1
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1For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David. Blessed is he that considereth the poor: Jehovah will deliver him in the day of evil.
Prov 14:31
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Ps 74:21
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21Oh let not the oppressed return ashamed: Let the poor and needy praise thy name.
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14Jehovah will enter into judgment with the elders of his people, and the princes thereof: It is ye that have eaten up the vineyard; the spoil of the poor is in your houses:
Isa 14:32
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32What then shall one answer the messengers of the nation? That Jehovah hath founded Zion, and in her shall the afflicted of his people take refuge.
Ps 35:10
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10All my bones shall say, Jehovah, who is like unto thee, Who deliverest the poor from him that is too strong for him, Yea, the poor and the needy from him that robbeth him?
Ps 140:12
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12I know that Jehovah will maintain the cause of the afflicted, And justice for the needy.
Jer 5:4
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4Then I said, Surely these are poor; they are foolish; for they know not the way of Jehovah, nor the law of their God:
Ps 9:9
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9Jehovah also will be a high tower for the oppressed, A high tower in times of trouble;
Ps 82:3-4
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3Judge the poor and fatherless: Do justice to the afflicted and destitute.
4Rescue the poor and needy: Deliver them out of the hand of the wicked.
Job 24:4
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4They turn the needy out of the way: The poor of the earth all hide themselves.
Ps 53:5
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5There were they in great fear, where no fear was; For God hath scattered the bones of him that encampeth against thee: Thou hast put them to shame, because of God hath rejected them.
Jas 2:6
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6But ye have dishonored the poor man. Do not the rich oppress you, and themselves drag you before the judgment-seats?
Ps 10:14
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14Thou hast seen [it]; for thou beholdest mischief and spite, to requite it with thy hand: The helpless committeth [himself] unto thee; Thou hast been the helper of the fatherless.
Isa 25:4
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4For thou hast been a stronghold to the poor, a stronghold to the needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shade from the heat, when the blast of the terrible ones is as a storm against the wall.
Prov 28:6
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6Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity, Than he that is perverse in [his] ways, though he be rich.
Job 5:15-16
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15But he saveth from the sword of their mouth, Even the needy from the hand of the mighty.
16So the poor hath hope, And iniquity stoppeth her mouth.
Ps 69:33
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33For Jehovah heareth the needy, And despiseth not his prisoners.
Isa 29:19
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19The meek also shall increase their joy in Jehovah, and the poor among men shall rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.
Ps 115:11
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11Ye that fear Jehovah, trust in Jehovah: He is their help and their shield.
Prov 14:26
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26In the fear of Jehovah is strong confidence; And his children shall have a place of refuge.
Ps 12:5
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5Because of the oppression of the poor, because of the sighing of the needy, Now will I arise, saith Jehovah; I will set him in the safety he panteth for.
1 Sam 2:7
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7Jehovah maketh poor, and maketh rich: He bringeth low, he also lifteth up.
Ps 35:26
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26Let them be put to shame and confounded together that rejoice at my hurt: Let them be clothed with shame and dishonor that magnify themselves against me.
Prov 19:17
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17He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto Jehovah, And his good deed will he pay him again.
Isa 26:6
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6The foot shall tread it down; even the feet of the poor, and the steps of the needy.
Ps 14:7
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7Oh that the salvation of Israel were come out of Zion! When Jehovah bringeth back the captivity of his people, Then shall Jacob rejoice, [and] Israel shall be glad.
Zeph 3:12
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12But I will leave in the midst of thee an afflicted and poor people, and they shall take refuge in the name of Jehovah.
Ps 116:6
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6Jehovah preserveth the simple: I was brought low, and he saved me.
Prov 10:15
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15The rich man's wealth is his strong city: The destruction of the poor is their poverty.
Prov 29:13-14
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71%
13The poor man and the oppressor meet together; Jehovah lighteneth the eyes of them both.
14The king that faithfully judgeth the poor, His throne shall be established for ever.
Ps 10:2
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2In the pride of the wicked the poor is hotly pursued; Let them be taken in the devices that they have conceived.
Ps 72:12
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Prov 14:20
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Ps 83:16
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16Fill their faces with confusion, That they may seek thy name, O Jehovah.
Prov 22:22
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22Rob not the poor, because he is poor; Neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:
Ps 31:1
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Ps 52:6
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6The righteous also shall see [it], and fear, And shall laugh at him, [saying],
Isa 66:5
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5Hear the word of Jehovah, ye that tremble at his word: Your brethren that hate you, that cast you out for my name's sake, have said, Let Jehovah be glorified, that we may see your joy; but it is they that shall be put to shame.
Ps 40:4
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4Blessed is the man that maketh Jehovah his trust, And respecteth not the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies.
Ps 113:7
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7He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, And lifteth up the needy from the dunghill;
Isa 10:2
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2to turn aside the needy from justice, and to rob the poor of my people of their right, that widows may be their spoil, and that they may make the fatherless their prey!
Job 6:20
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20They were put to shame because they had hoped; They came thither, and were confounded.
Ps 14:5
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5There were they in great fear; For God is in the generation of the righteous.
Ps 138:6
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6For though Jehovah is high, yet hath he respect unto the lowly; But the haughty he knoweth from afar.