Psalms 140:12

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May slanderers not be established in the land; may evil hunt down violent men to their destruction.

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  • Ps 9:4 : 4 When my enemies retreat, they stumble and perish before your presence.
  • 1 Kgs 8:45 : 45 then hear from heaven their prayer and their plea, and uphold their cause.
  • 1 Kgs 8:49 : 49 then hear their prayer and their plea from heaven, Your dwelling place, and uphold their cause.
  • Ps 10:17-18 : 17 Lord, You have heard the desire of the humble; You will strengthen their hearts and listen with Your ear. 18 To vindicate the fatherless and the oppressed, so that man, who is of the earth, will no longer terrorize.
  • Ps 22:24 : 24 You who fear the LORD, praise him! All you descendants of Jacob, honor him! Revere him, all you descendants of Israel!
  • Ps 35:10 : 10 All my bones will say, 'Lord, who is like You? You rescue the afflicted from those too strong for them, the poor and needy from their oppressors.'
  • Ps 72:4 : 4 He will judge the poor of the people, save the children of the needy, and crush the oppressor.
  • Ps 72:12-14 : 12 For he will deliver the needy who cry for help, the poor who have no helper. 13 He will have compassion on the weak and the needy and will save the lives of the needy. 14 He will redeem their lives from oppression and violence, and their blood will be precious in his sight.
  • Ps 102:17 : 17 For the LORD has rebuilt Zion and has appeared in his glory.
  • Prov 22:22 : 22 Do not rob the poor because he is poor, and do not crush the afflicted at the gate.
  • Prov 23:10-11 : 10 Do not move an ancient boundary marker, nor enter the fields of the fatherless. 11 For their Redeemer is strong; He will plead their case against you.
  • Isa 11:4 : 4 But he will judge the poor with righteousness, and decide with equity for the meek of the earth. He will strike the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips he will slay the wicked.
  • Jer 22:16 : 16 He defended the cause of the poor and needy, and it was well with him. Is this not what it means to know me? declares the LORD.
  • Matt 11:5 : 5 The blind receive their sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the poor have the good news proclaimed to them.

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