Psalms 9:18

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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

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  • Prov 23:18 : 18 For without doubt there is a future, and your hope will not be cut off.
  • Ps 12:5 : 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.
  • Prov 24:14 : 14 So let your desire be for wisdom: if you have it, there will be a future, and your hope will not be cut off.
  • Ps 9:12 : 12 When he makes search for blood, he has them in his memory: he is not without thought for the cry of the poor.
  • Luke 1:53 : 53 Those who had no food he made full of good things; the men of wealth he sent away with nothing in their hands;
  • Luke 6:20 : 20 And turning his eyes to his disciples he said, Happy are you who are poor: for the kingdom of God is yours.
  • Jas 2:5 : 5 Give ear, my dear brothers; are not those who are poor in the things of this world marked out by God to have faith as their wealth, and for their heritage the kingdom which he has said he will give to those who have love for him?
  • Ps 71:5 : 5 For you are my hope, O Lord God; I have had faith in you from the time when I was young.
  • 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 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.
  • Ps 102:17 : 17 When he has given ear to the prayer of the poor, and has not put his request on one side.
  • Ps 102:20 : 20 Hearing the cry of the prisoner, making free those for whom death is ordered;
  • Ps 109:31 : 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.

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  • Job 5:15-16
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    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.

  • 17 The sinners and all the nations who have no memory of God will be turned into the underworld.

  • Ps 10:11-12
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    11 He says in his heart, God has no memory of me: his face is turned away; he will never see it.

    12 Up! O Lord; let your hand be lifted: give thought to the poor.

  • 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.

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

  • 11 For there will never be a time when there are no poor in the land; and so I give orders to you, Let your hand be open to your countrymen, to those who are poor and in need in your land.

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

  • 12 When he makes search for blood, he has them in his memory: he is not without thought for the cry of the poor.

  • Ps 109:15-16
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    15 Let them be ever before the eyes of the Lord, so that the memory of them may be cut off from the earth.

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

  • 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.

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

  • 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.

  • 18 For without doubt there is a future, and your hope will not be cut off.

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

  • 28 The hope of the upright man will give joy, but the waiting of the evil-doer will have its end in sorrow.

  • 19 O give not the soul of your dove to the hawk; let not the life of the poor go out of your memory for ever.

  • 25 I have been young, and now am old, but I have not seen the good man without help, or his children looking for bread.

  • 31 For the Lord does not give a man up for ever.

  • 33 For the ears of the Lord are open to the poor, and he takes thought for his prisoners.

  • Ps 82:3-4
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    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.

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

  • 19 They will not be shamed in the evil time, and in the days when all are in need of food they will have enough.

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

  • 6 He will not ever be moved; the memory of the upright will be living for ever.

  • 28 For the Lord is a lover of righteousness, and takes care of his saints; they will be kept safe for ever; but the seed of the evil-doers will be cut off.

  • 17 He who has pity on the poor gives to the Lord, and the Lord will give him his reward.

  • Ps 112:9-10
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    9 He has given with open hands to the poor; his righteousness is for ever; his horn will be lifted up with honour.

    10 The sinner will see it with grief; he will be wasted away with envy; the desire of the evil-doers will come to nothing.

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

  • 17 Though I am poor and in need, the Lord has me in mind; you are my help and my saviour; let there be no waiting, O my God.

  • 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.

  • 17 When he has given ear to the prayer of the poor, and has not put his request on one side.

  • 10 For in a short time the evil-doer will be gone: you will go searching for his place, and it will not be there.

  • 20 Why have we gone from your memory for ever? why have you been turned away from us for so long?

  • 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.

  • 9 So that he might have eternal life, and never see the underworld.

  • 26 The poor will have a feast of good things: those who make search for the Lord will give him praise: your heart will have life for ever.

  • 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.

  • 3 The Lord will not let the upright be in need of food, but he puts far from him the desire of the evil-doers.

  • 7 He takes the poor man out of the dust, lifting him up from his low position;

  • 31 He 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.

  • 11 For the poor you have ever with you, but me you have not for ever.

  • 9 As it is said in the Writings, He has sent out far and wide, he has given to the poor; his righteousness is for ever.

  • 9 Do not give me up when I am old; be my help even when my strength is gone.

  • 7 At the death of an upright man his hope does not come to an end, but the hope of the evil-doer comes to destruction.

  • 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.