Psalms 140:12

King James Version 1611 (Original)

I know that the LORD will maintain the cause of the afflicted, and the right of the poor.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 9:4 : 4 For thou hast maintained my right and my cause; thou satest in the throne judging right.
  • 1 Kgs 8:45 : 45 Then hear thou in heaven their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause.
  • 1 Kgs 8:49 : 49 Then hear thou their prayer and their supplication in heaven thy dwelling place, and maintain their cause,
  • Ps 10:17-18 : 17 LORD, thou hast heard the desire of the humble: thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear: 18 To judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that the man of the earth may no more oppress.
  • Ps 22:24 : 24 For he hath not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted; neither hath he hid his face from him; but when he cried unto him, he heard.
  • Ps 35:10 : 10 All my bones shall say, LORD, who is like unto thee, which deliverest the poor from him that is too strong for him, yea, the poor and the needy from him that spoileth him?
  • Ps 72:4 : 4 He shall judge the poor of the people, he shall save the children of the needy, and shall break in pieces the oppressor.
  • Ps 72:12-14 : 12 For he shall deliver the needy when he crieth; the poor also, and him that hath no helper. 13 He shall spare the poor and needy, and shall save the souls of the needy. 14 He shall redeem their soul from deceit and violence: and precious shall their blood be in his sight.
  • Ps 102:17 : 17 He will regard the prayer of the destitute, and not despise their prayer.
  • Prov 22:22 : 22 Rob not the poor, because he is poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:
  • Prov 23:10-11 : 10 Remove not the old landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless: 11 For their redeemer is mighty; he shall plead their cause with thee.
  • Isa 11:4 : 4 But with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and reprove with equity for the meek of the earth: and he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked.
  • Jer 22:16 : 16 He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well with him: was not this to know me? saith the LORD.
  • Matt 11:5 : 5 The blind receive their sight, and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have the gospel preached to them.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 82:3-4
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    78%

    3 Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and needy.

    4 Deliver the poor and needy: rid them out of the hand of the wicked.

  • 7 The righteous considereth the cause of the poor: but the wicked regardeth not to know it.

  • 5 For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith the LORD; I will set him in safety from him that puffeth at him.

  • 1 Blessed is he that considereth the poor: the LORD will deliver him in time of trouble.

  • Prov 31:8-9
    2 verses
    75%

    8 Open thy mouth for the dumb in the cause of all such as are appointed to destruction.

    9 Open thy mouth, judge righteously, and plead the cause of the poor and needy.

  • 31 For he shall stand at the right hand of the poor, to save him from those that condemn his soul.

  • 13 Surely the righteous shall give thanks unto thy name: the upright shall dwell in thy presence.

  • 16 He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well with him: was not this to know me? saith the LORD.

  • 14 The king that faithfully judgeth the poor, his throne shall be established for ever.

  • 6 He preserveth not the life of the wicked: but giveth right to the poor.

  • 75 I know, O LORD, that thy judgments are right, and that thou in faithfulness hast afflicted me.

  • Ps 37:17-18
    2 verses
    74%

    17 For the arms of the wicked shall be broken: but the LORD upholdeth the righteous.

    18 The LORD knoweth the days of the upright: and their inheritance shall be for ever.

  • 12 For he shall deliver the needy when he crieth; the poor also, and him that hath no helper.

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    22 Rob not the poor, because he is poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:

    23 For the LORD will plead their cause, and spoil the soul of those that spoiled them.

  • Ps 10:17-18
    2 verses
    73%

    17 LORD, thou hast heard the desire of the humble: thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear:

    18 To judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that the man of the earth may no more oppress.

  • 12 For I know your manifold transgressions and your mighty sins: they afflict the just, they take a bribe, and they turn aside the poor in the gate from their right.

  • 10 All my bones shall say, LORD, who is like unto thee, which deliverest the poor from him that is too strong for him, yea, the poor and the needy from him that spoileth him?

  • 2 He shall judge thy people with righteousness, and thy poor with judgment.

  • 12 Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him.

  • 18 For the needy shall not alway be forgotten: the expectation of the poor shall not perish for ever.

  • 4 He shall judge the poor of the people, he shall save the children of the needy, and shall break in pieces the oppressor.

  • 6 Ye have shamed the counsel of the poor, because the LORD is his refuge.

  • 19 Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the LORD delivereth him out of them all.

  • 28 So that they cause the cry of the poor to come unto him, and he heareth the cry of the afflicted.

  • 6 The LORD executeth righteousness and judgment for all that are oppressed.

  • 15 He delivereth the poor in his affliction, and openeth their ears in oppression.

  • 21 O let not the oppressed return ashamed: let the poor and needy praise thy name.

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    9 The LORD also will be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble.

  • Jer 20:12-13
    2 verses
    72%

    12 But, O LORD of hosts, that triest the righteous, and seest the reins and the heart, let me see thy vengeance on them: for unto thee have I opened my cause.

    13 Sing unto the LORD, praise ye the LORD: for he hath delivered the soul of the poor from the hand of evildoers.

  • 18 Behold now, I have ordered my cause; I know that I shall be justified.

  • Job 5:15-16
    2 verses
    72%

    15 But he saveth the poor from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty.

    16 So the poor hath hope, and iniquity stoppeth her mouth.

  • 12 I will also leave in the midst of thee an afflicted and poor people, and they shall trust in the name of the LORD.

  • 1 Righteous art thou, O LORD, when I plead with thee: yet let me talk with thee of thy judgments: Wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper? wherefore are all they happy that deal very treacherously?

  • 9 The LORD preserveth the strangers; he relieveth the fatherless and widow: but the way of the wicked he turneth upside down.

  • 7 I will be glad and rejoice in thy mercy: for thou hast considered my trouble; thou hast known my soul in adversities;

  • 6 Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of thy poor in his cause.

  • 14 Thou hast seen it; for thou beholdest mischief and spite, to requite it with thy hand: the poor committeth himself unto thee; thou art the helper of the fatherless.

  • 17 The righteous cry, and the LORD heareth, and delivereth them out of all their troubles.

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    4 For thou hast maintained my right and my cause; thou satest in the throne judging right.

  • 2 To turn aside the needy from judgment, and to take away the right from the poor of my people, that widows may be their prey, and that they may rob the fatherless!

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    6 For the LORD knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish.

  • 11 So that a man shall say, Verily there is a reward for the righteous: verily he is a God that judgeth in the earth.

  • 22 Cast thy burden upon the LORD, and he shall sustain thee: he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved.