Exodus 22:23
If thou afflict them in any wise, and they cry at all unto me, I will surely hear their cry;
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- Luke 18:7 : 7 And shall not God avenge his own elect, which cry day and night unto him, though he bear long with them?
- Jas 5:4 : 4 Behold, the hire of the labourers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth: and the cries of them which have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of sabaoth.
- Ps 18:6 : 6 In my distress I called upon the LORD, and cried unto my God: he heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry came before him, even into his ears.
- Deut 15:9 : 9 Beware that there be not a thought in thy wicked heart, saying, The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand; and thine eye be evil against thy poor brother, and thou givest him nought; and he cry unto the LORD against thee, and it be sin unto thee.
- Job 34:28 : 28 So that they cause the cry of the poor to come unto him, and he heareth the cry of the afflicted.
- Job 35:9 : 9 By reason of the multitude of oppressions they make the oppressed to cry: they cry out by reason of the arm of the mighty.
- 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 145:19 : 19 He will fulfil the desire of them that fear him: he also will hear their cry, and will save them.
- Ps 146:7-9 : 7 Which executeth judgment for the oppressed: which giveth food to the hungry. The LORD looseth the prisoners: 8 The LORD openeth the eyes of the blind: the LORD raiseth them that are bowed down: the LORD loveth the righteous: 9 The LORD preserveth the strangers; he relieveth the fatherless and widow: but the way of the wicked he turneth uide down.
- Prov 22:22-23 : 22 Rob not the poor, because he is poor: neither opess the afflicted in the gate: 23 For the LORD will plead their cause, and spoil the soul of those that spoiled them.
- 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.
- Deut 24:15 : 15 At his day thou shalt give him his hire, neither shall the sun go down upon it; for he is poor, and setteth his heart upon it: lest he cry against thee unto the LORD, and it be sin unto thee.
- Job 31:38-39 : 38 If my land cry against me, or that the furrows likewise thereof complain; 39 If I have eaten the fruits thereof without money, or have caused the owners thereof to lose their life:
- Ps 140:12 : 12 I know that the LORD will maintain the cause of the afflicted, and the right of the poor.
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21 Thou shalt neither v a stranger, nor oppress him: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.
22 Ye shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child.
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24 And my wrath shall wax hot, and I will kill you with the sword; and your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless.
25 If thou lend money to any of my people that is poor by thee, thou shalt not be to him as an usurer, neither shalt thou lay upon him usury.
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28 So that they cause the cry of the poor to come unto him, and he heareth the cry of the afflicted.
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44 Nevertheless he regarded their affliction, when he heard their cry:
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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.
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6 If ye oppress not the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, and shed not innocent blood in this place, neither walk after other gods to your hurt:
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7 In thee have they set light by father and mother: in the midst of thee have they dealt by oppression with the stranger: in thee have they vexed the fatherless and the widow.
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22 Rob not the poor, because he is poor: neither opess the afflicted in the gate:
23 For the LORD will plead their cause, and spoil the soul of those that spoiled them.
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7 And when we cried unto the LORD God of our fathers, the LORD heard our voice, and looked on our affliction, and our labour, and our oppression:
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7 And the LORD said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people which are in Egypt, and have heard their cry by reason of their taskmasters; for I know their sorrows;
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9 Thou hast sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.
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11 Therefore thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will bring evil upon them, which they shall not be able to escape; and though they shall cry unto me, I will not hearken unto them.
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9 By reason of the multitude of oppressions they make the oppressed to cry: they cry out by reason of the arm of the mighty.
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13 Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor, he also shall cry himself, but shall not be heard.
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33 For he doth not afflict willingly nor grieve the children of men.
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16 If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail;
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9 Now therefore, behold, the cry of the children of Israel is come unto me: and I have also seen the oppression wherewith the Egyptians oppress them.
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17 Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of the stranger, nor of the fatherless; nor take a widow's raiment to pledge:
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12 Thus saith the LORD; Though they be quiet, and likewise many, yet thus shall they be cut down, when he shall pass through. Though I have afflicted thee, I will afflict thee no more.
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8 And if they be bound in fetters, and be holden in cords of affliction;
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19 Cursed be he that perverteth the judgment of the stranger, fatherless, and widow. And all the people shall say, Amen.
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21 If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, when I saw my help in the gate:
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15 He delivereth the poor in his affliction, and openeth their ears in oppression.
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39 Again, they are minished and brought low through oppression, affliction, and sorrow.
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12 Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him.
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17 The righteous cry, and the LORD heareth, and delivereth them out of all their troubles.
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3 Thus saith the LORD; Execute ye judgment and righteousness, and deliver the spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor: and do no wrong, do no violence to the stranger, the fatherless, nor the widow, neither shed innocent blood in this place.
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27 For that is his covering only, it is his raiment for his skin: wherein shall he sleep? and it shall come to pass, when he crieth unto me, that I will hear; for I am gracious.
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4 Then shall they cry unto the LORD, but he will not hear them: he will even hide his face from them at that time, as they have behaved themselves ill in their doings.
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3 Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and needy.
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11 For their redeemer is mighty; he shall plead their cause with thee.
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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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18 Therefore will I also deal in fury: mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity: and though they cry in mine ears with a loud voice, yet will I not hear them.
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28 And the afflicted people thou wilt save: but thine eyes are upon the haughty, that thou mayest bring them down.
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43 Thou shalt not ru over him with rigour; but shalt fear thy God.
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25 Did not I weep for him that was in trouble? was not my soul grieved for the poor?
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11 The LORD said, Verily it shall be well with thy remnant; verily I will cause the enemy to entreat thee well in the time of evil and in the time of affliction.
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6 They slay the widow and the stranger, and murder the fatherless.
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20 Their children also shall be as aforetime, and their congregation shall be established before me, and I will punish all that oppress them.
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12 But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and grew. And they were grieved because of the children of Israel.
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12 Hear my prayer, O LORD, and give ear unto my cry; hold not thy peace at my tears: for I am a stranger with thee, and a sojourner, as all my fathers were.