Psalms 12:5

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Those who say, 'By our tongue we will prevail; our lips are our own—who is lord over us?'

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  • Prov 14:31 : 31 Whoever oppresses the poor shows contempt for their Maker, but whoever is kind to the needy honors Him.
  • Isa 33:10 : 10 "Now I will arise," says the LORD. "Now I will be exalted; now I will lift myself up."
  • Exod 2:23-24 : 23 During that long period, the king of Egypt died. The Israelites groaned under their slavery and cried out, and their cry for help because of their slavery rose up to God. 24 God heard their groaning, and He remembered His covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
  • Exod 3:7-9 : 7 The LORD said, 'I have surely seen the affliction of my people in Egypt. I have heard their cry on account of their oppressors, and I am aware of their sufferings.' 8 'So I have come down to rescue them from the power of the Egyptians and to bring them up out of that land to a good and spacious land, a land flowing with milk and honey—the place of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites.' 9 'Now, the cry of the Israelites has come to me, and I have also seen the oppression with which the Egyptians oppress them.'
  • Judg 10:16 : 16 So they put away the foreign gods from among them and served the LORD, and He could no longer bear the misery of Israel.
  • Job 5:15 : 15 He saves the needy from the sword of their mouth and from the hand of the strong.
  • Job 5:21 : 21 You will be protected from the scourge of the tongue, and you will not fear destruction when it comes.
  • Ps 10:12 : 12 Arise, Lord! Lift up Your hand, O God! Do not forget the afflicted.
  • Ps 34:6 : 6 They looked to Him and were radiant, and their faces were not ashamed.
  • Ps 146:7-8 : 7 He upholds the cause of the oppressed and gives food to the hungry. The LORD sets the prisoners free, 8 The LORD gives sight to the blind, the LORD lifts up those who are bowed down, the LORD loves the righteous.
  • Jas 5:4 : 4 Look, the wages that you withheld from the workers who harvested your fields are crying out, and the cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord of Hosts.
  • Ps 74:21-22 : 21 Do not let the oppressed retreat in humiliation; let the poor and needy praise Your name. 22 Arise, O God, and defend Your cause; remember how fools insult You all day long.
  • Ps 79:10-11 : 10 Why should the nations say, 'Where is their God?' Let it be known among the nations before our eyes that You avenge the spilled blood of Your servants. 11 Let the groans of the prisoners come before You; in accordance with the greatness of Your arm, preserve those condemned to die.
  • Ps 10:18 : 18 To vindicate the fatherless and the oppressed, so that man, who is of the earth, will no longer terrorize.
  • Ps 10:5 : 5 His ways prosper at all times; Your judgments are far above, out of his sight; as for all his foes, he sneers at them.
  • Ezek 18:12-13 : 12 oppresses the poor and needy, commits robbery, does not restore a pledge, looks to idols, and does detestable things, 13 He lends at interest and takes a profit. Will such a person live? He will not! Because he has committed all these abominations, he will surely be put to death, and his blood will be on his own head.
  • Ezek 18:18 : 18 But his father, because he practiced extortion, robbed his own people, and did what was not good among them—behold, he will die for his iniquity.
  • Mic 7:8-9 : 8 Do not rejoice over me, my enemy! Though I have fallen, I will rise. Though I sit in darkness, the LORD will be my light. 9 Because I have sinned against Him, I will bear the indignation of the LORD until He pleads my case and executes justice for me. He will bring me into the light, and I will see His righteousness.
  • Prov 22:22-23 : 22 Do not rob the poor because he is poor, and do not crush the afflicted at the gate. 23 For the LORD will plead their case and will rob of life those who rob them.
  • Eccl 4:1 : 1 Again I looked and saw all the oppression that is done under the sun: I saw the tears of the oppressed, and they had no comforter. Power was on the side of their oppressors, and they had no comforter.
  • Eccl 5:8 : 8 The benefit of the land is for everyone; even a king depends on the field being cultivated.
  • Isa 19:20 : 20 It will be a sign and a witness to the LORD of Hosts in the land of Egypt. When they cry out to the LORD because of their oppressors, He will send them a savior and defender, and He will rescue them.

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