Psalms 82:4

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Rescue the weak and the needy; deliver them from the hand of the wicked.

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  • Neh 5:1-9 : 1 There arose a great outcry from the people and their wives against their fellow Jews. 2 Some were saying, 'We, along with our sons and daughters, are numerous. Let us get grain that we may eat and stay alive.' 3 Others were saying, 'We have had to mortgage our fields, vineyards, and houses to get grain during the famine.' 4 Still others were saying, 'We have borrowed money to pay the king’s tax on our fields and vineyards.' 5 'Although we are of the same flesh and blood as our fellow Israelites, and our children are just like theirs, we have to subject our sons and daughters to slavery. Some of our daughters are already enslaved, and we are powerless to do anything about it, since our fields and vineyards now belong to others.' 6 When I heard their outcry and these words, I became extremely angry. 7 I took counsel with myself, and then I confronted the nobles and officials, saying to them, 'You are exacting interest from your own people!' So I called together a large assembly to deal with them. 8 I said to them, 'We have redeemed our fellow Jews who were sold to the nations, as much as we were able. Now, you are selling your own people, only for them to be sold back to us!' They stayed silent, unable to say a word. 9 Then I said, 'What you are doing is not right. Shouldn’t you walk in the fear of our God to avoid the reproach of the nations, our enemies?' 10 I and my brothers and my men are also lending money and grain, but let us stop charging interest on them. 11 Return to them this very day their fields, vineyards, olive groves, and houses, as well as the interest you are charging them—on the money, grain, new wine, and olive oil. 12 'We will give it back,' they responded, 'and we will not demand anything more from them. We will do as you say.' Then I summoned the priests and made the nobles and officials take an oath to do what they had promised. 13 I also shook out the fold of my garment and said, 'May God likewise shake out every man who does not uphold this promise from his home and his possessions. Let him be shaken out and left empty!' The entire assembly said, 'Amen,' and they praised the LORD. And the people did as they had promised.
  • Job 5:15-16 : 15 He saves the needy from the sword of their mouth and from the hand of the strong. 16 So the poor have hope, and injustice shuts its mouth.
  • Job 29:12 : 12 Because I rescued the poor who cried for help, and the orphan who had no helper.
  • Job 29:16-17 : 16 I was a father to the needy, and I searched out the case of one I did not know. 17 I broke the jaws of the wicked and snatched the prey from his teeth.
  • 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.
  • Prov 24:11-12 : 11 Rescue those being taken to death and hold back those stumbling toward slaughter, if you can. 12 If you say, 'We did not know about this,' won't the one who examines hearts perceive it? Won't the one who guards your soul know? He will repay everyone according to their deeds.
  • Ps 140:12 : 12 May slanderers not be established in the land; may evil hunt down violent men to their destruction.

Similar Verses (AI)

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    2How long will you judge unjustly and show partiality to the wicked? Selah.

    3Defend the weak and the fatherless; uphold the cause of the poor and the oppressed.

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    4They turn the needy off the path, and the poor of the land are forced to hide together.

  • Ps 71:4
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    4My God, rescue me from the hand of the wicked, from the grasp of the unjust and the oppressor.

  • Ps 72:12-13
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    12For he will deliver the needy who cry for help, the poor who have no helper.

    13He will have compassion on the weak and the needy and will save the lives of the needy.

  • Ps 72:4
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    4He will judge the poor of the people, save the children of the needy, and crush the oppressor.

  • Jer 20:13
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    13Sing to the LORD! Praise the LORD! For He rescues the life of the needy from the hands of the wicked.

  • Job 5:15
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    15He saves the needy from the sword of their mouth and from the hand of the strong.

  • Isa 10:2
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    2They deprive the poor of justice and rob the rights of the needy among my people, making widows their spoil and leaving orphans to be plundered.

  • Job 36:15
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    15He delivers the afflicted through their suffering and opens their ears in oppression.

  • Prov 31:8-9
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    8Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves, for the rights of all who are destitute.

    9Speak up and judge fairly; defend the rights of the poor and needy.

  • Ps 41:1
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    1For the director of music, a psalm of David.

  • Job 29:12
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    12Because I rescued the poor who cried for help, and the orphan who had no helper.

  • Ps 35:10
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    10All 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.'

  • Amos 8:4
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    4Hear this, you who trample on the needy and seek to destroy the poor of the land,

  • Ps 10:14
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    14But You have seen; for You observe trouble and grief, to repay it by Your hand. The helpless entrusts themselves to You; You are the helper of the fatherless.

  • Job 36:6
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    6He does not keep the wicked alive but gives justice to the afflicted.

  • Ps 140:12
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    12May slanderers not be established in the land; may evil hunt down violent men to their destruction.

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    4They sharpen their tongues like serpents; the venom of vipers is under their lips. Selah.

  • Prov 29:7
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    7The righteous care about the justice of the poor, but the wicked have no understanding of it.

  • Job 24:9
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    9They snatch the orphan from the breast and take the poor as a pledge.

  • Jer 15:21
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    21'I will deliver you from the hand of the wicked and redeem you from the grasp of the violent.'

  • Ps 10:2
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    2In arrogance the wicked hotly pursue the afflicted; let them be caught in the schemes they have devised.

  • Ps 82:5
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    5They do not know nor do they understand; they wander in darkness. All the foundations of the earth are shaken.

  • Ps 37:14
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    14The wicked draw the sword and bend their bows to bring down the poor and the needy, to slaughter those whose ways are upright.

  • Exod 23:6
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    6Do not deny justice to your poor among you in their lawsuit.

  • Prov 22:22-23
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    22Do not rob the poor because he is poor, and do not crush the afflicted at the gate.

    23For the LORD will plead their case and will rob of life those who rob them.

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    21Do not let the oppressed retreat in humiliation; let the poor and needy praise Your name.

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    30He will even deliver one who is not innocent, who will be delivered through the cleanness of your hands.

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    17The face of the Lord is against those who do evil, to cut off their memory from the earth.

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    4The LORD is righteous; He has cut the cords of the wicked.

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    22But this is a people plundered and looted, all of them trapped in holes or hidden away in prisons. They have become plunder, with no one to rescue them; they are loot, with no one to say, 'Restore them.'

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    11Rescue me and save me from the hand of foreigners, whose mouths speak lies and whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood.

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    5Those who say, 'By our tongue we will prevail; our lips are our own—who is lord over us?'

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    18The wicked will return to the grave, and so will all the nations that forget God.

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    2He will judge your people with righteousness and your afflicted ones with justice.

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    40The LORD helps and delivers them; He delivers them from the wicked and saves them because they take refuge in Him.

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    11God has handed me over to the unjust and thrown me into the hands of the wicked.

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    28He causes the cry of the poor to come before Him, and He hears the cry of the afflicted.

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    19The Lord is near to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit.

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    31For He stands at the right hand of the needy to save them from those who would condemn their souls.

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    1Vindicate me, O God, and defend my cause against an ungodly nation; rescue me from deceitful and unjust people.

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    9You sent widows away empty-handed, and the arms of the fatherless were crushed.

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    28They have grown fat and sleek. They excel in evil deeds; they do not defend the rights of the fatherless so they might prosper, nor do they uphold the cause of the needy.