Psalms 10:18

Bible in Basic English (1941)

To give decision for the child without a father and for the broken-hearted, so that the man of the earth may no longer be feared.

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  • Ps 82:3 : 3 Give ear to the cause of the poor and the children without fathers; let those who are troubled and in need have their rights.
  • Ps 9:9 : 9 The Lord will be a high tower for those who are crushed down, a high tower in times of trouble;
  • Ps 17:14 : 14 With your hand, O Lord, from men, even men of the world, whose heritage is in this life, and whom you make full with your secret wealth: they are full of children; after their death their offspring take the rest of their goods.
  • Isa 11:4 : 4 But he will do right in the cause of the poor, and give wise decisions for those in the land who are in need; and the rod of his mouth will come down on the cruel, and with the breath of his lips he will put an end to the evil-doer.
  • Luke 16:25 : 25 But Abraham said, Keep in mind, my son, that when you were living, you had your good things, while Lazarus had evil things: but now, he is comforted and you are in pain.
  • Luke 18:7-8 : 7 And will not God do right in the cause of his saints, whose cries come day and night to his ears, though he is long in doing it? 8 I say to you that he will quickly do right in their cause. But when the Son of man comes, will there be any faith on earth?
  • 1 Cor 15:47-48 : 47 The first man is from the earth, and of the earth: the second man is from heaven. 48 Those who are of the earth are like the man who was from the earth: and those who are of heaven are like the one from heaven.
  • Phil 3:18-19 : 18 For there are those, of whom I have given you word before, and do so now with sorrow, who are haters of the cross of Christ; 19 Whose end is destruction, whose god is the stomach, and whose glory is in their shame, whose minds are fixed on the things of the earth.
  • Ps 72:4 : 4 May he be a judge of the poor among the people, may he give salvation to the children of those who are in need; by him let the violent be crushed.
  • Ps 74:21 : 21 O let not the crushed be turned back in shame; let the low man and the poor give praise to your name.
  • Ps 10:14 : 14 You have seen it; for your eyes are on sorrow and grief, to take it into your hand: the poor man puts his faith in you; you have been the helper of the child who has no father.
  • Ps 94:1-6 : 1 O God, in whose hands is punishment, O God of punishment, let your shining face be seen. 2 Be lifted up, O judge of the earth; let their reward come to the men of pride. 3 How long will sinners, O Lord, how long will sinners have joy over us? 4 Words of pride come from their lips; all the workers of evil say great things of themselves. 5 Your people are crushed by them, O Lord, your heritage is troubled, 6 They put to death the widow and the guest, they take the lives of children who have no father;

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 82:2-4
    3 verses
    78%

    2How long will you go on judging falsely, having respect for the persons of evil-doers? (Selah.)

    3Give ear to the cause of the poor and the children without fathers; let those who are troubled and in need have their rights.

    4Be the saviour of the poor and those who have nothing: take them out of the hand of the evil-doers.

  • 2Who do wrong to the poor in their cause, and take away the right of the crushed among my people, so that they may have the property of widows, and get under their power those who have no father.

  • 4May he be a judge of the poor among the people, may he give salvation to the children of those who are in need; by him let the violent be crushed.

  • 17Lord, you have given ear to the prayer of the poor: you will make strong their hearts, you will give them a hearing:

  • 11So that men will say, Truly there is a reward for righteousness; truly there is a God who is judge on the earth.

  • Ps 10:14-15
    2 verses
    75%

    14You have seen it; for your eyes are on sorrow and grief, to take it into your hand: the poor man puts his faith in you; you have been the helper of the child who has no father.

    15Let the arm of the sinner and the evil-doer be broken; go on searching for his sin till there is no more.

  • Ps 9:8-9
    2 verses
    74%

    8And he will be the judge of the world in righteousness, giving true decisions for the peoples.

    9The Lord will be a high tower for those who are crushed down, a high tower in times of trouble;

  • 19Up! O Lord; let not man overcome you: let the nations be judged before you.

  • 6The Lord gives decisions in righteousness for all who are in trouble.

  • 9Let your mouth be open, judging rightly, and give right decisions in the cause of the poor and those in need.

  • 17Take pleasure in well-doing; let your ways be upright, keep down the cruel, give a right decision for the child who has no father, see to the cause of the widow.

  • 12I am certain that the Lord will take care of the cause of the poor, and of the rights of those who are troubled.

  • 5A father to those who have no father, a judge of the widows, is God in his holy place.

  • 9When God took his place as judge, for the salvation of the poor on the earth. (Selah.)

  • 13The Lord is ready to take up his cause against his people, and is about to come forward as their judge.

  • Lam 3:34-35
    2 verses
    73%

    34In a man's crushing under his feet all the prisoners of the earth,

    35In his turning away the right of a man before the face of the Most High.

  • Job 22:8-9
    2 verses
    72%

    8For it was the man with power who had the land, and the man with an honoured name who was living in it.

    9You have sent widows away without hearing their cause, and you have taken away the support of the child who has no father.

  • 18Judging uprightly in the cause of the widow and of the child who has no father, and giving food and clothing in his mercy to the man from a strange country.

  • 9Because the hand of the cruel is hard on them, men are making sounds of grief; they are crying out for help because of the arm of the strong.

  • 2May he be a judge of your people in righteousness, and make true decisions for the poor.

  • 7Who gives their rights to those who are crushed down; and gives food to those who are in need of it: the Lord makes the prisoners free;

  • 121<AIN> I have done what is good and right: you will not give me into the hands of those who are working against me.

  • 28They have become fat and strong: they have gone far in works of evil: they give no support to the cause of the child without a father, so that they may do well; they do not see that the poor man gets his rights.

  • 14The king who is a true judge in the cause of the poor, will be safe for ever on the seat of his power.

  • 1Be my judge, O God, supporting my cause against a nation without religion; O keep me from the false and evil man.

  • 9The Lord takes care of those who are in a strange land; he gives help to the widow and to the child who has no father; but he sends destruction on the way of sinners.

  • 3This is what the Lord has said: Do what is right, judging uprightly, and make free from the hands of the cruel one him whose goods have been violently taken away: do no wrong and be not violent to the man from a strange country and the child without a father and the widow, and let not those who have done no wrong be put to death in this place.

  • 71%

    8The Lord will be judge of the peoples; give a decision for me, O Lord, because of my righteousness, and let my virtue have its reward.

  • 2Be lifted up, O judge of the earth; let their reward come to the men of pride.

  • 11Kings of the earth, and all peoples; rulers and all judges of the earth:

  • 16Because he had no mercy, but was cruel to the low and the poor, designing the death of the broken-hearted.

  • 3What profit is it to you to be cruel, to give up the work of your hands, looking kindly on the design of evil-doers?

  • 19Cursed is he who gives a wrong decision in the cause of a man from a strange land, or of one without a father, or of a widow. And let all the people say, So be it.

  • 16He was judge in the cause of the poor and those in need; then it was well. Was not this to have knowledge of me? says the Lord.

  • 31For he is ever at the right hand of the poor, to take him out of the hands of those who go after his soul.

  • 24Be my judge, O Lord my God, in your righteousness; do not let them be glad over me.

  • 27Truly, you are such as would give up the child of a dead man to his creditors, and would make a profit out of your friend.

  • 12For I was a saviour to the poor when he was crying for help, to the child with no father, and to him who had no supporter.

  • 31He who is hard on the poor puts shame on his Maker; but he who has mercy on those who are in need gives him honour.

  • 15He makes the wrong done to the poor the way of their salvation, opening their ears by their trouble.

  • 6They put to death the widow and the guest, they take the lives of children who have no father;

  • 8Up! O God, come as judge of the earth; for all the nations are your heritage.

  • 9Before the Lord, for he has come as judge of the earth; judging the world in righteousness, and giving true decisions for the peoples.

  • 12Let no man have pity on him, or give help to his children when he is dead.