Psalms 82:4

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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

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  • Neh 5:1-9 : 1 Then there was a great outcry from the people and their wives against their countrymen the Jews. 2 For there were some who said, We, our sons and our daughters, are a great number: let us get grain, so that we may have food for our needs. 3 And there were some who said, We are giving our fields and our vine-gardens and our houses for debt: let us get grain because we are in need. 4 And there were others who said, We have given up our fields and our vine-gardens to get money for the king's taxes. 5 But our flesh is the same as the flesh of our countrymen, and our children as their children: and now we are giving our sons and daughters into the hands of others, to be their servants, and some of our daughters are servants even now: and we have no power to put a stop to it; for other men have our fields and our vine-gardens. 6 And on hearing their outcry and what they said I was very angry. 7 And after turning it over in my mind, I made a protest to the chiefs and the rulers, and said to them, Every one of you is taking interest from his countryman. And I got together a great meeting of protest. 8 And I said to them, We have given whatever we were able to give, to make our brothers the Jews free, who were servants and prisoners of the nations: and would you now give up your brothers for a price, and are they to become our property? Then they said nothing, answering not a word. 9 And I said, What you are doing is not good: is it not the more necessary for you to go in the fear of our God, because of the shame which the nations may put on us? 10 Even I and my servants have been taking interest for the money and the grain we have let them have. So now, let us give up this thing. 11 Give back to them this very day their fields, their vine-gardens, their olive-gardens, and their houses, as well as a hundredth part of the money and the grain and the wine and the oil which you have taken from them. 12 Then they said, We will give them back, and take nothing for them; we will do as you say. Then I sent for the priests and made them take an oath that they would keep this agreement. 13 And shaking out the folds of my robe, I said, So may God send out from his house and his work every man who does not keep this agreement; even so let him be sent out and made as nothing. And all the meeting of the people said, So be it, and gave praise to the Lord. And the people did as they had said.
  • Job 5:15-16 : 15 But he keeps safe from their sword those who have no father, and the poor from the power of the strong. 16 So the poor man has hope, and the mouth of the evil-doer is stopped.
  • Job 29:12 : 12 For 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.
  • Job 29:16-17 : 16 I was a father to the poor, searching out the cause of him who was strange to me. 17 By me the great teeth of the evil-doer were broken, and I made him give up what he had violently taken away.
  • Ps 72:12-14 : 12 For he will be a saviour to the poor in answer to his cry; and to him who is in need, without a helper. 13 He will have pity on the poor, and be the saviour of those who are in need. 14 He will keep their souls free from evil designs and violent attacks; and their blood will be of value in his eyes.
  • Prov 24:11-12 : 11 Be the saviour of those who are given up to death, and do not keep back help from those who are slipping to destruction. 12 If you say, See, we had no knowledge of this: does not the tester of hearts give thought to it? and he who keeps your soul, has he no knowledge of it? and will he not give to every man the reward of his work?
  • Ps 140:12 : 12 I am certain that the Lord will take care of the cause of the poor, and of the rights of those who are troubled.

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

    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.

  • Job 24:4
    79%

    4 The crushed are turned out of the way; all the poor of the earth go into a secret place together.

  • Ps 71:4
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    4 O my God, take me out of the hand of the sinner, out of the hand of the evil and cruel man.

  • Ps 72:12-13
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    12 For he will be a saviour to the poor in answer to his cry; and to him who is in need, without a helper.

    13 He will have pity on the poor, and be the saviour of those who are in need.

  • Ps 72:4
    78%

    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.

  • Jer 20:13
    78%

    13 Make melody to the Lord, give praise to the Lord: for he has made the soul of the poor man free from the hands of the evil-doers.

  • Job 5:15
    77%

    15 But he keeps safe from their sword those who have no father, and the poor from the power of the strong.

  • Isa 10:2
    77%

    2 Who 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.

  • Job 36:15
    77%

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

  • Prov 31:8-9
    2 verses
    76%

    8 Let your mouth be open for those who have no voice, in the cause of those who are ready for death.

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

  • Ps 41:1
    76%

    1 <To the chief music-maker. A Psalm. Of David.> Happy is the man who gives thought to the poor; the Lord will be his saviour in the time of trouble.

  • Job 29:12
    75%

    12 For 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.

  • Ps 35:10
    75%

    10 All my bones will say, Lord, who is like you? The saviour of the poor man from the hands of the strong, of him who is poor and in need from him who takes his goods.

  • Amos 8:4
    74%

    4 Give ear to this, you who are crushing the poor, and whose purpose is to put an end to those who are in need in the land,

  • Ps 10:14
    74%

    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.

  • Job 36:6
    74%

    6 His eyes are ever on the upright, and he gives to the crushed their right;

  • Ps 140:12
    74%

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

  • Ps 140:4
    74%

    4 O Lord, take me out of the hands of sinners; keep me safe from the violent man: for they are designing my downfall.

  • Prov 29:7
    74%

    7 The upright man gives attention to the cause of the poor: the evil-doer gives no thought to it.

  • Job 24:9
    74%

    9 The child without a father is forced from its mother's breast, and they take the young children of the poor for debt.

  • Jer 15:21
    74%

    21 I will keep you safe from the hands of the evil-doers, and I will give you salvation from the hands of the cruel ones.

  • Ps 10:2
    73%

    2 The evil-doer in his pride is cruel to the poor; let him be taken by the tricks of his invention.

  • Ps 82:5
    73%

    5 They have no knowledge or sense; they go about in the dark: all the bases of the earth are moved.

  • Ps 37:14
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    14 The evil-doers have taken out their swords, their bows are bent; for crushing the poor, and to put to death those who are upright in their ways.

  • Exod 23:6
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    6 Let no wrong decisions be given in the poor man's cause.

  • Prov 22:22-23
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    22 Do not take away the property of the poor man because he is poor, or be cruel to the crushed ones when they come before the judge:

    23 For the Lord will give support to their cause, and take the life of those who take their goods.

  • Ps 74:21
    72%

    21 O let not the crushed be turned back in shame; let the low man and the poor give praise to your name.

  • Ps 140:1
    72%

    1 <To the chief music-maker. A Psalm. Of David.> O Lord, take me out of the power of the evil man; keep me safe from the violent man:

  • Job 6:23
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    23 Or, Get me out of the power of my hater? or, Give money so that I may be free from the power of the cruel ones?

  • Job 22:30
    72%

    30 He makes safe the man who is free from sin, and if your hands are clean, salvation will be yours.

  • Ps 34:17
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    17 The cry of the upright comes before the Lord, and he takes them out of all their troubles.

  • Ps 10:18
    72%

    18 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.

  • Ps 129:4
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    4 The Lord is true: the cords of the evil-doers are broken in two.

  • Isa 42:22
    72%

    22 But this is a people whose property has been taken away from them by force; they are all taken in holes, and shut up in prisons: they are made prisoners, and no one makes them free; they are taken by force and no one says, Give them back.

  • Ps 144:11
    72%

    11 Make me free, and take me out of the hands of strange men, in whose mouths are false words, and whose right hand is a right hand of deceit.

  • Ps 12:5
    72%

    5 Because of the crushing of the poor and the weeping of those in need, now will I come to his help, says the Lord; I will give him the salvation which he is desiring.

  • Ps 9:18
    72%

    18 For the poor will not be without help; the hopes of those in need will not be crushed for ever.

  • Ps 72:2
    72%

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

  • Ps 37:40
    72%

    40 And the Lord will be their help, and keep them safe: he will take them out of the hands of the evil-doers, and be their saviour, because they had faith in him.

  • Job 16:11
    72%

    11 God gives me over to the power of sinners, sending me violently into the hands of evil-doers.

  • Job 34:28
    72%

    28 So that the cry of the poor might come up to him, and the prayer of those in need come to his ears.

  • Ps 34:19
    71%

    19 Great are the troubles of the upright: but the Lord takes him safely out of them all.

  • Ps 109:31
    71%

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

  • Ps 43:1
    71%

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

  • Job 22:9
    71%

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

  • Jer 5:28
    71%

    28 They 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.